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Company Contact: Mark Knebusch
Phone: (865) 251-5252
Email: mknebusch@oldi.com
Controller-to-Controller Data Exchange Appliance Nominated as Plant Engineering Magazine 2009 Product of the Year Finalist
Knoxville, TN – Online Development’s cATM Universal Gateway controller appliance transaction module has been nominated by the editors of Plant Engineering magazine as finalist for its 2009 Product of the Year competition. The appliance simplifies data exchange between over 50 brands of automation controllers without the need to program message instructions.
Readers of Plant Engineering magazine will vote on finalists between November 15 and December 15, 2009, and winners will be notified in January 2010. Awards for winning products will be presented at the 2010 Manufacturing /Automation Summit in Chicago.
ABOUT ONLINE DEVELOPMENT INC.
Online Development Inc. (OLDI) designs and manufactures factory automation products to help manufacturers simplify data transaction, control and communications tasks. Products include Appliance Transaction Modules (ATM) for both enterprise- and controller-level data exchange. Enterprise Appliance Transaction Modules (eATMs) simplify and manage the exchange of data between general-purpose computer systems at the plant and enterprise level with factory floor controllers. Controller Appliance Transaction Modules (cATMs) enable connectivity to many brands and types of PLCs/PACs and DCS.
OLDI also has a line of open control products to enable the development of special applications in PLC/PAC chassis and standalone versions.
In addition to these products, Online Development designs and manufactures a variety of controller modules for leading factory automation companies such as Rockwell Automation and ProSoft Technology. It is a Rockwell Automation Global Encompass Partner, a member of Control Systems Integrators Association, ODVA, and participates in partner programs from IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.
Founded in 1989, Online Development is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee and also has offices in Barcelona, Spain. Online Development Inc. Headquarters Address: 7209 Chapman Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Main Telephone: 800-625-8678, website: www.oldi.com.
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