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Article: User group meetings.
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- Control Engineering
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Renee Robbins, Control Engineering
Just as car enthusiasts prefer to talk with and learn from owners of similar vehicles, automation and instrumentation engineers tend to gravitate toward others with the same hardware and software. While attendance at general manufacturing trade shows is flat to down, participation in vendor- or technology-specific users groups seems to be on the rise. It's hard to find the time for a day or three out of the plant and into exhibit halls or seminar rooms, but user group meetings can provide the best return for the time spent, if you spend your time wisely.
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