Tempe, Ariz. [May 4, 2010] – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced new value added partnerships as a continuation of the strategy driven by its Embedded Computing business to become the premier supplier to a broad range of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Emerson Network Power has invested in a diversified embedded computing product portfolio to appeal to makers of commercial, industrial automation, government, medical and military/aerospace equipment. New value added partners will accelerate the company’s expansion in these commercial and industrial markets by offering world-class product integration and services capabilities encompassing the entire design, development and production life cycle.
New companies adding value to Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing technologies are Bressner, Dedicated Computing, Ecrin Systems, Elma Electronics, Inc. – ACT/Technico, Emtech LLC, IES, NEI, Suntron Corporation, System Technology Solutions, Inc., Tektronik Engineering and Trade Ltd and Veterans Trading Company, LLC. Emerson is also continuing to expand its network of value added partners in Asia to offer even more services and choices to its broad OEM customer base.
Existing Emerson value added partners include the OEM computing businesses of Avnet and Arrow Electronics worldwide; and ACAL Technology, Data Respons and powerBridge in Europe.
Dick DuBois, senior vice president, Embedded Computing, Emerson Network Power, said: “Today’s OEM marketplace demands integrated world-class solutions. No one company alone can deliver this. We believe in open systems and standards that allow market and technology specialists to customize and expand the functionality of our products. Through Emerson Network Power’s value added partnerships, our customers can be assured of the best available ‘total solution’ comprised of Embedded Computing and key partner technologies and capabilities.”
With a history that dates back over 30 years to the earliest days of embedded computing, Emerson provides products based on open standards that are designed for high reliability and power efficiency with industry-leading quality and long lifecycles. These core competencies have been fundamental to the company’s long-term success in the telecommunications market and will remain at the heart of Emerson’s approach to rapidly expand its presence in a broad array of OEM equipment markets.
Products for Military, Aerospace, Automation, Medical, Industrial Markets
Emerson Network Power was one of the first companies to announce board-level products based on the latest generation Intel® Atom™ and Intel® Core™ i7 and Intel® Core™ i5 processor families. Other recent new product announcements include ruggedized variants of the company’s MVME7100 and MVME4100 VME single board computers and Emerson Network Power’s first 3U CompactPCI PlusIO board, based on Intel® Core™ i7 processors.
The company was also the first to launch a “Commercial ATCA” product, the Katana® 2000, a new server platform based on AdvancedTCA® (ATCA®) technology to provide commercial applications with improved serviceability, power and space efficiency over commercial servers. Furthermore, the recent addition of a native AC power input option to the Emerson Network Power Centellis® 2000 ATCA platform enables it to be used beyond telecom central offices in environments that may be found in network-centric, military, aerospace, broadcast, scientific experimentation, medical and process control markets.
Most recently, Emerson Network Power announced a collaborative effort with Freescale Semiconductor to deploy Freescale multicore QorIQ processors on modular single-board computers (SBCs) based on the COM Express® small form factor.
To learn more about open standards-based embedded computing solutions from Emerson Network Power, visit www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing.
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ from grid to chip for telecommunication networks, data centers, health care and industrial facilities. Emerson Network Power provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, infrastructure management, and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. For more information on Emerson Network Power’s embedded computing products and services, including ATCA®, COM Express®, CompactPCI®, embedded motherboards, MicroTCA® and VMEbus for original equipment manufacturers and systems integrators in the telecommunications, industrial automation, aerospace/defense and medical markets, visit www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.
About Emerson Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2009 were $20.9 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.