Rockwell Automation Expands PTplace.com Accessibility to Canada
25 October 2000
Rockwell Automation Expands PTplace.com Accessibility to Canada
Business EditorsGREENVILLE, S.C.--Oct. 25, 2000--Rockwell Automation announced today that PTplace.com, their business-to-business e-commerce site, is now able to serve customers in Canada. Now, in its sixth month of operation, PTplace.com has recorded over $25 million in online sales of DODGE(R) and RELIANCE ELECTRIC(R) products.
Opening the site to users in Canada will allow more customers to take advantage of the ease of use and efficiency of PTplace.com for ordering selected Rockwell Automation products. Users will enjoy the ability to check order status and product availability.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to offer this service to our distributors and other customers in Canada," states Don Louis, director, e-commerce, Rockwell Automation Power Systems. "Our user base across the United States has been rapidly increasing as customers realize the amount of time and effort that can be saved through on-line purchasing of power transmission products."
Canadian customers will enter their site via a button on PTplace.com. They will then be redirected to a site that reflects differences in Canadian currency, postal codes, and offers some support documentation in French..
"The features we continue to add to the site, such as the ability to accept credit card orders and the expansion of our accessibility outside the US, increases our ability to serve our customers with industry-leading convenience," Louis adds.
PTplace.com allows customers and distributors to access DODGE and RELIANCE ELECTRIC power transmission and drive control products directly through the Web. Orders are placed online using an 85,000-product catalog, pre-populated default information that reflects the choices and entries you made on your last visit to the site, multi-line entry forms, saved purchasing lists, and address books, making customer access to the products and information they need faster than ever.
As an operating unit of Rockwell Automation, Power Systems offers Dodge(R) mechanical power transmission products and Reliance Electric(R) motors and drives. Combining these leading brands enables Power Systems to offer integrated motor and mechanical power transmission solutions for automation needs in mining, aggregate, food/beverage, forestry, transportation, petrochemicals, metals, unit handling, air handling and environmental-related industries.
Rockwell Automation, a business of Rockwell International Corporation , brings together leading brands in industrial automation, including Dodge mechanical power transmission products, Reliance Electric motors and drives, Allen-Bradley(R) controls and Rockwell Software(R). Rockwell Automation's unique Complete Automation(TM) approach to helping customers achieve a competitive advantage is supported by thousands of authorized partners, distributors and solution providers around the world.
Rockwell is a $7 billion electronic controls and communications company with global leadership market positions in industrial automation, avionics and communications, and electronic commerce. The company employs about 40,000 people at more than 450 locations serving customers in more than 80 countries.