Industrial automation specialist, Rockwell Automation is strengthening its roots in Africa. At the inauguration of the company’s new premises in Johannesburg, managing director Barry Elliot also announced that Rockwell is joining forces with two well-known and influential South African trusts, Ma Afrika Tikkun Trust and Simanye Trust, as the company’s B-BBEE shareholders. In his opening address Elliot said, “South Africa is important to us and the significant investment we have made is testament to our confidence in both the global and local economies. Our new offices reflect Rockwell Automation’s continued commitment to strengthening our roots in Africa. Our vision is to be the leading provider of industrial automation and information solutions in Africa. This collaboration represents an opportunity to pursue a focused strategy based on education, employment and enterprise opportunities that can make a genuine contribution to our commitment to help uplift underprivileged communities.”
From l: Thomas Donato, EMEA president, Rockwell Automation; Barry Elliott, MD, Rockwell Automation sub-Saharan Africa; Errol Pillay, CEO, Afrika Tikkun Services.
Errol Pillay, CEO of Afrika Tikkun Services, added that Afrika Tikkun Afrika is based on a cradle-to-career model that supports children from infancy into adulthood and has helped almost 20 000 beneficiaries a year for the last 21 years become more employable, productive and responsible, enhancing their self- efficacy. Simanye Trust, on the other hand, focuses on addressing systemic problems through enterprise development initiatives aimed at developing self-sufficiency.
At the inauguration, guests were also entertained by political analyst, Justice Malala with a thought-provoking presentation entitled ‘Beyond the Noise: South Africa 2016-2026’. This was followed by Rockwell EMEA president, Thomas Donato, who talked about ‘The Connected Enterprise: the Internet of Things’. He said that this is all about increasing the productivity of your assets and doing more with what you have, and Rockwell has generated significant improvement in its own organisation as well as for its key clients.
With a new B-BBEE shareholder and a new centre for its sub-Saharan operations, Rockwell Automation continues to demonstrate its seriousness in fulfilling its social and economic mandate in South Africa.
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