Rockwell, E+H alliance strengthens

In a move to show the strength of its partnership, Endress+Hauser and Rockwell Automation held a press conference at the ARC Forum in Orlando, Fla., today to give highlights of their alliance.
The partnership, which started in 2004, centers on three areas, said Kevin Zaba, director of process automation at Rockwell. One is technology innovation, integrated asset management and coordinated engineering services.
As a part of the partnership, Endress+Hauser focuses on its core strength in instrumentation and Rockwell deals with systems issues.
There are plenty of companies that want to offer one solution, but Joe Kann, vice president of business development at Rockwell, said, “that is not the only paradigm that works.”
To ensure the instruments work out of the box, Rockwell administers an interoperability test. The goal is for the Endress+Hauser instruments meet the Rockwell system requirements.