New Channel to Leverage Adept's PLC-Based Products and Technology with Rockwell Automation PLC Products
LIVERMORE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2004-- Adept Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of robotic systems, motion control and machine vision technology, today announced its new distributor channel program for PLC-based robots. Adept plans to leverage its PLC-based products and technology with Rockwell Automation PLC products through its new Adept Distributor channel program.
It has signed its first Rockwell distributor to the program, Revere Electric Supply, a full-line, high-technology electrical distributor with multiple locations in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin." Combining the strong customer support network of a broad distribution channel and the simplicity of our Adept PLC robot technology should allow a new class of users to benefit from the productivity gains and quality improvements that robots provide," said John Dulchinos, vice president and general manager of robotics for Adept Technology, Inc. "As our first signed distributor, Revere is ideally suited for carrying the Adept PLC robot line based on their expertise in automation and motion control and fifty years experience as a Rockwell Automation distributor.
We are delighted to have them on board."" Revere is always looking to expand its breadth and depth of products. Adept's new line of PLC-based robots allows us to provide a robotic solution that fits into our solution-based mentality," said Gregory Kolb, Director of Automation at Revere Electric.The new family of PLC-controlled robots will be shown at the Assembly Technology Expo, September 28-30, in Chicago, Ill. (booth #923).
The new robot family combines high performance robots with a PLC Server that allows direct programming of the robot from the Allen-Bradley(TM) family of PLCs (PLC-5(TM), SLC-500(TM), Logix(TM) family), through a DF-1 serial connection.Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications.
Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software. Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots.
More information is available at www.adept.com .This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of risk factors relating to Adept's business and its common stock, see Adept's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, as amended, and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 27, 2003, December 27, 2003, and March 27, 2004, including the discussion in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained therein.The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept and Adept Cobra PLC are trademarks of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies.