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    • Advertising Material Due: May 3
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    • Advertising Material Due: August 2
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With decades of experience crafting high-quality periodicals, the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its media brand Automation.com have helped automation and control professionals do their jobs and enhance their careers. Industrial automation, infrastructure and manufacturing pros find the information they need through our websites, online magazines, newsletters, webinars and other publications. That means we can help your lead-generation, brand-awareness and thought-leader marketing goals through our global database of 123,000+ industry professionals.

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