Westermo unveils Mobile Training and Technology Centre

Westermo's Mobile Training and Technology Centre will visit companies across the UK, offering engineers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a broad range of industrial communication devices. Engineers will also be able to discuss their individual industrial networking requirements with Westermo's technical experts and gain access to a range of onsite training courses. As well as eliminating any travel or accommodation costs, the Mobile Training and Technology Centre provides a controlled learning environment to maximise training time.

Alan Bollard, Managing Director of Westermo UK, says: "We recognise that it can be difficult for engineers to find the time to attend conferences, exhibitions and training courses to learn about the latest technologies. Supporting Westermo's philosophy of making industrial communications easy, our new Mobile Training and Technology Centre will come directly to manufacturing sites providing a unique opportunity for engineers to update their knowledge, with minimal impact on their normal daily routine."

The Mobile Training and Technology Centre is equipped with networked product displays incorporating industrial modems, line extenders and Ethernet switches. These are arranged to show the evolution of industrial communications technology, with devices becoming more robust and reliable, offering increased network resilience and now incorporating easy-to-use management software and network security features. Audio-visual systems will provide interactive demonstrations of the WeOS operating system as well as training presentations and product capability videos.

Bollard says: "Within the UK manufacturing, process and utilities industries, we see an industrial data communications knowledge gap emerging. The Mobile Training and Technology Centre, supported by our technical experts, will remove the mystique that can sometimes surround industrial communications products and help to bridge this gap."

The Mobile Training and Technology Centre supports a range of training courses to be delivered at a customer's premises, including a new one-day IP training course.

To arrange a visit from the Mobile Training and Technology Centre or discuss your industrial communication training requirements email [email protected] or visit www.westermo.co.uk.