罗克韦尔自动化(Rockwell Automation)

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Rockwell Automation), incorporated in 1996, is a global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions. The segments of the Company are Architecture & Software, and Control Products & Solutions. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company completed the acquisition of CEDES Safety & Automation AG (CEDES), Incuity Software, Inc. (Incuity) and Pavilion Technologies, Inc. (Pavilion). On January 31, 2007, the Company divested the Dodge mechanical and Reliance Electric motors and motor repair services businesses.

Architecture & Software

The Architecture & Software segment contains all of the elements of the integrated control and information architecture capable of controlling the customer’s plant floor and connecting with their manufacturing enterprise. The Architecture & Software segment has a portfolio of products, including control platforms that perform multiple control disciplines and monitoring of applications, including discrete, batch, continuous process, drives control, motion control and machine safety control; Software products that include configuration and visualization software used to operate and supervise control platforms, advanced process control software and manufacturing execution software (MES) that addresses information needs between the factory floor and a customer’s enterprise business system, and other architecture & software products, including rotary and linear motion control products, sensors and machine safety components.

The control platform products include programmable logic controllers, electronic operator interface devices, electronic input/output devices, communication and networking products, industrial computers and condition based monitoring systems. Architecture & Software’s products are marketed primarily under the Allen-Bradley, Rockwell Software and FactoryTalk brand names. The markets served include food and beverage, automotive, oil and gas, metals and mining, and home, health and beauty.

Control Products & Solutions

The Control Products & Solutions segment combines a portfolio of intelligent motor control and industrial control products with the customer support and application knowledge necessary to implement an automation or information solution on the plant floor. The portfolio includes Low voltage and medium voltage electro-mechanical and electronic motor starters, motor and circuit protection devices, alternative current/direct current (AC/DC) variable frequency drives, contactors, push buttons, signaling devices, termination and protection devices, relays and timers and condition sensors; value-added packaged solutions, including configured drives, motor control centers and custom engineered panels for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and end-user applications; Automation and information solutions, including custom-engineered hardware and software systems for discrete, process, motion, drives and manufacturing information applications, and services designed to help customer’s automation investment and provide total life-cycle support, including multi-vendor customer technical support and repair, asset management, training and predictive and preventative maintenance. Control Products & Solutions products are marketed under the Allen Bradley and ICS Triplex brand names.

The Company competes with Siemens AG, Mitsubishi Corp., ABB Ltd, Honeywell International Inc., Schneider Electric SA and Emerson Electric Co.