Appleton® LED Lighting Launch Online Parts Catalog of 3D CAD Models Powered by CADENAS PARTsolutions

Hazardous and Industrial Location Lighting Manufacturer Now Provides Configurable 3D CAD Models and 3D PDF Data sheets via their Online Parts Catalog

February 17, 2016 – Appleton Group, a business unit of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) has recently launched an all-new online parts catalog for their line of Appleton® hazardous and industrial location LED illumination products. The catalog enables users to configure their specific Appleton product and download in the CAD or document format they prefer. This feature is great for busy engineers, helping them to quickly specify Appleton products into their design or to quickly share PDF files with their procurement department.

Appleton is a trusted manufacturer of a broad range of electrical products including conduit and cable fittings, plugs and receptacles, enclosures and controls, and conduit bodies in addition to their extensive hazardous and industrial lighting line.

The interactive online parts catalog is major component of Appleton’s initiative to improve the customer experience. Formerly, engineers would contact Appleton’s engineering team by phone or email to request digital models for their designs. The process typically took a matter of days and Appleton could only provide files in a few formats.  Now, the process is simple and intuitive, engineers have on-demand access to digital models of Appleton LED lighting products. Users simply log-on to configure the product they need and can download in more than 150 native and neutral formats.

“Our goal was to increase ease of use and access for our users,” says Kerry Nedic, Vice President of Marketing for Appleton Group. “We know if we can provide increased value by making our products easy to specify, we can more quickly solve our customers problems and become a trusted resource for future projects and applications. A secondary benefit is increased efficiency for our internal engineering team. The process to fulfill customer CAD requests was cumbersome for multiple departments, now that responsibility has been completely eliminated. This is truly a win-win for our customers and the Appleton Engineering Team. ”

“Appleton is taking major steps to be the easiest manufacturer to do business with,” says Jay Hopper, President and COO of CADENAS PARTsolutions. “They have removed all of the hurdles their users might encounter when specifying an Appleton product. Not only will their customers love them for it, but their engineering team will too.”

About Appleton

Appleton Group (www.appletongroup.com), a business unit of Emerson, provides electrical products for hazardous, industrial and commercial environments to serve a wide range of industries. With its global capabilities and trusted expertise, Appleton Group products have led the industry for decades in safety, durability, and quality with signature brands Appleton®, O-Z/Gedney®, Nelson® Heat Trace, EasyHeat® and SolaHD™.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global technology and engineering company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and residential markets. Our Emerson Automation Solutions business helps process, hybrid, and discrete manufacturers maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while optimizing their energy and operating costs. Our Emerson Commercial and Residential Solutions business helps ensure human comfort and health, protect food quality and safety, advance energy efficiency, and create sustainable infrastructure. For more information visit Emerson.com 

About CADENAS PARTsolutions

CADENAS PARTsolutions is a leading provider of next generation 3D part catalog management and sales configuration solutions. For large manufacturers, CADENAS PARTsolutions provides centralized 3D parts libraries making it easy for global design teams to find, reuse, and control standard and proprietary parts. For component manufacturers, CADENAS PARTsolutions provides 3D product catalogs with digital CAD download technology, helping businesses increase sales lead generation and to ensure that components get “designed in” to OEM products. partsolutions.com

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