FARGO, N.D. (October 8, 2026) — Border States and SmartSights announce their partnership to bring industry-leading production intelligence solution suite to their customers.
Border States is a SmartSights Premier Partner, joining forces to help industrial customers unlock greater value from their production data. Through this partnership, manufacturers will gain access to software solutions that convert real-time plant-floor information into meaningful insights, empowering teams to reduce downtime, improve operational responsiveness and increase visibility across production environments.
By combining SmartSights’ innovative industrial software solutions with Border States’ trusted customer partnerships and automation expertise, the two organizations will deliver joint customer value that will help drive measurable productivity gains, support smarter decision-making and lay the groundwork for long-term digital/AI transformation and operational success.
“Our partnership with Border States represents an important evolution in how SmartSights brings production intelligence to the industrial market,” said Corey Rhoden, CEO of SmartSights. “Border States has an extensive customer network and a long history of helping industrial organizations invest in the infrastructure that powers their operations. By adding SmartSights software to their portfolio, we can build on that foundation and give customers a more complete path from automation infrastructure to actionable operational insights. It also strengthens SmartSights’ channel strategy by extending our reach through an organization with established relationships across the industries and markets we serve.”
“This partnership represents an important step in expanding how Border States supports industrial customers,” said Brad Flath, Director of Software Solutions at Border States. “By combining SmartSights’ software capabilities with our knowledge of our customers and their operations, we can help manufacturers gain clearer insight into plant performance and respond more effectively to the issues affecting productivity. It allows us to deliver more than technology. We can help customers apply it in ways that create meaningful operational value.”
About SmartSights
SmartSights’ easy-to-deploy applications for overloaded operations teams makes it easier for customers to function with fewer people in today’s complex industrial environments. Our solutions provide data-driven analytics, real-time/historical reports, autonomous alerts, issue management and resolution, empowering operations teams with clear insights for effective decision-making and action. SmartSights enables customers to quickly identify and remediate critical plant issues, helping to optimize plant operational performance. To learn more, visit www.smartsights.com.
About Border States
Border States supplies products and services to construction, industrial and utility customers. The 100% employee-owned company is rated the sixth largest electrical distributor in the United States by Electrical Wholesaling magazine. Border States has more than 3,500 employee-owners and 125 locations in 31 states. The Branch Support Center (corporate office) is located in Fargo, North Dakota.