Rockwell Automation opens new headquarters in Bayswater

After 25 years in Blackburn, Rockwell Automation has a new address. The company moved its South Pacific headquarters to Mountain Highway in Bayswater.

The $4 million facility was officially opened on 8 March, with special guests in attendance. Mark Dreyfus, Secretary for Industry and Innovation; Heidi Victoria, Member for Bayswater; Tim Piper, Director Victoria, Australian Industry Group; and Bob Ruff, President Asia Pacific, Rockwell Automation officially opened the new premises. Ted Crandall, Senior Vice President, Finance and Rockwell’s entire Asia-Pacific leadership team also attended the opening.

Rockwell's new headquarters in Bayswater.

The headquarters include a modern customer training centre to support local and regional industry and conduct proof-of-concept demonstrations to clients. It also includes a dedicated project staging area along with a test and repair facility.

“Bayswater is an ideal location for access to both local and regional customers. The new facility provides space for the growing team at Rockwell Automation and includes a Customer Briefing Room featuring a nine-metre-wide display wall focusing on Plant Wide Optimisation and Machine Builder Performance,” said Twain Drewett, Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand, Rockwell Automation.