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Smarter Panel Solutions for Improved Operation, Diagnostics, and Uptime
From easier initial builds to smarter day-to-day operations, discover how solutions in illumination, safety, condition monitoring, and connectivity maximize control panel efficiency and reliability.
In today’s fast-paced industrial environments, optimizing control panel design is critical to achieving operational efficiency and long-term reliability. In this webinar, we will dive into Banner Engineering’s innovative control panel solutions.
You'll gain valuable insights into how these technologies address common design and performance challenges. We'll explore how the integration of illumination, safety control, condition monitoring, connectivity, and indication streamlines panel functionality and leads to better, more efficient control systems.
Whether you're an engineer, integrator, or decision-maker, this session will provide practical strategies for reducing panel size, improving system flexibility, and enhancing productivity, all without compromising performance. Discover how Banner’s versatile solutions can support your control panel projects from concept to completion.
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Bob Bergsgaard
Director of Marketing
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Bob Bergsgaard leads Marketing at Banner Engineering, but his career in industrial automation began 20 years ago as an assembly technician building UL 508A control panels. He later moved into deploying control systems and working directly with customers around the world to solve real-world automation challenges. That hands-on background continues to shape his approach—focused on practical, effective solutions that solve customer problems. In this session, Bob will share insights on technologies for inside, outside, and beyond the control panel.
Dan Charais
Channel Manager
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Dan Charais has over a decade of experience in the industrial automation industry, with a strong foundation in engineering and technical problem-solving. Over the past six years at Banner Engineering, he has worked on the Application Engineering, Marketing, and Channel Development Teams. Dan has helped customers integrate sensors, machine safety, and lighting products into industrial systems, while also supporting distributors in promoting Banner’s problem-solving solutions. Drawing on both technical and commercial experience, he now focuses on building distributor relationships and driving growth. In this webinar, Dan will share insights on technologies inside, outside, and beyond the control panel, which help streamline design, improve safety, and increase efficiency in industrial automation applications.