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- Rockwell Automation, Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and digital transformation solutions worldwide. The company operates through three primary segments: Intelligent Devices, which offers smart products for safety, sensing, power, motion control, and industrial automation including the Allen-Bradley brand of automated components and integrated control systems; Software & Control, which delivers production automation platforms, hardware, software, and FactoryTalk software for system design, operations, plant maintenance, and analytics merging information technology and operational technology; and Lifecycle Services, which includes LifecycleIQ services for connecting, securing, mobilizing, and scaling manufacturing operations along with customer technical support, repair, asset management, optimization consulting, and training. Rockwell Automation, Inc. serves industries such as aerospace, cement, chemical, entertainment, automotive, and consumer packaged goods across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa from its headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the company traces its origins to 1903 as the Compression Rheostat Company, later renamed Allen-Bradley in 1909 before becoming Rockwell Automation in 2001. Recent developments include the completion of its acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and its industrial offering OTTO Motors in early 2025 to enhance material handling and production logistics with autonomous mobile robots; an investment in RightHand Robotics in March 2025 to collaborate on scaling the RightPick piece-picking solution for logistics customers; the announcement of a new low-voltage motor control center product, a partnership with Mahindra University for sustainability in manufacturing, and construction of a manufacturing facility in India to serve the Asia-Pacific region; and plans revealed in November 2025 to build a new 1 million square foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Wisconsin as part of a $2 billion U.S. expansion initiative incorporating advanced technologies like Nvidia's Omniverse for design and demonstration of automation solutions to customers.