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INDUSTRY NEWS FULL COVERAGE MA NEWSLETTER TO SUBSCRIBE GO TO OF EVENTS AND ANALYSIS WWW.MANAGINGAUTOMATION.COM managingautomation.com Alliances, Executive Appointments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Products news For the maonline in perspective BY STEPHANIE NEIL Record APPOINTMENTS Mitsubishi, IBM, and ILS Team Up to Make Integration Easy for Automakers t’s a common assumption that integration tive reference architecture that combines between a plant floor and an enterprise Mitsubishi’s iQ Automation programmable system must happen within the application automation controller embedded with ILS layer called MES. While integrating autoTechnology’s deviceWISE connectivity softmation and IT systems via MES has been the ware with a connectivity interface called MX chosen path for many manufacturers, there is MES Interface IT and IBM’s SOA. another way that bypasses what The ILS technology embedded can become a confusing array of within Mitsubishi devices acts as application programming interan on-ramp into IBM’s Webfaces. The alternative solution, Sphere middleware, which, called device-to-IT connectivity, through the SOA, can then serve relies on an automation appliance up content to the appropriate to bring data from controllers dienterprise application. This tworectly into the enterprise. tier delivery method “eliminates Of course, data must be manthe middle tiers to get source aged and directed toward the data into the consumption zone,” right applications, and that’s says Fred Yentz, chief operating where a service-oriented archiofficer of ILS Technology. Fred Yentz tecture (SOA) comes in. This apThe ILS technology is the key proach may appear simple, but it is actually a ingredient for direct connectivity. And while it bit complicated. For example, where does one is innovative, it is not brand new. ILS, which buy an SOA-based automation appliance that originated as a development group within IBM’s will meet industry-specific needs? Well, if you e-manufacturing solutions division, was spun off are in the automotive industry, take a look at as a separate entity in 1999. The data connecwhat IBM, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., and ILS tivity technology that ILS designed includes a Technology LLC are doing. collection of device-specific drivers and protoIn January, the trio announced an automocol handlers. It also includes security policies Intermec, Inc. appointed Raymond Cronin vice president and general manager, RFID. SAP AG named Bob Hershey vice president and SAP Consulting Practice leader for the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. Also, SAP appointed Patricia R. Hume senior vice president, SAP Indirect Channel Organization and Morag Lucey executive vice president, Global Small and Midsize Enterprise Marketing. ToolsGroup promoted Pat Smith to vice president of sales for North America. ZigBee Alliance selected Tendril CEO Adrian Tuck to be its vice chairman. I CONTRACTS Armstrong International, Inc., which makes intelligent systems for steam, air, and hot water utility applications, selected IFS Applications to standardize its global operations. Infor SRM SupplyWEB will enable Hailo GmbH & Co., a maker of laundry systems, ladders, and sanitation supplies, to optimize its replenishment process. Canterbury of New Zealand, a maker of athletic apparel, is using Lawson Software’s QuickStep Fashion software. Continued on page 13 Industrial Controls to Climb to $15.4 Billion in 2011 U.S. demand for industrial controls is expected to increase 2.9% annually for the next four years, reaching $15.4 billion in 2011. The growth drivers will be advancements in solid-state control products, increasing strength in the aerospace and motor vehicle industries, and a projected upturn in electrical and electronic product shipments, according to the Freedonia Group, Inc. However, growth will be constrained by a relatively mature U.S. market and competition from PCs programmed to perform many control functions, the firm said. Advanced controls will grow faster than conventional controls, as systems integration services and industrial control software account for an increasingly large share of the demand. Durable goods industries accounted for 61% of the total in 2006, a trend that is expected to continue. Electrical and electronic equipment and machinery makers use industrial controls widely, and OEM applications are expected to grow faster than MRO applications through 2011. Services industries will be the fastest-growing market for these products. NUMBERS U.S. Industrial Control Demand Forecast 20,000 Total 15,350 8,750 15,000 ($ U.S. Millions) Total 12,080 6,500 Total 13,280 7,310 10,000 Source: The Freedonia Group, Inc. THE 5,000 5,580 5,970 6,600 BY 0 2001 2006 2011 Conventional Advanced ma 10 2008 March http://www.managingautomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com

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