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Great success for Collaborative Automation partners at Initi@tive Seville

27 Collaborative Automation Partners joined by 3 Industry consortia (including; ACKSYS, ACT’L, Anyware Technologies, Arc Informatique, Areal, Citect, connectBlue, Data-Linc, Dextus, ECT International, EPLAN, HIMA, HIRSCHMANN, HMS Industrial Networks, IGE-XAO, MDTsoftware, MGE-UPS, Mynah Technologies, Network Vision, Niobrara Research and Development, Ordinal, OSIsoft, Prosoft Technology, Prosyst, SDProget, Spectrum Controls, TNI-software, and industry consortia; AsInterface, CANInAutomation, and Modbus-IDA. ) had the opportunity to demonstrate their Collaborative Automation solutions to mainly European Schneider Electric customers.

Among the 2005 Initi@tive events, this was a major opportunity for Collaborative Automation partner companies to present their products, services and solutions to our customers and also to the Schneider Electric sales channel and Product departments.

Spread throughout 25000 m² in an elegant Spanish Hacienda, Initi@tive 2005 offered conferences on solutions and applications, the latest product launch news, plus the strategic evolution of quality and technology. In addition, there were useful "hands-on" workshops as well as product and partner exhibition space. Transparent Ready was also prominently featured. In total, over 500 Schneider Electric products were presented!

The main brands and partners were all represented: Merlin Gerin, Telemecanique, and Square D, all under the umbrella of "Get your ticket" to a New Electric World.

Adjacent to the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin products were the Schneider Electric Collaborative Automation partners, where they presented their complementary offers for increasingly powerful solutions.

As part of the a product demonstration, over 2000 doughnuts were made during the week thanks to the automated doughnut machine from North Andover which featured Advantys STB and other integrated Schneider Electric products.

Partner comments:

« I am very happy with the quality of the contacts made during the show, both with Schneider Electric people and with customers. »

« It saved me 10 separate trips in different European countries. Met with other Collaborative partners for eventual cooperation. Excellent networking opportunity. »

« Very professional organization of the event. Initiative 2005 was a good start. It is a promising event for Schneider Electric and its partners. »

« Very good event, triggering business activity between Schneider Electric managers, customers and partners. »

« Best event for the number and quality of contacts that Schneider Electric has ever had. »

« I was amazed and pleased by the level of contacts at this event. The best ever. »

Conclusion:

This outstanding success is a significant step in our Collaborative Automation program. By bringing together customers, partners and Schneider Electric in a single forum we have been able to show how we can effectively deliver best-in-class solutions. We look forward to working together to follow up and meet the needs of our customers.

For more information:

Companies interested in joining our program please look for more information on how to join in the Partner area. For general inquiries, please use our E-mail Submission Form Information CAPP to contact us.