Smartening manufacturers

Rockwell Automation expands across various sectors to help China's industry

When Bob Buttermore, president of Rockwell Automation China, first came to the country in 2009, he was amazed at the quality and scale of local infrastructure and how modern the society was. He said Chinese cities have seen continued rapid growth in the past eight years.

In his view, Shanghai is a great place to live and work in. The US-based industrial automation and information products provider has its China headquarters in Shanghai. "There's modern infrastructure ... and there's so much going on. It's so fast-paced in China. It's a very exciting environment to live and work in."