Continued market growth is testament to PLC developments

摘要

According the latest figures from Gambica the PLC market continues to grow. Hugh Tasker offers some thoughts on why. The PLC versus IPC or PC based control debate has been with us for over two decades now, with commentators making various predictions about the rise of industrial controllers with PC based internals versus purely PLC solutions. Clearly, though, the PLC has not been usurped. Along with a massive installed base, there are still a string of innovations being released into the market.