Hydraulics & Pneumatics May 2022

NEWS BGEN, the specialist multi-discipline engineering solutions business, is the first company to be approved to provide Rockwell Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform integration in the UK. The approval gives BGEN certification to integrate Rockwell Automation’s award-winning FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, including PTC ThingWorx. PTC ThingWorx simultaneously removes technical barriers to the IIoT implementation, while emphasising practical solutions that quickly return value. The platform can help companies to realise cost, efficiency and productivity improvements. BGEN, already a gold level system integrator with Rockwell Automation, secured the approved IIoT status following a rigorous capabilities check. The process included engineers achieving certification for PTC ThingWorx Fundamentals and PTC ThingWorx Professional, and successfully completing a project using the platform. This was alongside the company demonstrating a proven track record of supporting industrial organisations in their digitalisation journeys. Natural step “Approving BGEN as our first accredited IIoT system integrator in the UK was a natural step in progressing our long-standing relationship with the company,” says Jeff Stewart, information solutions systems integrator program manager EMEA, at Rockwell Automation. “They have a team of highly skilled engineers in place to support our industrial end-users in realising the full potential of our award-winning FactoryTalk Innovation Suite including the PTC ThingWorx Platform.” “This approval adds to our credentials in the automation and digitalisation space,” says Robin Whitehead, chief executive at BGEN. “The fact that companies like Rockwell Automation put their trust in us to help optimise the benefits of their technology is testament to the level of investment we place in our people and service we provide to our customers.” BGEN has been using Rockwell Automation technology since 1998 and joined Rockwell’s System Integrator Programme in 2003, achieving gold status when Rockwell updated its programme in 2021. The company has a proven history of helping a range of companies realise their automation and digitalisation ambitions across a range of sectors including FMCG, heavy industry and utilities. 10 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS April/May 2022 www.hpmag.co.uk BGEN first company approved to provide Rockwell IIoT platform integration in the UK Rotec, provider of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical mechanical engineering services and products, has committed to becoming a net zero business by pledging to halve its carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2040. A recent ‘Carbon Footprint Assessment’ identified the main sources of the Rotec’s carbon emissions and has ensured necessary management frameworks, processes and systems for decreasing the company’s carbon footprint are data-driven and have measurable targets. The business has also recently received its FNZ Standard – a benchmark and progress recording and monitoring tool, which is verified and audited by future Net Zero. To achieve net zero by 2040, Rotec will first focus on reducing emissions caused in-house and by the company’s supply chain to the lowest possible level. Any emissions that cannot be eliminated will need to be offset through schemes that remove carbon from the atmosphere. Sustainability The business, with service centres based throughout the South West of the UK, have already taken a number of steps towards their net zero goal, and will continue to take future action in the coming years; continuously looking for new ways to become more sustainably responsible and ultimately carbon neutral. Paul Prouse, Rotec’s managing director, comments: “We are pleased to announce our environmental commitment to achieve net zero by 2040. Reducing Rotec’s carbon footprint is embedded within our business strategy. Rotec pledges to become net zero As part of being an environmentally responsible company, we are committed to supporting our customers to become more sustainable by designing and offering more energy-efficient and eco- friendly engineering solutions.” LEFT: Robin Whitehead: “The fact that companies like Rockwell Automation put their trust in us to help optimise the benefits of their technology is testament to the level of investment we place in our people and service we provide to our customers.”