Contract brings Entek® predictive maintenance equipment to Air Liquide’s largest facilities
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 11, 2003 — Rockwell Automation today announced it has signed a five-year contract with Air Liquide America L.P. to provide condition-based monitoring equipment and services to Air Liquide’s Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Pipeline region gas production facilities.
Air Liquide America L.P. is a supplier of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and many other gases, serving industries such as steel, oil refining, chemicals, glass, electronics, healthcare, food processing, metallurgy, paper and aerospace.The new contract adds to an existing five-year equipment and services contract with Air Liquide America designed to help reduce maintenance costs and improve uptime at its gas production facilities.
As part of the new contract, Rockwell Automation will supply Entek® vibration analysis equipment to Air Liquide’s 17 largest U.S. plants. The equipment will enable the gas supplier to remotely monitor critical machinery and equipment. Rockwell Automation monitoring technicians will help the company’s maintenance personnel analyze the information gathered, identify developing faults in equipment and correct them before they can impact production or safety.
“The expanded relationship with Air Liquide America is a testament to their confidence in our ability to continue to deliver bottom-line benefits through process and asset optimization,” said Mike Laszkiewicz, vice president, Global Manufacturing Solutions, Rockwell Automation. “By expanding the condition-monitoring program into Air Liquide America’s largest production facilities, the company will realize the inherent benefits that predictive maintenance provides, including increased productivity and improved profitability.”Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) is a world-leading provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that help customers meet their manufacturing productivity objectives.
The company brings together leading brands in industrial automation for Complete Automation® solutions, including Allen-Bradley® controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software® factory management software, Dodge® mechanical power transmission products, and Reliance Electric® motors and drives. The company also is a leading provider of contact management technologies and applications that help companies more efficiently manage interaction with their own customers. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., USA, the company employs approximately 22,000 people, serving customers in more than 80 countries.
For more information on condition-based monitoring equipment and services from Rockwell Automation, please contact the Rockwell Automation Response Center, 10701 Hampshire Avenue South, Bloomington, Minn., 55438, 800.223.5354, Ext. 1546.