Information Bank - October 2003

"Automation unplugged" published this month

Jim Pinto's new book, "Automation Unplugged" is being published by ISA this month. It's now at the printer, and will be available on the bookstands at ISA Expo, Houston, Texas, 21-23 October 2003.

The book is sub-titled "Pinto's perspectives, prognostications, predictions and poetry'. It includes articles on a variety of automation topics, with a special introduction by Dick Morley, technology guru and father of the PLC. Each of five sections is introduced by a noted automation industry personality.

• Industrial Automation Majors, the good, the bad and the ugly (Introduction by John Berra, President Emerson Process)
• Marketing, Sales & Distribution Perspectives (Introduction by Frank Williams, CEO of I/O Select)
• Future of Automation Technology Technology - Gee Whiz! (Introduction by Bud Keyes, Senior Vice President, Emerson Process)
• Industrial Networks - this bus is for you (Introduction by Dick Caro, CMC Associates, Chairman of ISA SP5 and formerly of IEC Fieldbus Standards Committees)
• Pinto's Industrial Poetry (Introduction by Greg Hale, Edit, InTech).

"Automation Unplugged" will soon be available online from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. Advance orders are now being accepted, and it will be available for shipment after 15 October 2003.

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