Allen Bradley is a leading supplier of factory automation equipment under the umbrella of Rockwell Automation, and is considered to be a leading player in this sector along with the big hitters of Siemens, ABB and Emerson. Allen Bradley are at the forefront of innovative solutions for intelligent industry and are always striving to break now ground. Amongst its portfolio, AB supplies contactors, programmable logic controllers, human machine interfaces, AC Drives, motor control centres, sensors, safety switches, safety relays, servo systems and data driven systems. AB considers its strength lies is in the connectivity of all its control offerings, though many would argue that it has been playing catch up with Siemens in this particular field.