Frank J. Bartos and Lara Jackson, CONTROL ENGINEERING

Hannover Fair ’99 Embraces Factory Automation

With ever increasing use of technology and automation, this year's Hannover Industrial Fair—the last before year 2000—remains the premier industrial fair. Also unchanged is the format to assemble several "fairs within a fair" in one location. However, starting in 1999, a new central theme and annual highlight will be Factory Automation, presenting "all the technologies and mod...