Rockwell Automation Announces Attendance at 2005 Automation Fair Rockwell Automation's John Bernaden and Steve Smith announced today that a record 14,000 people attended the just-completed Automation Fair in St. Louis, Mo. The absolute enormity of this announcement must be made clear. The recent ISA2005, held in Chicago, had approximately 11,500 attendees, including … [Read more...] about Trade Shows vs Automation Fair
Rockwell Puts Money Where Mouth Is
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Datasweep, a Leader in Production Management Software Acquisition Expands FactoryTalk Plant-wide Information Software Offerings So, Rockwell Automation is buying Datasweep Inc., a privately held MES software company. ArvinMeritor, Johnson & Johnson, Lucent and Qualcomm are a few of the world-class companies that use Datasweep’s production … [Read more...] about Rockwell Puts Money Where Mouth Is
More from Manufacturing Perspectives
Automating the Panama Canal, Chips for Cows, and Five Technologies that will Drive the Future of Manufacturing Carlos Patterson from the Panama Canal Authority discussed the benefits of realtime control and information for ship tracking and collision management, and the huge control system upgrade they've just finished. Brad Galles from Wells' Dairy talked more about the RFID … [Read more...] about More from Manufacturing Perspectives
IT in the Winery…Production Can Get Stomped
One of the breakout sessions was Kevin Roach, vice president of Rockwell Software, interviewing Andy Woehl, plant floor IT guy from Clos du Bois winery in Napa, Cal. The first real problem, Woehl said, was with the database. IT had a greatly different definition of database integrity and safety than we did. IT is used to dealing with financial data, which must be protected … [Read more...] about IT in the Winery…Production Can Get Stomped
Keynote Q and A
"Walt Boyes, from CONTROL magazine. This question is for Mr. Nosbusch, since Mr. Taylor has already stated that MBUSI created its own apprenticeship programs. Rockwell is famous for its young engineer development and training programs, but what is the company doing to stimulate the desire in elementary, middle and high schools to undertake careers in manufacturing?" "Frankly, … [Read more...] about Keynote Q and A
