Robert Zeigenfuse to Participate in Manufacturing Summit
Posted on Fri, Oct 12, 2007
EXTON, PA, October 12, 2007 – Robert Zeigenfuse, president and chief executive officer ofExton based Advanced Automation, has been invited to serve on a CEO Panel at the upcoming Advanced Manufacturing Summit, to be held Wednesday, October 24, at the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley.
Co-sponsored by the Chester County Economic Development Council and DVIRC (Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center), the event will help attendees – manufacturing executives, business professionals and related industry participants – chart growth strategies in a global economy.
“Zeigenfuse will bring firsthand experience in this area,” DVIRC President and COO Barry Miller said, “gained from Advanced Automation’s joint venture, announced earlier this year, with Engro Innovative Automation (Pvt.) Ltd.” EIAL is a global provider of industrial automation and engineering support products and services to manufacturers in Europe, the Middle East, China, and South Asia.
Pennsylvania Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky will be the luncheon keynote speaker, focusing on “Strategic Investments for Pennsylvania’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector: Technology, Talent, and Trade.”
Zeigenfuse will join the Chester County Leadership Panel, which will focus on “Business Challenges and Opportunities.” Advanced Automation, which has been based in Chester County since its founding more than 20 years ago, was named by Control Engineering Magazine as “2007 System Integrator of the Year” in competition with control system integration firms worldwide.
Advanced Automation specializes in the development of real-time performance management systems for the process and discrete manufacturing industries. The company is located at 640 Rice Boulevard, Exton, PA 19341. Telephone: 610-458-8700. Website: www.advancedautomation.com.
For more information, contact: Advanced Automation: Dana Hammer-Eden, 610-458-8700, ext. 238, danah@advancedautomation.com