ACP signs Polytron as ThinManager Integrator

Summary

April 12, 2012 -  Automation Control Products  (ACP) signs Polytron as a ThinManager Platinum Integrator. Our partnership with ACP will allow Polytron to offer client solutions for greater flexibility and management of plant floor computer networks. ThinManager enables HMI security and maintenance, server consistency and redundancy, and provides a centralized network management solution for the entire plant. This translates into increased productivity and reduced downtime due to software and hardware issues. “This unique partnership demonstrates Polytron's ability to bring cost-effective and flexible solutions to the table by leveraging proven Information Technology, which allows our customers to spend less time maintaining their plant floor computer hardware and software infrastructure, and more time producing product,” comments Richard Phillips, MI & MES Product Manager at Polytron. As more of our customers move to mobile plant management with devices such as smart phones and tablets, we see the ACP ThinManager Platform playing a key role in securely utilizing mobile technologies in their network strategy. The ThinManager platform gives Polytron the tools to develop solutions that simplify and maximize complex computing systems, so that plant IT and automation personnel have greater control to more effectively change code, manage security and resolve issues without interruption to plant processes. This helps our customers reduce the costs of hardware and software, while making the entire plant easier to manage. “Polytron is a valued partner to ACP and we are excited about their becoming one of our ThinManager Platinum Integrator Partners,” commented Mike Smoltz, Strategic Alliance Manager at ACP. “Polytron will be instrumental in providing innovative solutions using our ThinManager platform.”   About Polytron Polytron, based in Duluth, Georgia, helps customers engineer and operate with manufacturing excellence. Since its founding in 1983, Polytron has applied project management and engineering expertise in thousands of engagements with many of the world's largest Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and Consumer Products companies, as well as in the Water and Waste Water Treatment industries.  

About ACP Automation Control Products (ACP) created the ThinManager platform in 1999. Today, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, ACP is a worldwide leader in the automation industry that provides full-feature centralized thin client and terminal server management software. ACP’s unique platform offers trendsetting centralized management solutions for the modern factory by simplifying management of applications and visual resources.