Schneider Electric, a specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced the winners of its 2023 Global Alliance Excellence Awards. The annual event recognises performance among the company's Alliance System Integrators, Alliance Industrial Automation Distributors and new partnerships influencing more agility and resilience in the services they offer.
The awards ceremony was a central part of their annual Global Alliance Partners conference, which took place in Marrakesh, Morocco. Schneider Electric Alliance partners have been key to driving industrial digital transformation throughout 2023. They consistently supported their customers in digitalising industrial automation with innovative initiatives, solutions, and services using Schneider's Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies.
Barbara Frei, Executive Vice President of Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, applauded the winners: "Our Excellence Awards shine a light on the best uses of integration, interoperability, and innovation among our partner programs, demonstrating what's next for different industries. Collaboration is a vital component in achieving the efficiency and sustainability needed to thrive in today's industrial digital transformation."
During 2023, Schneider Electric made enhancements to its Alliance Partner Program empowering partners to better serve customers by helping automate and innovate their industrial applications. This is crucial as companies persist in digitalising their industrial operations, relying on trusted and credible ecosystem partners. The introduction of new specialisation initiatives ensures that partners remain competitive.
Winners of the 2023 Global Alliance Excellence Awards were consequently chosen across multiple categories. BPX of the United Kingdom was awarded the Global Alliance Industrial Automation Distributor Partner of the Year Award. The Global Alliance System Integrator Partner of the Year Award went to Integrated Intelligent Solutions & Technologies Pvt Ltd, India. Other notable winners included Rexel, France, awarded Global Alliance Industrial Automation Distributor Business Partner of the Year, and SAFEgroup Automation Pty Ltd, Australia, collected the Global Alliance System Integrator Business Partner of the Year.
The EcoStruxure Partner of the Year Awards was shared between Nedco Canada-Rexel Group and IDA Proses, Turkey, in the categories of Global Alliance Industrial Automation Distributor and Global Alliance System Integrator, respectively. The Global Schneider Electric Software System Integrator Partner of the Year Award went to Avanceon, Saudi Arabia.
The Global Alliance Partners conference itself was an international gathering of Schneider Electric leaders and Alliance partners designed to encourage common growth ambitions and reward shared success. Such events provide a cultivating environment and occasion for celebrating significant progress in the dynamic field of energy management and automation.