Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. announced it has purchased the assets of SoftSwitching Technologies, a provider of industrial power quality detection and protection systems located in Middleton, Wis.
SoftSwitching Technologies’ solutions improve uptime in manufacturing production by identifying and correcting brief power disruptions called “voltage sags.”
SoftSwitching Technologies’ battery-free, environmentally friendly products provide cost and performance advantages over battery-based, three-phase uninterruptible power supplies or constant voltage transformers. The global, centralized intelligent network system also provides power grid alerts so manufacturers can monitor activity and correlate power quality events with unscheduled downtime, saving hours of guesswork and mechanical diagnostics.
“This acquisition provides the necessary resources to extend all SoftSwitching Technologies’ unique technologies into many more applications through the Rockwell Automation global channels network,” said Jason Doescher, SoftSwitching Technologies’ chief financial officer.
SoftSwitching Technologies will be aligned within the Rockwell Automation Control Products & Solutions operating segment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
