May 24, 2011 - Softing North America signed AWC as an Authorized Distributor for its line of diagnostic and troubleshooting tools for PROFIBUS networks. “Softing has been in the fieldbus business for more than 25 years. During this time, we actively shaped open technology standards and established ourselves as the world leader for fieldbus diagnostic tools,” said Jason Frank, Softing North America’s Business Development Manager. “We are very excited and proud to announce AWC Inc. as a new authorized distributor.
Customers will greatly benefit from AWC's knowledge and expertise in the automation industry." About AWC Inc. AWC started its operation in 1965. Expanding considerably since its beginnings, the company now operates 24 locations in 9 states (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Florida) and employs over 285 people. The Corporate Headquarters is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
AWC represents a number of the leading manufacturers of process equipment, automation, instrumentation, and specialties. AWC has a dedicated team of automation and network specialist to help guide customers on technology needs assessment and product selection and configuration. AWC, Inc. is fully committed to do only what we can do “best” for our customers.
About Softing
In industrial automation, Softing is a specialist for fieldbus technology and has established itself as a world-leading partner for networking automation systems and control solutions. Softing provides customers the key technology to connect devices, controls and systems with the leading communication technologies. In fieldbus technology, Softing is a world-class expert for FOUNDATION fieldbus, PROFIBUS, and CAN/CANopen/DeviceNet. The company’s wide range of expertise includes solutions for OPC, FDT, and Real-Time-Ethernet protocols such as, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP, or Modbus/TCP. Many of the products and services developed by Softing since the company was founded in 1979 have become reference standards throughout the world.
In addition, Softing has established itself as a provider of sophisticated diagnostic tools for fieldbus systems.
