Discover 2006 User Conference Sponsorships
Diamond Sponsor
About Microsoft
In a rapidly changing global market, manufacturers confront daunting challenges. They face continuous demand for product innovation, mandates for increased operational productivity, a complex global supply chain, and competitive pressure to meet high customer expectations.
Through our Peak Performance Initiative and our vast partner ecosystem, Microsoft strives to help people develop new products faster, streamline plant-floor operations, increase visibility into operations across the manufacturing value chain, and improve sales and customer service.
Platinum Sponsor
About Intel
Intel is a technology leader in embedded processors and platforms, enabling access to digital data and automation at all levels of the manufacturing environment. Intel® building blocks can help save development time and reduce costs while improving quality in productivity, efficiency and safety.
Intel® Core™ Duo processors deliver significantly greater performance per watt.
Intel® Architecture processor-based platforms provide powerful, compute-intensive solutions.
Intel® network processors, featuring Intel XScale® technology, support the integration of Ethernet and network engines.
Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture processors create wireless solutions.
Visit Intel at booth #2 to learn how Intel solutions bring computing intelligence to the complete factory environment.
Silver Star Sponsor
About Digi International
Digi International® makes device networking easy by developing products and technologies that are cost-effective and easy to use. We offer serial-to-Ethernet connectivity, as well as solutions for remote monitoring, remote access for SCADA and secure management of remote sites and devices from anywhere via wired and wireless/cellular networks.
About Phoenix Contact
Phoenix Contact is the global market leader in electrical connection technology, electronic interface technology and industrial automation technology. Our modern components and system solutions for electrical engineering and electronics are found in a variety of industrial applications. Phoenix Contact has U.S. headquarters located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and world headquarters in Blomberg, Germany. For more information visit www.phoenixcon.com.
About Stratus Technologies
Stratus Technologies is a global IT solution company that enables continuous-availability for critical IT applications. For 25 years Stratus' only focus has been achieving Continuously Available IT operations for our customers. Along with our professional services, Stratus designs and manufactures an ultra-reliable line of fault tolerant servers for continuously available operations. From entry-level to enterprise-class, these Intel® processor-based servers immediately bring the protection of full fault tolerance to any application running Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. Stratus enables continuous availability by address the critical factors of people, process and technology
Silver Sponsor
About Cognex
Cognex, the world's leading supplier of machine vision sensors and systems, offers advanced technology and the industry's broadest range of solutions. Cognex will present its powerful and robust machine vision software running on a versatile family of products that range from vision sensors and PC-based vision systems to fixed-mount and handheld ID products.
About Data-Linc Group
Data-Linc Group manufactures a broad line of high performance, industrial modems including wireless Ethernet, wireless serial, wireless I/O extenders, dial-up, leased line and FSK modems. Designed for high noise, harsh environments our modems provide highly reliable solutions for factory automation and long-range SCADA systems, and are backed by expert technical support.
About GE Energy
GE Energy serves the plant-wide predictive assessment needs of a variety of industries through our comprehensive portfolio of Bentlly Nevada™ condition monitoring technologies including System 1® software linking online and offline condition monitoring technologies, and extensive services covering system design, installation, machinery diagnostics, and consulting services for reliability improvement.
About GE Sensing
GE Sensing provides precision sensor-based products for measuring temperature, pressure, liquid level, humidity, gas concentration, and flow rate for environmental, medical, pharmaceutical, automotive, aerospace, chemical and petrochemical applications. Silicon micromachining, infrared detection and ultrasonic technologies help customers monitor, control and validate critical applications and processes.
About Hirschmann
Hirschmann, as the leader in industrial Ethernet and networking solutions, manufactures Ethernet switches and copper-to-fiber converters for various protocols.
The extensive line of Ethernet switches are DIN rail mount, rated for 0 - 60 deg C (operating), have industrial approval ratings (incl. class 1 div 2), and have dual 24V DC power inputs along with fault relay outputs. Managed switches offer features such as IGMP Snooping (for multicast filtering), redundant/ring topology capability (sub 500 ms resiliency), VLAN, port security, QoS, and much more.
The fiberoptic transceivers allow for two or more devices to be connected over fiber - even in a redundant ring. Protocol-specific devices allow for the conversion of Profibus, Modbus+, Genius, RS485 and more from copper to fiber and back again.
Due to the extensive offering, Hirschmann offers a complete network solution - from the plant floor to the boardroom!
About Lantronix
Lantronix specializes in networking solutions that enable manufacturers to easily and affordably provide Ethernet and wireless 802.11b network capabilities to virtually any type of electronic product. With nearly two decades of device networking experience Lantronix is a market leader in enabling intelligent device management through the power of the Internet.
About N-TRON®
N-TRON® manufactures a family of industrial hardened Level II Ethernet Switches designed specifically for industrial, marine, utility and military users requiring high reliability, superior performance, and exceptional noise immunity in a hardened enclosure. Our store-and-forward switches come standard with extended temperature ratings, redundant power inputs, and a high MTBF.
Premier Solutions Provider
About ASECO Integrated Systems
ASECO Integrated Systems is a leading consulting and systems integration firm. Since our inception in 1988, ASECO has earned an industry reputation for implementing successful solutions on time and on budget. ASECO offers services in the areas of performance improvement consulting, MES implementations, and control systems.
About Entegreat
EnteGreat is a manufacturing consulting and systems integration company, serving primarily Fortune 500 manufacturing companies across North America. Rather than offering just technical solutions, our team is focused on helping clients implement supply chain and manufacturing systems that deliver measurable business outcomes from the project conception stage to world-wide rollout.
About Superior Controls
Superior Controls is a recognized leader in providing quality, certified, state-of-the-art industrial systems and engineered solutions to the automotive market for over 20 years. Our expertise and dedication keeps Superior Controls at the forefront of technology, providing integrated turnkey solutions for the factory floor that include Production Controls, Error Proofing, Traceability and MES/FIS solutions.
About Synapse Systems, Inc.
Synapse Systems, Inc. is a progressive automation and engineering firm specializing in providing solutions for automation applications, increasing productivity, and reducing costs for its clients by leveraging their technology investments. Synapse serves an extensive manufacturing client base across a wide variety of vertical markets both domestically and abroad.
About System Technologies for Industry, Inc.
STI makes great efforts to improve our customer's competitive capabilities through the use of GE Fanuc's Proficy Plant Applications MES software suite. These solutions are geared to support real-time decision making for quality, efficiency and production tracking in the manufacturing environment.
STI has installed or done development work on approximately 20% of the Proficy MES systems in the world, in 15 different countries and in multiple industries including: Consumer Packaged Goods, Food and Beverage, Sugar Cane/Ethanol, Mining, Pulp and Paper, Discrete manufacturing, Packaging lines, etc.
About Wunderlich-Malec
WM specializes in electrical engineering, process control, instrumentation, and power distribution. Control project responsibilities have been provided for complete control system architecture, hardware and software specification, procurement, software definition, configuration, programming, installation, and start-up assistance.
Office Locations: Phoenix, Arizona; Pleasanton, California; Denver, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas.
Systems Integrator
About ACSI
ACSI specializes in control system application development for industrial clients, engineering firms, and systems integrators. We have leveraged our development expertise with iFix and are pleased to offer a toolset that greatly drives down the cost of your iFix SCADA development. iFixTools allows you to: replicate picture objects, modify VBA code across your entire project, perform low level picture difference detection, use templates to speed PDB development, and verify PDB configuration. Visit us at www.iFixTools.com for more information and demonstrations. Please contact ACSI for GE Fanuc Channel Partner discounts.
About Bynoe Consulting Group, Inc
Bynoe Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is a technology consulting company specializing in System Integration, Manufacturing Execution Systems and Training that efficiently manages the technology lifecycle. We take an in-depth look at your company's vision, mission and needs, with the goal of developing customized technology solutions that benefit your business.
About HMI Software
HMI Software has sixteen years of experience helping customers design and implement CIMPLICITY applications. We work with CIMPLICITY under UNIX, NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. We offer training, screen design and data base development at competitive rates. With our extensive knowledge of CIMPLICITY we can cut your implementation time in half.
About Interstates
Interstates is a total systems integrator with the ability to automate all your equipment, collect data from your operations, provide reporting of that data, and provide interface with your business system to give you real time tracking and control. Interstates, a GE Solutions Provider, specializes in all aspects of industrial automation in facilities such as oil extraction and refinery plants, pet food plants, ethanol plants, feed mills, flour mills, and food processing plants throughout the United States.