In our second exclusive preview of CIM 2001, which runs from 30 October to 1 November at the NEC, PAUL GAY explains how suppliers of control systems, already under pressure to drive down prices, have adapted a strategy to include long-term maintenance and even asset management contracts The face of control systems is changing. The controllers that do the work have matured to the extent that they have virtually become commodities, and the main pressure from the user is now standardisation and economy. There has probably never been so much push on control and automation suppliers to drive down the price of their products.
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