Rockwell Automation Honored by IndustryWeek with 2002 Technology of the Year Award

Entek XM Series condition monitoring and protection system recognized as one of the leading industrial technology advancements of 2002

Rockwell Automation Honored by IndustryWeek with 2002 Technology of the Year Award

Entek XM Series condition monitoring and protection system recognized as one of the leading industrial technology advancements of 2002

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 15, 2002 - Combining traditional industrial control design with breakthrough maintenance technology, has earned Complete Automation® leader Rockwell Automation an award for IndustryWeeks 10th annual Technologies and Innovation Awards Program. The Rockwell Automation Entek XM Series condition monitoring and protection system is one of seven Technologies of the Year for 2002 being honored by IndustryWeek and profiled in the publications December 2002 issue.
   Winners of IndustryWeeks Technology and Innovation Awards span the range of science and engineering. The magazines editors seek developments that show great potential for redirecting business opportunities and creating new growth in manufacturing. A complete list of winners and a profile of each winning technology are in IndustryWeeks December 2002 issue and at www.industryweek.com. IndustryWeek, published by Penton Media, Inc., is the only magazine dedicated to covering the complexities of managing a manufacturing company in todays new economy.
The Entek XM Series is the culmination of research and development between Rockwell Automation and Entek, which Rockwell Automation acquired in March 2000. Providing diagnostic information and fault protection data to a condition monitoring system, it is the first product to cost-effectively bridge the gap between control and maintenance by integrating machine monitoring and protection and leveraging an organizations existing industrial communication infrastructure.
   Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) is a world-leading provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that help customers meet their manufacturing productivity objectives. The company brings together leading brands in industrial automation for Complete Automation® solutions, including Allen-Bradley® controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software® factory management software, Dodge® mechanical power transmission products, and Reliance Electric® motors and drives. The company also is a leading provider of contact management technologies and applications that help companies more efficiently manage interaction with their own customers. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., USA, the company employs approximately 23,000 people at more than 450 locations serving customers in more than 80 countries.
   For more information on the Entek XM Series, please contact the Rockwell Automation Response Center, 10701 Hampshire Avenue South, Bloomington, Minn., 55438, 800.223.5354, Ext. 1546.
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Complete Automation, Dodge, Reliance Electric, Allen-Bradley, and Rockwell Software are registered trademarks of Rockwell Automation. Entek XM is a trademark of Rockwell Automation.