Red Lion earned the award for the sixth consecutive year, in part due to its HMI hardware and wireless networking components
January 18, 2017 – Red Lion Controls announced that it has been named a “First Team Supplier” by the readers of Automation World magazine for the sixth consecutive year.
Red Lion was recognized as a 2016 First Team Honoree in the following categories:
- Data Acquisition Hardware: The Red Lion ProducTVity Station® is a ready-to-deploy visual management system that supports the use of Andon messaging and KPIs on the factory floor to boost productivity by turning any television screen into a plant floor data display.
- HMI Hardware: Red Lion’s Graphite® HMI series is the industry’s first rugged solution to combine flexible, plug-in modules with protocol conversion, data logging and web-based monitoring.
- Networking Components - Wired: The Red Lion N-Tron series NT24k® modular switches deliver up to 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports and a wide range of connectivity options to handle the most challenging industrial environments with high reliability and hot-swappable communication modules.
- Networking Components – Wireless: Red Lion’s RAM® 6000 and 9000 industrial cellular RTUs are ready-to-deploy remote monitoring and control devices that enable customers to reliably connect, monitor and control equipment in industrial environments from nearly any location.
Additionally, Red Lion’s RAM® 6021 routers provide secure communication between remote equipment monitoring facilities.
About Red Lion Controls
As the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, Red Lion has been delivering innovative solutions for over forty years. Product brands include Red Lion, N-Tron and Sixnet.

