Rockwell Automation and PTC Launch Collaborative Offering to Drive Digital Transformation Across Industrial
Enterprises
New FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, to Accelerate Digital Transformation Strategies for
Greater Productivity through Simplification of Complex Processes in Industrial Businesses
Rockwell Automation and PTC today announced that they have launched FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, a
software suite that enables companies to optimize their industrial operations and enhance productivity by providing decision makers
with improved data and insights. The new suite delivers complete visibility of operations and systems status from one source of
information inside the organization. The collaborative offering is the first to integrate technologies from both companies
following the
strategic partnership announcement in June.
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Rockwell Automation and PTC today launched FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, a software suite that
enables companies to optimize their industrial operations and enhance productivity by providing decision makers with improved
data and insights.
FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, improves connectivity to operational technology (OT) devices on the plant
floor, natively supporting the rapid, scalable, and secure connection of the most commonly used industrial equipment. Combined with
data from information technology (IT) applications and systems, decision makers can now gain a complete digital representation of
their industrial equipment, lines, and facilities from anywhere in the enterprise.
“Our offering is unique in its ability to improve how companies capitalize on the IIoT by combining expertise from industry,
technology, and plant-floor professionals,” said John Genovesi, incoming senior vice president, Enterprise Accounts & Software,
Rockwell Automation. “Now we’re bringing innovative solutions from PTC together with leading analytics and Manufacturing Operations
Management (MOM) from Rockwell Automation for a differentiated industry solution.”
“We’re moving the needle on how leading-edge technology is applied in industrial environments,” said Catherine Kniker, head of
strategic alliances, PTC. “Manufacturers have seen digital technology rapidly change, but their execution continues to follow
practices established for the legacy business. This bundled offering will help organizations accelerate time to value and reinvent
how they compete by breaking down barriers across their operations through a comprehensive approach to operational
intelligence.”
Included in this collaborative offering are the FactoryTalk® Analytics and MOM platforms, as well as PTC’s
ThingWorx® Industrial IoT Platform, which includes industrial connectivity from Kepware®, and the
Vuforia® augmented reality solution. Key features of applications within the new collaborative offering include:
- Intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that give users a view of the operations by combining data
from multiple IT and OT sources and tailored to their role. An operations manager, for instance, can view overall performance of
a facility, or multiple facilities, before researching the performance of specific equipment or factors impacting OEE.
- Automated advanced analytics of IT and OT sources transform massive amounts of raw data into
actionable or proactive information to improve performance and reduce the impact of downtime. Leveraging powerful artificial
intelligence (AI) technology to simplify complex analytical processes, users can now proactively respond to issues ahead of any
critical failures.
- Augmented reality (AR) delivers more efficient and effective ways of looking at digital
information within the physical world. AR enables more efficient training, wider knowledge sharing, and better first-time fix
rates. Through the bundled offering, maintenance, for example, can receive digitized work instructions containing real-time
performance and service history information so technicians can better diagnose and fix equipment correctly the first time.
For more information on the collaboration between Rockwell Automation and PTC, visit
FactoryTalkInnovationSuite.com.
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 23,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)
PTC helps companies around the world reinvent the way they design, manufacture, operate, and service products in and for a smart,
connected world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based product
lifecycle management. Today, our leading industrial innovation platform and field-proven solutions enable you to unlock value at
the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. With PTC, manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can
capitalize on the promise of the Internet of Things and augmented reality technology today and drive the future of innovation.
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FactoryTalk is a registered trademark of Rockwell Automation.
PTC, ThingWorx, Kepware, and Vuforia are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United
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Chaya Jacobs, 440-646-3806
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or
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Jack McAvoy, 781-370-6144
jmcavoy@ptc.com
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