August 2011

Achieve your business goals. Enhance your sustainability. Empower your manufacturing.

At the heart of any sustainability program is the fundamental belief that your investment in environmental and social responsibility must strengthen business performance. To be truly successful, a sustainability program must:

• Reduce environmental impact
• Achieve genuine economy in the use of resources
• Deliver a return on investment
• Improve the equity of your company

No doubt, you’re facing increased pressure to reach these objectives. Our comprehensive solutions provide what you need to improve energy conservation and efficiency. Find out how to manage your energy resources in a way that brings meaningful value to your business by lowering production costs and optimizing profits.

Smart Grid, Smart Jobs
To meet the sustainability requirements of the future, we’re partnering with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) to develop a highly skilled electric power sector workforce. Featured as part of the “Vids for Grids: New Media for the New Energy Workforce” series, we are helping educate students on the electric power industry and the new jobs within it. Watch the video to understand the crucial role our automation controllers play in the generation and use of power, and our contributions to the Smart Grid.

Configure a small automation system on your iPad.
With the Small System Sketcher, you can pick a controller, assign a network, add an HMI and IO, and configure drives. Small System Sketcher also gives you performance, capacity and configuration information for the selected products.

High availability for critical control applications. Keep your production moving. View this self-paced, multi-media demonstration to learn how the PlantPAx™ process automation system, with its unique end-to-end, scalable set of solutions, helps deliver high availability where and when you need it.

Aug. 16 webinar: Modern Safety Design. Review key implications of the machine directive and explore how these standards should be implemented into a safe design philosophy.

Aug. 24: Rockwell Automation and Endress+Hauser Process Solutions Summit, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Process automation operations management and engineers attending the summit can exchange innovative ideas, learn best practices and network with peers. Live presenters host technical sessions and labs addressing challenges and introducing innovative solutions for process control, instruments and preferred integration with the PlantPAx™ Process Automation System.

Mark your calendar: Automation Fair® 2011, Nov. 16-17, Chicago. Explore a wide variety of smart, safe, sustainable manufacturing solutions geared toward improving business profitability. And, best of all, it's FREE. Take a virtual tour and view presentations, demos and keynotes from Automation Fair 2010.

At Global RSTechED™ events, you’ll hear how our latest offerings can help your plant operate with unparalleled efficiency. Get your questions answered by experts. Listen to presentations by our leaders, customers and industry experts in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.

• India, Aug. 17-19, Hyderabad, India , HICC Hyderabad. Register now
• México, Aug. 23-25, Querétaro, México. Hotel Casa Inn Querétaro. Register now
• Australia, Oct. 25-27, Sydney

RSTechED Professional Development Hour (PDH) certification information available.
Did you attend U.S. RSTechED 2011 event in Orlando, Florida? Check out the event website for more PDH credit information, updated session material and post-event wrap-up. The event keynote videos are available on YouTube.

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Are you expanding your network? Developing a customized safety solution?
Animated videos walk you through different services and explain how each can deliver the automation solutions you need, when you need them, to keep your operations running smoothly and efficiently.

Training Services
TechConnect℠ Support
Safety Services
Network & Security Services
Energy Assessment Services

TechConnect assistance available for ICS Triplex AADvance^™ and Trusted^™ control products.
Global online and phone support through TechConnect Support means your site has unlimited, real-time access to technical support engineers and resources.

Optimizing operations in heavy industries.
Download the brochure and learn how our local Solution Centers can deliver proven, targeted and repeatable solutions based on your operations and specific requirements.

Complete Tank Terminal Automation System (TAS) will manage your entire product handling process.
From monitoring through distribution, Intelligent Terminal Automation System explains our end-to-end automation solution for tank terminals.

Comply with international standards and gain a competitive advantage.
The latest edition of “What Matters,” Safety Matters, focuses on international safety standards and how these standards are reshaping global machine builders' approach to machine safety system design. Subscribe.

We're No. 38 on Forbes' list of most innovative companies.
Read: "The World's Most Innovative Companies". Learn about the innovation premium.

The latest issue of Pumps & Systems includes the Success Story of the Year, awarded to Rockwell Automation, Insyght Systems and the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The project increased the efficiency of the largest water pumping station in Hamilton. Energy efficient equipment and other improvements reduced energy costs by 30 percent per year, with an annual savings of more than $500,000.

The Journal from Rockwell Automation and
Our Partners earned record-setting seven honors for editorial and design excellence. For the fifth time in six years, The Journal has been recognized as a top custom magazine in business-to-business publishing. The latest issue focuses on network technology, including wireless, cabling, network performance, Ethernet, cyber and physical security and more. Learn how to set up a secure remote network and how to achieve network reliability. Subscribe.