New Partner Agreement Between Pilz Automation Safety Canada and Cowper Automation in Eastern Canada

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Feb 28, 2020

Pilz Automation Safety Canada L.P. has signed an agreement with Cowper Automation. Founded in 1944, Cowper Inc., a third-generation family-owned business, is one of Eastern Canada’s largest independent pneumatic and industrial distributors.

By providing unique engineering solutions to their customers, the Cowper team members show their expertise from basic components to complex automation systems. “Cowper is very pleased to partner with PILZ, another family owned automation business with a long history of providing high quality automation solutions. Their safety expertise and innovation fit very well in our sales approach – Application Appropriate Solutions. Our valued customers and prospects will benefit from this strategic partnership with PILZ as we offer the best automation safety solutions available”, says Gren Cowper, president of Cowper Automation.

Cowper will help us cover Eastern Canada through their 5 locations: Kingston, London and Markham in Ontario, Montreal in Quebec and Saint John in New Brunswick. “Cowper is a great fit for our growth strategy. Their customers are potentially our customers. Cowper has a highly specialized team that will help our mutual customers finding high-quality valuable solutions for their automation applications”, says Andreas Sobotta, CEO of Pilz Canada.

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