Blogs November 2022

Thank you for helping make Automation Fair 2022 a huge success! This year, Automation Fair offered an immersive experience showcasing the power and value of connecting your enterprise end-to-end to deliver data-fueled insights. The two-day event brought together more than 10,000 tech savvy professionals, industrial automation experts and leaders to explore the latest breakthroughs, strategies, and proven best practices to enhance your operation and achieve results. 

“It’s great to bring Automation Fair back to Chicago. Since Rockwell was last here in 2019, a great deal has changed globally,” said Robin Saitz, CMO, Rockwell Automation. “We faced challenges never seen before and yet we continue to deliver on our promise to help our customers achieve outstanding results for a more productive and sustainable world.” 

Learn More & Save the Date for Automation Fair 2023 in Boston!  

Lojistikcilerinsesi.biz* (Turkey): Rockwell Automation embraces an ecosystem-driven approach Three core principles that underpin the partnership approach and deliver win-win results for everyone in the PartnerNetwork ecosystem are shared by Rockwell’s Christian Reuter, regional VP, Market Access, EMEA. 

Spiceworks: A Quick Guide to Smart Manufacturing Rockwell’s Scott Wooldridge, regional president, Asia Pacific, contributed this article taking a closer look at the many changes in the manufacturing ecosystem and shares valuable insights and best practices for smart manufacturing. 

Forbes: Why Most Manufacturers Were Hesitant About Tech Investments—And Why They Aren’t Any Longer Plex’s Jerry Foster, CTO & cofounder, authored this column on the emergence of I4.0 and the need for manufacturers to embrace IT transformation or risk being left behind—"only to be seen in the rearview mirror of modern, smarter manufacturing.” 

Solutions Review: The 11 Best Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to Consider Plex is included in this list of the best MES makers – ranked alphabetically.  

Food & Drink Business (Australia): Plex your full potential Company-produced article featuring Rockwell’s Anthony Wong, regional director, South Pacific, explaining how Plex MES is helping food and beverage companies shift their systems to the cloud. 

We are excited to welcome Atom Robot and Fortinet to the Technology Partner program.

Atom Robot is an industry-leading robotics and intelligent technologies manufacturer, focused on the research and development of "freeing hands with technology".  Together, we aim to provide our customers with validated robot control and arm mechanics to help realize maximum manufacturing flexibility within their Rockwell Automation control environment.

To learn more about Atom Robot, please visit their partner locator page. 

Fortinet joins the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork as a Gold Technology Partner. Fortinet is a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions. By partnering, Fortinet and Rockwell Automation will be able to provide powerful cybersecurity protection to global customers through the convergence of advanced networking and security capabilities.

To learn more about Fortinet, please visit their partner locator page.

Rockwell announces a great finish to this fiscal year, with Q4 organic sales and earnings achieving double-digit growth year over year and sequentially. 

• Full year orders over $10 billion, up over 20% year over year 

• Fourth quarter reported sales up 17.6% year over year; organic sales up 20.5% year over year 

• Full year reported sales of $7.8 billion, up 10.9% year over year; organic sales up 11.3% year over year 

• ARR grew 14% year over year; total ARR over 8% of revenue 

Read the full press release: Rockwell Automation - Rockwell Automation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results; Introduces Fiscal 2023 Guidance 

Don Shoemaker has been named regional vice president, Market Access, North America. Don will report to Gina Claxton, president, Americas. In this role, Don will lead the market access strategy and will drive the revenue associated with our North America partner ecosystem, including distribution, system integration, alliances, and strategic partnerships. He will also focus on expanding revenue growth through our channel partnerships into the North Americas territory regions.

On October 31, 2022, Rockwell officially completed the acquisition of CUBIC.  Founded in 1973, CUBIC specializes in a modular system for constructing electrical panels. CUBIC is headquartered in Bronderslev, Denmark, and serves fast-growing industries such as renewable energy, data centers, and infrastructure.   

CUBIC’s efficient and flexible modular systems, combined with Rockwell’s intelligent devices and industry expertise, will benefit customers by offering faster time to market, enabling broader plant-wide applications for intelligent motor control, and generating smart data to increase sustainability and productivity. 

Additionally, CUBIC’s established partner model will allow Rockwell to expand its partner network for intelligent motor control offerings in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.  

For more information, see the official announcement 

Congratulations to our 10 new Platinum Partners that have earned this exclusive designation in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork™ in our last fiscal quarter. Eight System Integrators and two Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) partners have demonstrated exceptional customer experiences, delivered unmatched solutions, and achieved the highest level of competencies, capabilities, and success required to reach Platinum status. Thank you for your continued partnership!  

Link: Rockwell Automation Press Release link  

Rockwell Automation is pleased to welcome the following companies to its Platinum designation: 

System Integrators 

• Interstates, Inc.(US) 

• Barry-Wehmiller Design Group (US) 

• RoviSys Company (US) 

• EOSYS (US) 

• Electro Controles del Noroeste (Mexico) 

• Sinci Gdl S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mexico) 

• SPI - Integracao De Sistemas LTDA (Brazil) 

• Intech Process Automation (EMEA) 

Original Equipment Manufacturers 

• Tetra Pak (Global) 

• CMC Machinery (Italy) 

New and Updated Partner Program Capability Launches  

The SI and OEM Partner Programs have launched several new and updated capabilities, including General Motion, Intelligent Conveyance, Digital Engineering, IIOT, and Fiix CMMS (SI only). Access the training directly on Rockwell Automation University (RAU) or see Seismic for details and program-specific information.  

OEM Seismic Page 

SI Seismic Page 

If you do not have a RAU or Seismic Account, please refer to the OEM Welcome Kit or SI Welcome Kit for instructions on how to create an account.  

OEM Quarterly Webinar Series  
Please join us for the next session of the OEM Quarterly Webinar Series on January 9th, 2023. In this session we will be covering digital design tools, best practices in collaborative designs and how to reduce total time to design, develop and deliver a machine. Sign up for the webinar here. 

As we get close to the end of the year, I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU for everything you have done in 2022. While 2022 continued to be challenging in so many ways, we still had a great finish to our fiscal year, achieved many successful outcomes for our customers, and we could not have done it without you, our PartnerNetwork™ companies. You should be very proud. 

As we look forward to the new year, we find ourselves well-positioned for a successful 2023 and the continued evolution of our PartnerNetwork will play a critical role in amplifying mutual growth in areas such as: 

• Our core hardware business

• Emerging areas and acquisitions like Cubic & Asem

• Information Solutions like FactoryTalk® Hub™, Plex, Fiix®, and Emulate3D™

• Delivering customer value by working with our Technology Partners to deliver integrated solutions 

The Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork is unmatched in the industry. Our partners are best-in-class, and your expertise, dedication, and strategic alignment make our partner ecosystem truly differentiated. With a customer focus always at the center of everything, we do we will continue to win and be Better Together.

- Johannes zu Etlz, Vice President - Global Market Access