ROCKWELL Automation has called for US businesses and governments to invest in ‘smart factories’ to create higher-paying, long-term manufacturing jobs.
According to Rockwell Automation, the public and private sectors need to invest in advanced technology that will lower costs, increase productivity, and increase manufacturing competitiveness.
The company also called for a renewed US industrial policy that includes federal stimulus and research and development on industrial automation and information technology.
Rockwell Automation says its research shows most Americans believe that highly automated, modern factories are important to grow the economy.
The company wants factories to be retooled, claiming it will create more direct manufacturing jobs, and also asked the Obama administration to double research and development for manufacturing innovation to bring it back to 1970’s funding levels.
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