Rockwell appoints new MD for ANZ

Rockwell Automation has appointed Twain Drewett as managing director for Australia and New Zealand. Drewett has returned to Melbourne after spending nearly three years in Hong Kong as the company’s Asia–Pacific director for manufacturing and process solutions, and replaces Don Werner in the commercial leadership role.

 According to Drewett, his key focus will be to grow Rockwell Automation’s value-based solutions offering, with customer intimacy as the primary goal. “Rockwell Automation is all about forging close relationships,” he said.

Drewett cited environmental sustainability and price-point competition with the greater Asia–Pacific region as two key issues faced by Australian and New Zealand industry today.

“The energy issue is of particular interest in the current climate,” he said. “Not only are there environmental benefits to using less energy, but there are significant cost benefits as well. As a result, plant energy audits are going to become more and more commonplace, with more and more businesses opting to prioritise power and energy management. Building this into the total automation and information system design is just one example of how Rockwell Automation can add value beyond merely selling a control system.”