Lars de Bruin, Marketing Manager Panel Solutions EMEA for Omron Netherlands, who was already working for Omron when the relationship between the companies started ten years ago, explains how it came about.
“I started working for Omron in the Netherlands as a sales person and in those days we had lots of requests from customers not only for products and components but also for detailed product data”, he recalls. “So it made sense to try and answer those additional requirements and provide the best possible service to our customer base. And, after careful consideration, we decided that the best way to do this was by supporting EPLAN 5, which was the first dedicated electrical design package to reach the market.”
In 2006 EPLAN moved to EPLAN Electric P8 and Lars became more involved with projects that addressed the concept of added value for the panel building process.
Read the full article in the October issue of DPA