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 ...

U.S. demand for industrial controls is expected to reach $15.4 billion in 2011, says the Freedonia Group in a recent report. Estimated annual sales growth rate for these products: 2.9 percent.   Gains will be supported by the continual technological advancement of solid-state control products that will enable manufacturers to improve their ...

ISA’s Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) standards committee, ISA-SP104, has launched a new website, www.eddl.org, that gives information about the standard and offers resources for learning more about EDDL technology.   The EDDL standard advances interoperability of devices in control systems and handheld communicators. Device ...