US-headquartered Rockwell Automation has bought Italian digital automation technologies company ASEM.

Rockwell says the company - which builds industrial PCs, human-machine interface hardware and software, remote access capabilities and secure industrial IoT gateways - will enhance its control and visualisation hardware and software portfolio.

ASEM is primarily a supplier to European machine builders with great opportunities in the North American market. "ASEM's products provide customers with a high degree of configurability for their industrial computing needs, allow them to achieve faster time to market, lower their cost of ownership, improve asset utilization, and better manage enterprise risk," said the company.

Rockwell announced its intent to acquire ASEM in February. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.