Customers of automation and engineering giant Schneider Electric may soon hear another vendor’s name pop up more often in conversation: Delmia, the Dassault software that helps manufacturers design operations virtually.
Under a new pact, Schneider’s U.S.-based Industrial Solutions Group will act as a reseller of Delmia software, while also offering Delmia-based implementation and training services to customers in the automotive, food processing, logistics, mining, mineral, metals, and oil and gas sectors.
The engineers and project managers in the Industrial Solutions Group, which specializes in custom implementation of automation control, MES, and SCADA systems, already have a foot in the door. The group installs such systems at manufacturing sites across the United States and often uses the Delmia software as part of the process.
John Boville, who oversees marketing for Schneider North America’s automotive segment, said the appeal of purchasing Delmia software from Schneider is in the services that come with it. Engineers in the Industrial Solutions Group, he said, will use their expertise to help customers, including OEM manufacturers and manufacturing line integrators, build libraries within the Delmia software that will govern the machine elements they plan to maneuver in the virtual world.