Buy Direct or Through Distribution?
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Buy Direct or Through Distribution?

The year 2000 wasn’t that long ago, but back then the only practical way to buy automation components was through a distributor. Due to the efforts of AutomationDirect.com and others, this situation has changed radically, giving industrial plants and facilities choices when purchasing automation systems and related components. The Value of Both Seeing the value…
Get to Know ProSense…for FREE!
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Get to Know ProSense…for FREE!

What is ProSense you ask? Well, ProSense is our line of process instrumentation products including sensors, controllers, transmitters, switches, and gauges that can be used to accurately detect process variables such as pressure, flow, and temperature. From simple float switches, to digital pressure controllers, to our newly released magnetic-inductive transmitters, this line is constantly growing…
Zapped!
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Zapped!

Let’s face it – if you have ever worked around electricity you’ve probably got a few “shocking” stories to share resulting from an electrical mistake – at least that’s the case for our very own Product Managers and Product Engineers at AutomationDirect.com. Luckily, these electrical installation blunders didn’t result in any serious injury! We know making…
Is It Time to Upgrade Your Control System?
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Is It Time to Upgrade Your Control System?

Are your machine or robot control systems good enough, or should you make a change? The machines and robots you build work well. You’ve kept up with periodic improvements. Most of your support calls are predictable. Why rock the boat? As a machine or robot builder OEM, you understand the favorable economics of selling machines…
Industry Slims Down, Peps Up
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Industry Slims Down, Peps Up

Manufacturers Are Discovering That Producing Smarter Means Cutting Energy It now seems like a thousand years ago, but before the wave of economic bad news, many managers and executives had been weighed down by out of control energy prices, and with a fear that the world was reaching peak oil production and things would get…
The Ups And Downs Of The Economy
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The Ups And Downs Of The Economy

According to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), industrial control shipments continued to grow throughout 2007. Although measures of confidence among manufacturers slipped in the second half of the year, indicators of the industrial sector’s performance remained in solid shape. Looking ahead, reports from the Manufacturers Alliance (MAPI) indicate that the combination of the credit…