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The Georgia STEM Education Awards recognizes schools, programs, and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education in Georgia.

“Automation 101: An Industry Guide to Control System Engineering" is a general guide for the specification, design and installation of automated control systems.

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) announced that AutomationDirect has been named as a Finalist in the Corporate Outreach category for the 2014 STEM Education Awards.

In addition to sponsoring the annual Georgia Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase (GRITS) competition, AutomationDirect also provided the trophies awarded to the winners.

AutomationDirect's “PLCs and PACs Simplify Data Acquisition” explains how businesses benefit from the in-depth information that PLCs and PACs can provide on processes, machines and manufacturing operations.

The Boy Scout merit badge is designed to introduce youth to various kinds of software programming.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution hosted the survey which focused on specific categories relating to a company’s workplace culture. Employees voted the company to the top position.

The two-volume edition features PLCs, PACs, touch screen monitors, AC and DC motors, text panels, sensors, encoders, pushbuttons, switches, drives, and more.

AutomationDirect in Cumming, Georgia, was recently featured on the nationally syndicated Dave Ramsey show.

Automation.com, September 2011 By Benjamin Smith, Hidden Falls Hatchery PLCs from AutomationDirect provide a fully functional automation and alarm system to monitor the processes vital to keeping fish alive and healthy at this hatchery in Alaska.

AutomationDirect will sell KEPDirect OPC Server for use with its controllers and remote I/O.

Employees voted the company to the number two position in the medium-size company category by completing a 37-question online survey.

Users can download the Think & Do v8.04 Keyless Development Demo package for free, create software applications with Think & Do, and download these applications to an unlimited number of WinPLC targets.

The AutomationDirect Automation Laboratory supports the Departmental Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) course and the Automation course.

The NEMA-rated cabinets range in size from 20x21x8 in. wall-mountable to 84x197x18 in. heavy duty free-standing units.

The video tutorial and training site, learn.automationdirect.com, is divided into product categories. It helps answer questions on a range of automation topics such as Selecting a PLC, Building a Combination Manual Motor Starter, HMI and PLC software features, the basics of sensors, motors and motion control, and more. Typically, the presentations are divided into several 1-30 minute segments.

The price reduction presents an average savings of 18% on variable frequency drives. The Marathon lines of MicroMAX, Black Max, Blue Max, and Blue Chip inverter duty motors have been reduced 10%.

Edison fuse line now includes the J, RK1, and RK5 fuse classes. These current limiting fast-acting and time-delay fuses are available with 250 or 600 VAC ratings, depending on type, are UL and CSA approved.