Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) has acquired leading systems integrator MAVERICK Technologies to expand domain knowledge and help deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in industries such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas.

The acquisition significantly strengthens Rockwell Automation's expertise in key process and batch applications to help its customers realize greater productivity and improved global competitiveness through process control and information management solutions.

"Industrial control and information solutions are most effective when they result from close collaboration between a knowledgeable supplier and the user," said Ken Champa, Rockwell Automation senior vice president of Control Products and Solutions.

"The combination of our global industrial automation leadership with MAVERICK's platform-independent domain expertise will help our customers reduce complexity and realize unprecedented productivity."

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