Production automation and control networking innovation in Europe

in October 2004 the European Commission started a Network of Excellence to co-ordinate the Research and development for Production Technology on Europe. One of the four dusters of this Network is dedicated to Control & Automation Technology This contribution presents the Network with emphasss to this Automation cluster. It describes the composhion of the core consortium, the objectives and the activities of the network. The contribution also pictures the benefits of interaction with the network and how this can be achieved.