News & Announcements January 2023

From The Great Resignation to quiet quitting, work-life balance is more important than ever for employees. Read a recent blog from Rockwell Automation’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs Director, Candace Barnes on how focusing on inclusion can help reduce burnout.  

Close collaboration with marketing supports the strategic positioning of our partnerships. Let’s highlight some latest results of close co-marketing planning with our System Integrator and OEM partners:  
 

Automotive Tier Supplier Takes Control of Assets
Working with System Integrator JAE Automation, automotive supplier CpK Interior Products finds a better way to manage control system assets – and reduce MTTR. Read more here. »

Dairy Redefines Efficiency & Sustainability
Working with System Integrator Automation Werx, Idaho Jersey Girls Dairy makes their vision of integrated milking operations a reality with PlantPAx^® DCS.  Read more here. »

Centralized AGV Control Saves Energy & Improves Operations at Michelin
Enterprise Account Michelin improves operations and saves energy at its Cuneo plant, thanks to an innovative AGV project implemented by Gold OEM partner Giordano & C. using Rockwell Automation technology. Read the success story.  

Digitalized Architecture Underpins Machine Redesign
Ward Automation, a Gold OEM partner based in Ireland, provides machines with higher quality and precision, but half the size. Ward Automation is a specialist in the design, development, and fabrication of bespoke automation
|solutions for the medical device, pharmaceutical and high-end manufacturing industries. Click here to view machine profile. 

iTRAK^® Boosts Throughput in a Smaller Package
Gold OEM partner CWM Automation Limited leverages the capabilities of the iTRAK^® Intelligent Track System to create core machine architecture that offers higher output in a smaller package. CWM specializes in filling, heat sealing and lidding machinery for applications in dairy, convenience foods, bakery, pharmaceutical and cosmetics. Click here to view the machine profile.

 
Have a Case Study or Customer Success Story that you would like to submit? Please contact to your Partner Manager to begin the process. 

The following information was recently announced in the Rockwell Automation Q1 FY23 results press release:   

• Reported sales up 6.7% year over year; organic sales up 9.9% year over year 

• Currency reduced sales (4.0)% 

• Acquisitions contributed 0.8% 

• Organic ARR up 14% 

• Diluted EPS of $3.31 and adjusted EPS of $2.46; up 61% and 15% year over year, respectively 

• Updates fiscal 2023 reported sales growth guidance to 10.0% - 14.0%; organic sales growth to 11.0% - 15.0% 

• Updates fiscal 2023 diluted EPS guidance to $10.99 - $11.79; Adjusted EPS guidance to $10.70 - $11.50 

Click Here for Full Press Release  

Learn how Rockwell Automation and Dialight, a Rockwell Automation Partner, are supporting ESG (environment, social and governance) progress together. Read the blog post here.  

Did you know that Rockwell Automation has the strongest and largest partner ecosystem in our industry and is one of our biggest differentiators? Through our best-in-class global partners, we can deliver a complete set of solutions designed to help manufacturers succeed.  

Looking to collaborate, or want to find another partner to help deliver a particular outcome for our mutual customers? Meet and learn about some of the members of our PartnerNetwork™ here. 

We are pleased to welcome JUSTEK INC to the Technology Partner program as a Gold Technology Partner.  

JUSTEK INC specializes in the production of Linear / DD Motor and motion stage systems. Their Enhanced Motion Control brings significant opportunity for Rockwell Automation to leverage this strength and to bring highly innovative solutions to other industries.  

JUSTEK share our commitment to customer focus and delivering the best possible solution. They have a proven track record of success, and we are confident that this partnership will allow us to better serve our semiconductor customers. 

For more information on JUSTEK, please visit their partner locator page. 

As our Rockwell Automation social media presence continues to grow, we want to bring our PartnerNetwork with us! Watch this quick training from Rockwell's Global Social Media Strategist, Katrina Parr, to learn about 5 simple social media tactics you can put to practice today. Learn more here.

With their new, state-of-the-art facility, Green Bay Packaging is using digital technology to increase production, improve system uptime, and meet sustainability goals. Learn more here. 

AdvisorAnalyst: U.S. market outlook for 2023 

Capital Group economists look ahead to bright spots for investors in 2023. Read how Rockwell Automation is preparing for a potential industrial renaissance with the anticipated billions of dollars spent of industrial capital expenditures. 

World Economic Forum: The “No-Excuse” Framework to Accelerate the Path to Net-Zero Manufacturing and Value Chains 

The World Economic Forum (WEF) published this white paper on the Industry Net Zero Accelerator initiative, which aims to raise awareness of the necessity for companies to seek “systemic collaboration across and between value chains” on their path towards achieving net-zero emissions. Rockwell Automation is collaborating with WEF and other like-minded organizations on the initiative. CEO Blake Moret is noted as one of five authors (p. 3). Also noted on p. 38: Rockwell’s Scheile Preston, a WEF Project Fellow and part of the initiative team, and Tom O’Reilly, VP, Sustainability, as a report contributor. Download the full white paper. 

Forbes* (Brazil): The importance of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in industry 

From Automation Fair 2022, in this sponsored content Rockwell Automation’s Veena Lakkundi, SVP, Strategy & Corporate Development, shared the company’s vision of the need for young talent to remain at the heart of the industry market's advancement. 

CIO: The 7 new rules of IT leadership 

Rockwell’s Chris Nardecchia, SVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer, joins other leaders in discussing the rapidly evolving technology landscape and, as a result, the way IT chiefs should lead their organizations. The article lists the old rules of IT leadership that are no longer relevant and what has replaced them. 

VentureBeat: Contextualizing OT data to enhance factory operations and drive digital transformation 

Rockwell’s Claudia Chandra, chief product officer, Industrial Data & AI Platform, Edge, and Analytics, contributed this article on how adding context to the data collected on the factory floor, OT teams can obtain a better understanding of the insights the data holds and how it affects the equipment and processes. 

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