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The Automation Conference (TAC) offers companies a focused venue for connecting automation professionals across all industries, including manufacturing, processing and packaging operations. Our program is designed to facilitate networking and includes a limited number of tabletop exhibits. For more information about TAC sponsorship opportunities, please contact your Summit Media Group sales representative or Courtney Richards at (800) 355-5595.

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2013 Silver Sponsors

Festo is a leading world-wide supplier of automation technology and the performance leader in industrial training and education programs. Festo's aim is maximised productivity and competitiveness for their customers.

Lenze is a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technology. Our products can be found in many industries, including automotive, packaging, material handling and logistics, robotics, and commercial equipment (pumps/fans). A global network of distributors and representatives makes Lenze Americas perfectly positioned to meet the motion control needs of customers worldwide. Lenze Americas can be found online at http://www.lenzeamericas.com/

Invensys Operations Management is a leading provider of automation and information technologies, systems, software solutions, services and consulting to global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. The marketplace knows us from our premier brands – Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor, Skelta, Triconex and Wonderware. Our solutions, which are used by more than 40,000 clients in over 200,000 plants and facilities around the world, include control and measurement instrumentation; safety, critical and distributed control systems; a wide range of real-time operations management software and professional services.

Microsoft was founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") and is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

2013 Bronze Sponsors

Siemens Industry, Inc. is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy, healthcare, and infrastructure and cities sectors. For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions.

Advantech is a leader in providing trusted, innovative products, services, and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, embedded systems, automation products, and global logistics support. We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries.

Moxa, Inc. offers world-class industrial networking products to systems integrators and value-added resellers in over 60 countries. Clients place great trust in Moxa's business and environmental practices, which are backed by ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certification.

ANIXTER is a knowledge and expertise leader in the areas of Industrial Ethernet, connectivity and cybersecurity solutions that support industrial automation. From sensor to server, we leverage our network and cabling experience to protect your automation investment.

ZPI Inc.'s industry leading software suite provides accurate and comprehensive data collection and analytical tools that provide packaging, manufacturing and processing facilities with the business intelligence required to increase availability, improve performance, reduce quality defects, increase outputs, decrease costs, and increase profit margins.

Belden is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of broadcast, enterprise and industrial connectivity and industrial networking and products for many industries including broadcast, oil & gas, data centers, energy, healthcare, and industrial automation.

Beckhoff Automation provides advanced, open automation products based upon proven industrial technologies so that manufacturers and machine builders can implement high performance control systems faster and at a lower overall cost than traditional PLC and motion control systems.

EPLAN Software + Services evolutionizes engineering efficiency using database-driven controls hardware design solutions that increase productivity, predictability, and precision. We are fervently dedicated to our customers through software, support, consultation and knowledge sharing, creating a continuous loop of improvement.

Kepware Technologies develops a wide range of communication and interoperability software solutions for the Automation industry. Our flexible and scalable solutions help connect, manage, monitor, and control diverse automation devices and software applications—improving operations and decision-making throughout all levels of an organization.

TURCK is an internationally recognized developer and manufacturer of sensors, connectors and networks specializing in factory and process automation applications.

Red Lion Controls has a 40 year history of delivering innovative industrial control solutions. Our award-winning products are trusted by customers worldwide and product brands include Red Lion, Sixnet and N-Tron.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with more than 100 years of experience providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power.

Opto 22 develops and manufactures reliable, easy-to-use hardware and software products for industrial automation, energy management, remote monitoring, and data acquisition applications. The company's latest product, groov, makes it easy to build and view operator interfaces from anywhere, using any browser-enabled device, any screen size, from any manufacturer.

SMC Corporation of America is your source for air cylinders, actuators, valves, fittings, regulators, air dryers and more for the automation industry. Since its establishment, SMC has been a leader in pneumatic technology, providing industry with technology and products to support automation based on the guiding principle of "contributing to automation labor savings in industry".

Hilscher North America, Inc. specializes in products, technologies and service at the leading edge of industrial communications. We want to be measured by the success of our customers with their competitive products. We follow a long-term success strategy as an independent owner-managed family undertaking.

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