施耐德电气设立包装技术中心

Schneider Electric opens Packaging Center
 
施耐德电气设立包装技术中心

PALATINE, Ill. March 31, 2008 -- Schneider Electric launched a new technology center focused exclusively on the automation, control and power needs of the packaging machinery business. The Packaging Technology and Solutions Center (PTASC) combines resources from Schneider Electric subsidiary ELAU, Inc., with experts from Schneider Electric’s existing Raleigh-based OEM Technology and Solutions Center. Through the PTASC, Schneider Electric is uniquely positioned to provide a single-point resource for specialized technical, application, and engineering project management support so packaging machinery customers can achieve optimal power, control, and automation solutions.

Palatine 3月31日消息——施耐德电气设立了一个新的技术中心，专门侧重于自动化、控制和电力需求的包装机械业务。该包装技术和解决方案中心(PTASC)结合了施耐德气旗下ELAU公司的资源和施耐德电气现在位于Raleigh的OEM技术和解决方案中心的专家力量。通过该包装技术和解决方案中心，施耐德电气具有了得天独厚的优势，为专门技术、应用和工程项目管理支持提供一个单点资源，使得包装机械行业顾客可以实现最佳的电源、控制和自动化解决方案。

The PTASC, headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., features an application lab where customers can visit to work hand in hand with Schneider Electric and ELAU engineers to design full machine solutions, from simple to complex. The center also boasts a 12-seat training facility with fully functional test stands to allow customers to learn about the latest hardware and software solutions through interactive classroom training. Additional PTASC resources are located in Boston, Mass., and Raleigh, N.C.

该包装技术和解决方案中心总部设在Schaumburg市，拥有一个应用实验室，客户可以访问这里，与施耐德电气和ELAU的工程师携手合作，设计从简单到复杂的全机械解决方案。该中心还拥有12个座位的培训设施，具有全功能的测试讲台，可以让客户通过互动式课堂培训，了解最新的硬件和软件解决方案。更多的包装技术和解决方案中心资源位于马萨诸塞州的波士顿和北卡罗来纳州的Raleigh。

“When we acquired ELAU several years ago, we were impressed by its industry-leading, packaging-specific motion control technology, and its hands-on co-engineering approach to solving its customers’ most difficult challenges,” said Andy Gravitt, vice president, automation and control, Schneider Electric North American Operating Division. “With Schneider Electric’s global expertise and additional resources, we now can offer packaging machinery OEMs this same level of design support for their machines over a much wider range of Schneider Electric solutions. We can help customers with solutions that are straightforward or complicated.”

施耐德北美运营部自动化和控制副总裁Andy Gravitt表示：“当我们几年前收购ELAU的时候，我们对其行业领先的特定封装运动控制技术，以及帮助客户解决最艰难挑战的实用合作工程方法，留下了深刻的印象。通过施耐德电气的全球技术以及更多的资源，我们现在可以为包装机械OEM厂商们的机械，通过更广范围的施耐德电气解决方案，提供同样水平的设计支持。我们可以利用简单或者复杂的解决方案帮助客户。”

The PTASC can help packaging machinery OEMs meet market demands by offering the expertise needed to adapt more complex automation technology and modular design methodologies to their existing operational systems. Achieving rapid machine design innovation enables OEMs to shorten time to market for new products and increases throughput and flexibility.

包装技术和解决方案中心通过提供包装机械OEM厂商们现有的操作系统适应更复杂的自动化技术和模块化设计方法所需的专门知识，帮助他们满足市场所需。实现快速机械设计创新使OEM厂商们能够缩短新产品上市时间，增加产量和灵活性。

“ELAU has made a name for itself within the consumer goods manufacturing industry by being at the forefront of packaging machinery innovation,” said Bryan Orr, president of ELAU’s North American operations and director of the PTASC. “By taking advantage of the breadth of expertise and truly global reach of our parent company, we can provide an unparalleled, holistic approach to optimizing our packaging machinery customers’ complete power, control and automation system.”

ELAU北美运营部总裁兼包装技术和解决方案中心主任Bryan Orr表示：“ELAU走在包装机械创新的最前沿，在消费品制造业为其赢得了良好的声誉。通过利用我们母公司深厚的专门知识以及真正的全球触角的优势，我们可以提供个独一无二的、全面的办法，优化我们包装机械客户完整的电力、控制及自动化系统。”

Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric is one of four operating divisions of Schneider Electric, headquartered in Paris, France, and markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin brand products to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States, Schneider Electric is best known by its flagship Square D brand, with Telemecanique becoming increasingly known in the industrial control and automation markets and supported by many Square D distributors. For more than 100 years, Square D has been a market-leading brand of electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services. Schneider Electric is a global electrical industry leader with 2006 sales of approximately $23.7billion (U.S.). 

总部位于伊利诺斯州Palatine市的施耐德电气北美运营部是总部位于法国巴黎的施耐德电气的四大运营部之一，负责着为美国、加拿大和墨西哥的客户销售美商实快电力（Square D）、TE电器（Telemecanique）和梅兰日兰（Merlin Gerin）品牌的产品。在美国，施耐德电气最被人所知的是其旗舰品牌美商实快电力，TE电器在工业控制和自动化领域也被越来越多的人所认识，而且受到美商实快电力分销商的大力支持。一百多年来，美商实快电力已经成为配电和工业控制产品、系统和服务行业市场领先的品牌。施耐德是是全球电力工业的领导者，2007年的营收大约为237亿美元。