Vision Software Training, Sales & Support, Volume Discounts Offered to Partners
Braintech Inc. (OTC BB: BRHI) has launched an Integrator Partner Program (IPP), providing comprehensive on-site technical training and sales support for its industry-leading Vision Guided Robotics (VGR) software to enhance product sales through additional sales channels into multiple new markets and industries.
“We have designed our Integrator Partner Program based upon the philosophy of ‘We’re better together,’” Braintech Chief Executive Officer Rick Weidinger said. “Now that we are no longer exclusive to ABB, this is the first time the Company has been able to implement a partnership program offering integration, functionality and economies of scale to all of the major robot manufacturers and end-user customers. We will be focused on assisting our partners to win the business that they are bidding on and will use all of Braintech’s technical knowledge to support them after the win. We will not be beat on price or quality of product and service as we now have the technical and executive sales expertise located in the United States that will ensure that our partners in this program offer the best vision technology at the most economical terms in this tough economy.”
Braintech IPP has two levels of membership, Advantage Partner and Elite Partner, and offers significant discounts to those partners on Braintech’s eVisionFactory (eVF) software platform. License fees for eVF Developers’ Licenses are also waived for Elite Partner IPP members. Additionally, minimum recurring monthly software license fees instead of upfront license payments will be offered to our IPP members as a result of the hardship of current capital budgets.
IPP encompasses a full range of services that include training at the Company’s Pontiac, Michigan, technical center, access to Braintech technical software support, joint marketing efforts and co-branded marketing collateral, sales leads and sales engineering expertise. This support enables Braintech’s partners to respond to quote requests and to build application-specific solutions including vision hardware pricing and delivery from a network of authorized dealers.
It is one-stop shopping for all of a Braintech partner’s VGR needs. Braintech has established a goal to sign up to 20 partners by the end of the second quarter and to demonstrate the profitability that can be gained by working together.
Additional benefits include market analysis, presentation materials, product demonstrations, Return On Investment templates and calculations, proposal templates, solution video clips and unique value-based selling proposals.
R & E Automated Systems Inc. (sister company of DC Automation Inc.), Indicon Corp., Henshaw Inc., HTE, ONYX Engineering, Leite Automation, Tech-Con Automation Inc. and YAC Robot Systems have become founding members of the IPP.
“Braintech has excellent vision science in robotics and the formation of the Integrator Partner Program completes a very attractive package,” Dan Jaraczewski, President of DC Automation Inc. and R & E Automated Systems, said. “What Braintech has pledged is total support with financial incentives to expand our business together. You really couldn’t ask for more.”
"Braintech’s eVisionFactory VGR software is going to open new markets for us," Casey DiBattista, President of Tech-Con Automation, said. "We are going to leverage all the unique solutions that Braintech has to offer. We see many opportunities in the Random Bin Picking software that will certainly help solve our customers' problems. This Random Bin Picking software is truly unique in the market place and I believe it is a real solution for a difficult problem that has plagued several industries for many years."
"We're very impressed with the depth of the IPP. From sales to technical support, it's all there. It's a program that promises to proliferate the use of industrial robots in many areas by adding vision capability,” Brian VanderPryt, Vision Group Leader of Indicon, said. “We're in the business of enabling industrial robots and this program is a match for us."
“Braintech’s Vision Guided Robotics software is without equal and instituting the Integrator Partner Program provides a vigorous mechanism for us to develop and deliver new products to the marketplace,” Henshaw’s Vision Group Manager Bill Wilson said. “It is tantamount to having our own vision software development division. And the more business you do with Braintech, the more you save in costs. It’s a plan designed for a competitive edge and the bottom line.”
About Braintech Inc.:
Braintech's (OTC BB: BRHI) software products offer robust, scalable and transferable Vision Guided Robotic (VGR) solutions used for industrial and government & defense service applications. The company's software is being utilized every day with over 170 installations worldwide. Braintech’s customers include Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, Harley-Davidson, Chrysler, Delphi, Honda, GM, Ford, Nissan, BAE Systems, Makino and ABB. The company has offices in McLean, Virginia, Pontiac, Michigan, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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