Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--Packaging machine automation expert ELAU is developing into the technology leader in the industry.

ELAU AG is the packaging machine automation expert in the Schneider Electric Group, producing customized drives and controllers for the packaging industry, and by combining strengths they compliment each other perfectly and know the packaging industry best .

With PacDrive, ELAU is developing into the technology leader in the industry, because no other company has tailored its automation solution to packaging applications. Together with highly dynamic servo drives and a complete range of HMI, the scalable controller program satisfies all the requirements of electronic control and drive technology in machines used in the consumer packaged goods industry.

ELAU will be continuing to operate independently, taking full advantage of its strengths in the packaging market. With its product range, Schneider Electric complements the ELAU system up to and including comprehensive electric control and drive technology solutions.

Automation components from Schneider Electric:

Control cabinet technology

• Contactors
• Terminals
• Circuit breakers

Field bus technology

• Frequency converters
• Soft starters
• Actuators (for size changeovers)
• Decentralized I/O technology

Other automation components

• Sensors
• Vision systems
• Control and recording equipment
• Explosion-proof products

Schneider Electric also supplies solutions for energy distribution, building engineering and installation technology.

Comprehensive automation solution for machines in the consumer packaged goods industry, from the terminal to the HMI: PacDrive from ELAU and Schneider automation components:

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Schneider Electric and ELAU complement each other perfectly on more than just the product level. ELAU is strengthening its sales and application resources to achieve its objective of becoming market leader for the automation of packaging machines. ELAU is making use of the applicable Schneider infrastructure in more than 130 countries around the world, while at the same time establishing sales and support structures of its own everywhere.

The staff at the office in Great Britain is being increased, an additional base is being set up in Lyons, France, to augment the Paris office, and the first sales office in Switzerland will open soon. In the United States, new offices in Philadelphia and Boston are being added to ELAU Inc’s. Chicago base of operations.






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