Rockwell Automation expands drives HQ

Prospects for business growth on the inside appeared as bright as the late summer day outside on Sept. 8, when Rockwell Automation officially dedicated a 30% expansion of its 10-year-old Drives Business headquarters and R&D facility. The $40 million, 130,000-ft² building addition expands Rockwell's capabilities for design, development, and support of electronic...

By Staff November 1, 1999

Mequon, Wis. -Prospects for business growth on the inside appeared as bright as the late summer day outside on Sept. 8, when Rockwell Automation officially dedicated a 30% expansion of its 10-year-old Drives Business headquarters and R&D facility. The $40 million, 130,000-ft

Overall, the now-570,000-ftication products, software, test engineering, quality engineering, and technical training. The dynamometers are housed in self-contained bays. The drives center also does EMC testing and power module prototyping.