MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) has acquired leading systems
integrator MAVERICK Technologies to expand domain knowledge and help
deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in
industries such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas. The
acquisition significantly strengthens Rockwell Automation’s expertise in
key process and batch applications to help its customers realize greater
productivity and improved global competitiveness through process control
and information management solutions.
“Industrial control and information solutions are most effective when
they result from close collaboration between a knowledgeable supplier
and the user,” said Ken Champa, Rockwell Automation senior vice
president of Control Products and Solutions. “The combination of our
global industrial automation leadership with MAVERICK’s
platform-independent domain expertise will help our customers reduce
complexity and realize unprecedented productivity.”
The acquisition supports the Rockwell Automation growth strategy to help
customers increase global competitiveness by adopting The Connected
Enterprise – a vision that connects information across the plant floor
with the entire enterprise to drive new business value. This is
particularly important to process customers whose uptime and continuous
performance are critical.
“We will continue to deliver our domain expertise, now with the power of
a Fortune 500 industrial automation leader at our side,” said Paul
Galeski, MAVERICK founder and CEO. “This creates the best combination
available to help uncover the benefits of information that drives
performance in process industries.”
MAVERICK is located in Columbia, IL with 21 locations in the U.S. and
over 300 engineers and technical salespeople. In July 2016, it was
recognized by The Silicon Review magazine as one of the “2016 50
Best Companies to Watch.”
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company
dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers
more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered
in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs approximately 22,000
people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
About MAVERICK Technologies
Founded in 1999, MAVERICK is the largest independent systems integrator
in North America, and is a global leader in industrial automation,
enterprise integration and strategic manufacturing solutions for clients
across a wide range of manufacturing and process industries. Leveraging
its unique enterprise-wide perspective, MAVERICK identifies suboptimal
operations and improves performance for greater safety, efficiency and
overall profitability. The company’s people, processes and technical
capabilities ensure delivery of the right solution for every project,
using the most appropriate technology. Organizations around the world
depend on MAVERICK’s responsiveness, results-driven approach and
dedication to their success. Over the years, MAVERICK has completed more
than 15,000 projects in 46 countries across six continents. To learn
more about MAVERICK, please visit mavtechglobal.com.
To download our press kit, please visit mavtechglobal.com/press
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Source: Rockwell Automation, Inc.