Michelin Group and Rockwell sign preferred partner agreement

Industrial automation and information company Rockwell Automation has been awarded a four-year contract by The Michelin Group. The contract designates Rockwell as the preferred provider to all the Michelin Group’s factories worldwide.

The agreement extends to the Rockwell Automation industrial automation, power, control, industrial software and services offerings. The Michelin Group will use these solutions to gradually leverage performance of their industrial assets and to design next-generation machines.

Innovation in mobility is at the heart of growth and urban wellbeing, and Rockwell Automation’s technologies make this a reality for Michelin, said the vice president of capex procurement for The Michelin Group.

It caps a 25-year relationship with Michelin marked by innovative collaboration, said Thomas Donato, president of Europe, Middle East and Africa for Rockwell Automation.