China’s Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) market is growing at double-digit annual rates.  The China market for PLCs is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.4% over the next five years.  The market was close to $750 million in 2006 and is expected to reach $1.3 billion in 2011, according to a new ARC ...

FPM Tooling & Automation announced its acquisition of RTS Industrial Solutions (Trident) of Toledo, Ohio. RTS is a recognized leader in the field of Automated PLC Controlled Systems and technologies producing and servicing hundreds of industrial machines for the automotive and consumer products industries.   FPM Tooling & ...

ISA recently announced the publication of “The Road to Integration: A Guide to Applying the ISA-95 Standard in Manufacturing” by Bianca Scholten.   This resource provides instructions on how to apply ISA-95 in manufacturing enterprise systems (MES) and vertical integration projects, as well as reveals the most important ISA-95 models and ...