1. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. World Programmable Logic Controllers Fact Book Market Forecasts Revenue, Unit Shipment, and Average Price Figures at a Glance Industrial Automation Group “To reduce the complexity and time required to write a program, PLC suppliers are increasingly making their products compatible with the standard software available in the marketplace.”

2. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Constant technological improvements in the instrumentation section of PLCs PLC suppliers are moving in the direction of standardization of the networking architecture, hardware platforms, and software To reduce the complexity and time required to write a program, PLC suppliers are increasingly making their products compatible with the standard software available in the marketplace. This has resulted in considerable cost savings and productivity gains for end users

3. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Key Features Frost & Sullivan Provides: Detailed analysis into end users, distribution channels, types of applications and geographic breakdown by key countries Extensive analysis of the different product types in the PLC market Market share analysis of key participants in each of the product segments Over 500 charts and figures providing in-depth analysis into the market

4. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What We Offer Global Coverage: U.S., Europe, Japan, and Asia Proven methodology encompassing extensive primary and secondary data and research Focused information and strategies that cover business and technology issues Credible data and analysis highlighting industry dynamics

5. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Who Will Benefit? Current Market Participants Find out how you compare to the competition Assess current and future drivers and restraints Determine and exploit new market share opportunities New Entrants Analyze challenges associated with the industry Position yourself to capitalize on the market’s unmet needs Investment Community Determine which participants will outperform the competition Assess attractiveness of investing in the programmable logic controllers market

6. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Forecasts by geographic regions and key countries Forecasts by different applications Forecasts by distribution channels Forecasts by end-user industries Forecasts by product type: nano, micro, small, medium and large, protective, and open PLC software

7. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Key Market Participants ABB Advanced Micro Controls, Inc. Aromat Corp. (Mitsushita Electric Works) Automation Direct Bosch Rexroth Corp. Canberra Harwell Ltd. Cegelec, Inc. Crouzet Automatismes SA Cutler-Hammer (Eaton) Corp. Divelbiss Corp. e-Manufacturing Networks, Inc. Entertron Industries, Inc. FF Automation Ltd. Fuji Electric Corp. of America GE Fanuc Giddings & Lewis LLC Grayhill, Inc. HIMA - Americas, Inc. Hitachi America Ltd. HMW Enterprises, Inc. Honeywell, Inc. Horner Electric APG ICS Triplex IDEC Izumi Corp. Keyence Corp.

8. © Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Kuhnke Automation Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Moeller Electric Corp. Omron Electronics LLC PILZ International Rockwell Automation, Inc. Saia-Burgess Electronics Holding AG Siemens Toshiba International Corp. Triconex (Invensys, Inc.) Key Market Participants (Cont’d)

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