{"id":850,"date":"2020-07-17T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/?p=850"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T16:40:56","slug":"the-winding-history-of-rockwell-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcontrol.com\/blog\/2020\/the-winding-history-of-rockwell-automation\/17\/07\/","title":{"rendered":"The Winding History of Rockwell Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rockwell Automation is one of the biggest industrial automation companies in the world.  But a little over a century ago it began as a small company devoted to one product started on a $1,000 investment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The infographic below will give you many of the highlights, but the company has continually grown through other beneficial acquisitions,mergers, and divestitures as well.  This includes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Allen-Bradley&#8217;s acquisition of Robotronics S.A. from Matra S.A. in 1985.  Robotronics S.A. was active in robot vision. <sup>(1)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allen-Bradley&#8217;s acquisition of the Electronics Corporation of America in 1986 for $99 million.   The Electronics Corporation of America was based in Waltham, Mass. and manufactured electronic combustion sensors and photoelectric controls. <sup> (2)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allen-Bradley&#8217;s acquisition of Creonics in 1990.  Creonics created motion control products <sup> (3)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allen-Bradley&#8217;s acquisition and partnership with Metal Leve Controles Eletronicos in 1992 The company specialized in electromechanical industrial control products. <sup>(4)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell&#8217;s acquisition of Reliance Electric for 1.6 billion dollars in 1994. The company focused on motors, drives, and mechanical drive components.  Rockwell also buys ICOM and Controlware around this time. <sup> (5,6,7)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell International acquisition of California&#8217;s Intecolor Corp in 1997.  The privately held company, which built high-performance computer monitors and industrial workstations, was purchased for an undisclosed amount. <sup> (8)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell&#8217;s acquisitions of Dynapro and EJA Engineering in 1999.  Dynapro designed HMI interface software, while EJA specialized in industrial Automation safety components. <sup> (9,10)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell&#8217;s acquisition of several software companies, including Datasweep in 2005, GEPA in 2006,  Incuity in 2008, and ACP in 2016. <sup> (11,12,13,14) <\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell merges Allen-Bradley with Electro-Craft, moving all motion control products under the Allen-Bradley name. <sup> (15)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell divested itself of Reliance Electric, selling the power systems business to Baldor Electric in 2006 for $1.75 billion in cash and $50 million in stock. <sup> (5)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell&#8217;s expansion of its MES (manufacturing execution systems) offerings with the acquisition of Interwave in 2003 and MESTECH Services in 2019. <sup>(16,17)<\/sup> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rockwell&#8217;s move into advanced technologies with the acquisition of vMonitor in 2013,  Jacobs Automation in 2014,  Odos Imaging 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