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Plant- and Machine-Wide Communications
News Release from: B and R Industrial Automation Corp
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2005
Editors choose networking technology
Ethernet Powerlink has been awarded the 2004 Control Engineering Editor's Choice Award in the category Networks and Communications.
Ethernet Powerlink has been awarded the 2004 Control Engineering Editor's Choice Award in the category Networks and Communications With the 2004 Editor's Choice Award the real-time Ethernet Powerlink technology has already won the third award worldwide
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Nominated as "Product of the Year" in 2003 in the magazine Elektronik in Austria, Gold Medal at the Automaticon show in 2003 in Poland and proud winner of the US Editor's choice award in 2004, Ethernet Powerlink is among the most highly recognised deterministic communication protocols currently available on the market.
Also in 2004 Control Engineering Editors evaluated hundreds of nominees based on the criteria market impact, technological advancement, and service to the industry to select the 40 winners of the 18th annual Editor's Choice Award.
Once again it is Control Engineering's pleasure to announce what are considered to be the best products launched on the market based on the above selection criteria.
"A flurry of innovation", calls Mark T Hoske, Editor-in-Chief of Control Engineering, one of the main North American automation magazines, the large number products and solutions that were launched in 2004.
It is now in the hand of the many readers of Control Engineering magazine to select the eight winners of the 40 Editor's Choice award winners which will be honoured at the National Manufacturing Week show in Chicago from 7th to 10th March 2005.
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