Heavy Metal, Thin Technology

Tom Jordan

RoviSysWhen you think of American industry, one of the first things that comes to mind is steel. Every skyscraper, bridge, rail line, automobile, etc. incorporates steel because its strength is unmatched when it comes to supporting the weight, wear and tear that these applications require.

Steel’s history is part of American history. Although the industry has changed over the years, the product is still a basic building block for anything durable that humans choose to construct. One of Rovisys’s largest customers is a part of that history and is now the largest steel company in the world. When they wanted to add thin client computing to their Cleveland Works site, they chose ThinManager and ThinManager-Ready thin clients for the job. [...]

ACP Announces New Hardware Partnership with Dynics

Tom Jordan

Dynics-logoDynics-hardware1 ACP is excited to announce that Dynics has become an official hardware partner offering ThinManager Ready technology.

Dynics is a leader in the production of industrial touchscreens. The proven Dynics technology will now become ThinManager Ready. Dynics products have always been able to support ThinManager through the PXE boot functionality, but when Ed Gatt, president of Dynics, saw the value of a ThinManager and Dynics solution, they were excited to offer a ThinManager Ready machine to their customers. [...]

ACP Announces New Hardware Partnership with Logic Supply

Tom Jordan

ACP is proud to announce that Logic Supply has become an official hardware partner offering ThinManager-Ready thin client hardware.

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Logic Supply powers innovation worldwide by designing and manufacturing small, rugged computers specifically engineered for harsh environments. Logic Supply’s latest offering comes in a ThinManager-Ready version for customers seeking to take advantage of the added benefit on the world’s most powerful thin client management platform.

Logic Supply’s thin client offerings are competitively priced yet offer long shelf life by standing up to the most harsh manufacturing environments. For more information, please visit http://www.logicsupply.com/lp/thinmanager-thinclient/ or call 1-802 861-2300 and ask about the new ThinManager-Ready thin clients. [...]

NEW DATES » ThinManager Roadshow

Tom Jordan

LogoThe ThinManager Relevance Roadshow is a two hour demonstration of the new features in ThinManager 7 and Relevance, the new mobile platform for the “Factory of the Future”.

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Jan 19th – Charlotte, NC
Jan 20th – Charleston, SC
Jan 21st – Macon, GA
Jan 22nd – Atlanta, GA
Jan 26th – Knoxville, TN

This FREE presentation covers real-world plant floor pain points and shows you how ThinManager and Relevance can reduce maintenance and downtime as well as provide powerful features that make your facility more safe, secure and productive. [...]

ACP is growing

Tom Jordan

Ronald Farish

Technical Support Engineer

Ronald is the newest of the young guns at ACP. Ronald now lives in Atlanta, Georgia but he previously lived in Syracuse for 8 years.

Ronald came to us from Vonage Business Class where he did support and networking for VOIP. Ronald is the true definition of a techy and he has always been the go to guy for any type of service question or need. Ronald is a great addition to our support team!

James Ungvary

Regional Sales Manager -­ Northeast

James is a new addition to ACP’s sales team. James hails from Mystic, Connecticut. He attended the University of Connecticut where he studied and graduated with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering & Management in 2008. [...]

Forging the Future in the Global Steel Industry

Tom Jordan

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PREMIER Systems Integrators is a trend setting integration organization with more than 20 years experience creating custom system management networks for automated industrial facilities.  They recently completed a project that was massive in scope, size, and complexity for a global leader in steel manufacturing…and once again, they used ThinManager to tie it all together.

At a total cost of more than $1.4 billion dollars, the newly expanded facility they were tasked with modernizing employs 650 people and produces more than 6 million net tons of steel each year. [...]

Managing Multiple Systems to Run the Packaging Industry

Tom Jordan

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The consumer goods packaging industry accounts for more than $2 trillion dollars in annual revenue and is spread across a wide range of applications.  From fast food containers, to paperboard and plastic containers of any shape and size, to molded fiber flatware, these are the products that people worldwide use on a daily basis.

The systems used to run this industry are as varied as the companies that manufacture them.  When a global leader in consumer goods packaging and molded fiber products wanted to overhaul their factory information systems and industrial controls with a consistent system that could be deployed across their 13 facilities in North and South America, they called on PREMIER System Integrators. [...]