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Re: Why is the Automation market declining?
Sep 19, 2000 1:19 pm, by Anthony Kerstens
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Michael, The only qualification I would have on that is that it's not just being able to hire people, but hire good people who can hit the ground running. I've been in some bad scenarios resulting from work being done by someone not proficient with control systems (the "competition"), and having to clean-up the mess after. Anthony Kerstens P.Eng. > -----Original Message----- > From: The Automation mailing list, managed by Control.com Inc. > [mailto:AUTOMATION@MIND.CTC-CONTROL.COM]On Behalf Of Michael Griffin > ..... > the Montreal area, but things seem to be booming around here and have been > for some time. I have heard repeatedly from companies building automated > equipment that they can't seem to hire enough programmers and > control system > designers. > There are some fairly large companies in southern Ontario > that build > equipment, and more have been opening up as people see the business > opportunities. A lot of this equipment is exported. Quite a bit > goes to the > US market, but also to other countries around the world. > ....
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