Edmonton, Alberta, April 10 – MatrikonOPCsigned SoftBrasil as its South American distribution channel for MatrikonOPC products and solutions. SoftBrasil is a globally known company that specializes in Industrial Automation, Process Optimization and Industrial Information Management. The partnership with MatrikonOPC enables users of SoftBrasil products to experience a new level of OPC data connectivity from the world’s largest catalogue of OPC products and servers. OPC technology is the “industrial standard” for data communications and data transfer. The technology provides a single, easily scalable, infrastructure to control and exchange data between Windows- based applications and control process hardware.
“MatrikonOPC is known globally for providing secure and reliable data connectivity to virtually every device on the planet. We admire their commitment to quality, reliability, and high level of customer support. Partnering with MatrikonOPC will bring a new level of data connectivity to our customers, and continue to move our business forward into the future,” says Rogerio Zampronha, CEO Softbrasil. “We are extremely excited to join with SoftBrasil to bring MatrikonOPC’s trusted data connectivity software to the South American market. For 15 years, we have been building industrial strength device interfaces and OPC products.
We truly believe our technology and products will complement SoftBrasil’s industry solutions.” Says Sean Leonard, VP-OPC Products, Matrikon.
About MatrikonOPC
(a division of Matrikon Inc. [TSX:MTK])With a collection of more than 500 OPC products and over 100,000 installations worldwide, MatrikonOPC is the world's largest OPC company. MatrikonOPC is a charter member of the OPC Foundation, and has demonstrated a commitment to developing OPC as the industrial connectivity standard.A wide range of global companies rely on MatrikonOPC products for their connectivity in industries such as: discrete manufacturing, process control, building automation, alternative energy production, commercial and military applications. With clients and installs throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East, the reach of MatrikonOPC Connectivity is truly global.