The acquisition of systems integrator Maverick Technologies by systems integrator company Rockwell Automation is set to expand domain knowledge and help deliver innovative control and information solutions to customers in industries such as chemicals, food and beverage, and oil and gas.

According to Rockwell Automation, the acquisition significantly strengthens its expertise in key process and batch applications to help its customers realise greater productivity and improved global competitiveness through process control and information management solutions.

Rockwell Automation control products and solutions senior VP Ken Champa says that industrial control and information solutions are most effective when they result from close collaboration between a knowledgeable supplier and the user. “The combination of our global industrial automation leadership with Maverick’s platform-independent domain expertise will help our customers reduce complexity and realise unprecedented productivity.”

The acquisition supports Rockwell Automation’s growth strategy to help customers increase global competitiveness by adopting ‘the connected enterprise’ – a vision that connects information across the plant floor with the entire enterprise to drive new business value. This is particularly important to process customers whose uptime and continuous performance are critical.

Maverick Technologies founder and CEO Paul Galeski says the power of a Fortune 500 industrial automation leader assisting Maverick Technologies will enhance the company’s ability to deliver its domain expertise. “This creates the best combination available to help uncover the benefits of information that drives performance in process industries.”

Maverick Technologies is located in Columbia, Illinois, in the US, with 21 locations in that country and over 300 engineers and technical salespeople. In July 2016, it was recognised by The Silicon Review magazine as one of the “2016 50 Best Companies to Watch,” concludes Galeski.