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ADVANTECH
Leads Industrial Automation into
the Web Era During the ADVANTECH
"eAutomation with Global Partners Conference"
ADVANTECH Identifies Trends
for the Industry, Announces 2003 IPO
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, U.S.A. - August 2000 - ADVANTECH announced several
new partnerships at its "eAutomation with Global Partners Conference"
held July 20 - 22 in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. that will lead the
industrial automation industry into the millennium. This Taiwan-based
corporation, which boasts more than 1,000 employees in more than
10 countries, has introduced itself as a leader in a new era in
automation - web-enabled solutions.
ADVANTECH identified the future of the industrial automation industry
and discussed how the company is evolving its business practices
to proactively match these trends.
"Web technologies will dominate the industrial factory floors
as it has happened in offices and homes. The Ethernet will become
the most popular standard of industrial field bus," said KC Liu,
chairman and CEO of ADVANTECH. "Lots of front-end devices will
be equipped with embedded CPU and web browser functions and due
to the Internet revolution, there will be a reshuffling of key
players."
ADVANTECH's
new focus will be ADVANTECH Automation Corporation. This company,
which announced plans for a NASDAQ IPO in 2003 with an expected
$1 billion market capital, will continue to develop strategic
alliances and partnerships to penetrate the automation market
share. To accomplish this eAutomation trend, products and solutions
will be developed under one of ADVANTECH's clearly defined automation
markets - HMI and IPC Division, Measurement and Control Division,
and Web and Communications Division.
Combining Taiwan's hardware
engineering and manufacturing efficiency with the U.S.A.'s and
Europe's application innovation and technologies, ADVANTECH will
utilize resources from all of its offices, partnerships and ventures
across the globe to bring web-enabled eAutomation solutions to
the factory floor.
Leading ADVANTECH to this level will be Alex Lin, previously ADVANTECH's
Managing Director of the Industrial Automation Group, who was
promoted to President of ADVANTECH Automation Corporation during
the conference. ADVANTECH announced also that PCS Computer, Inc.
(Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.) will become a subsidiary that will
allow ADVANTECH to further leverage its Human Machine Interface
(HMI) Heavy Machine Industry and outdoor use products and solutions.
Alliances and partnerships were also formed with companies such
as b2d, InduSoft, KW Software and MDSI to increase the capabilities
of ADVANTECH through enhancing SolutionPaks such as WebOIT and
the Softlogic Controller; and products such as the Khameleon.
ADVANTECH plans to announce more of these types of partnerships
to continue increasing its eAutomation solutions later this year.
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Business Summary
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IPO
ADVANTECH
announced plans for an IPO in 2003. With these plans, the company
identified where it will take its global business development,
which includes:
- Creating
and supporting the development of ADVANTECH subsidiaries
- Supporting
NASDAQ IPO project
- Leading
and managing Merger and Acquisition activities
- Leading
and managing joint venture projects
- Managing
ADVANTECH venture capital funds
ADVANTECH
stated how the company will build itself as an IPO company. These
steps include:
- Using Merger
and Acquisition to build technology base and market positioning
- Attracting
top Venture Capital firms to leverage IPO experience
- Offering
Employee Stock Option Plan to attract and motivate employees
- Running
a solid operation with vision and a dream
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Alex
Lin - New President of ADVANTECH Automation Corporation
ADVANTECH promoted Alex Lin to President of ADVANTECH Automation
Corporation. Lin, who will build from his position as managing
director of the Industrial Automation Group, will take ADVANTECH
into the 21st century through developing the region's local technological
resources. Over the next four years, he plans to lead Headquarters
in Taiwan and the United States into increased growth opportunities
by focusing on cutting-edge Industrial eAutomation products.
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Subsidiary
- PCS Computer
ADVANTECH Automation Corporation announced that it has reached
an agreement to acquire controlling interest in PCS Computer,
Inc. The agreement, expected to be finalized in the fall of 2000,
will allow ADVANTECH to expand customization capabilities, leveraging
the expertise of PCS and provide PCS access to world markets through
ADVANTECH's global channels. This announcement also takes ADVANTECH
to the next level in its commitment to continue growth in the
Human Machine Interface (HMI) Heavy Machine Industry and outdoor
use.
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SolutionPak and Product Announcement Summary
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ADVANTECH
SolutionPak
The ADVANTECH SolutionPAK is a solution set tailored to any specific
industry or application needs. ADVANTECH SolutionPAKs can be customized
to any individual product or project requirements with the assistance
of one of ADVANTECH's application engineers. ADVANTECH SolutionPAKs
decrease time to market by taking advantage of hardware and software
products from ADVANTECH and ADVANTECH's OEM partners. All ADVANTECH
SolutionPAK components are selected, compatibility tested, and
supported by ADVANTECH.
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Partnership Summary
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b2d
This alliance will allow ADVANTECH to introduce a new series of
products that will complete the enterprise-to-device level connection.
ADVANTECH and b2d will jointly develop and market services and products
to meet the increasing demand for collaboration between business
automation and intelligence with the enterprise network. This is
the first in a new class of partnerships focused on the needs of
the enterprise-to-device level eAutomation era.
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InduSoft
ADVANTECH announced a partnership with InduSoft Ltd. that will leverage
new initiatives and produce integrated solutions by expanding its
SCADA and HMI products. ADVANTECH will create SolutionPAKs for IPPC,
AWS and the Softlogic Controller products that will use InduSoft's
Studio SCADA and InduSoft WEB Studio packages.
InduSoft uses this same type of development environment as the ADVANTECH
SolutionPak to create applications for many of its products such
as the Studio SCADA and the Web Studio packages. Combining these
packages into ADVANTECH's SolutionPaks takes this convenience one
step further.
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KW
Software
With this KW Software distribution agreement, ADVANTECH will bundle
the ProConOS NT run-time software on ADVANTECH PCs, creating an
ADVANTECH SolutionPAK.
ADVANTECH's SolutionPAK includes ADVANTECH hardware, KW ProConOS
and selected MMI software. The combination of ADVANTECH's Industrial
PC with control and MMI, and ADVANTECH's ADAM I/O allows customers
to purchase a complete control system ready-to-run out of the box.
ProConOS, with over 250,000+ installations, is a pre-emptive, multi-tasking
run-time software providing deterministic operation, down to one
millisecond and runs applications developed with MULTIPROG, a full
featured IEC 61131-3 development environment.
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MDSI
ADVANTECH announced a joint technology partnership with Manufacturing
Data Systems, Inc. (MDSI), consistently the leader in Internet-enabled
software CNC and soft motion control technology. ADVANTECH plans
to incorporate MDSI's soft motion control into a new product solution
for the general motion/industrial automation market from their Cincinnati
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Product Summary
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WebOIT
Using the Web-enabled Operator Interface Terminal (WebOIT) launch
as a springboard, ADVANTECH Automation Corporation is taking steps
to become the leader in integrated web communication technology.
ADVANTECH, through their Partner Program, announced that they would
introduce a series of eAutomation products before the end of 2000.
This series of products will complete the vertical link from the
plant floor to the enterprise level and beyond.
The premiere eAutomation product, WebOIT, will revolutionize operator
panel applications by allowing PLC data and control access from
anywhere in the plant or even the world via the Internet, something
that was previously available only at the operator terminal. The
WebOIT comes with everything customers need to get to work and get
connected; and is an all-in-one, ready-to-run solution for operator
panel needs.
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Softlogic
Controller
ADVANTECH has chosen specially selected Channel Partners for distribution
of the ADVANTECH Softlogic Controller SolutionPAK.
ADVANTECH is taking the Softlogic Controller to the next level by
increasing the distribution outlets of this product. More companies
can now focus on developing applications rather than integrating
systems with this all-in-one, ready-to-run solution for PC-based
machine or process automation requirements.
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Khameleon
ADVANTECH has increased capabilities of its new Khameleon (CPM-1500TV)
Flat Panel Monitor by offering it with the Microbox. The combination
of these two products is ideal for applications for machine control
or CRT retrofit, and users can take advantage of the creation of
specialized PC systems and the ability to change the touch pattern
for each application. The Microbox allows users to conserve space
and still use innovative technology.
Just like the chameleon changes color according to its ambient environment,
the ADVANTECH Khameleon (CPM-1500TV) has the ability to change its
touch pattern for different applications. It is an industrial flat
panel monitor with 15" TFT LCD display and 20.1" touchscreen. Utilities
are provided outside the rim of the LCD, allowing users to program
the touch button easily. |
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