GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation announce partnership to build digital bioprocessing solutions

Summary

March 28, 2019 – GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation are combining their automation, IT and single-use solution expertise to build bioprocessing operations for the digital age. The two companies will help biopharmaceutical companies create flexible and scalable facilities of the future, focused on rapid response to market demands, streamlined production technologies and adaptable manufacturing environments. GE Healthcare has also joined the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program as an OEM Partner to help drive a distributed control system offering.

GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation can help companies:

• Gain efficiency with FlexFactory single-use equipment integrated with Figurate bioprocess automation.
• Digitize batch files and processes to reduce review times and achieve real-time reviews.
• Deliver instructions to workers with augmented reality to improve batch execution, operations, equipment setup and training.

This collaboration leverages the combined expertise in single-use bioprocessing with deep automation and IT knowledge to turn data insights into productive outcomes.