The IT world has moved on from proprietary operating systems. Now it’s industry’s turn. The future of industry is wide open Schneider Electric TM believes the time is right for a bold move in industrial automation. We’re calling it universal automation and it will forever change the way we automate operations. Universal automation is the world of plug-and-produce automation software components (think app store) enabled by the IEC 61499 standard. We believe “open automation” as it exists today is not open enough. We believe interoperable and portable application software is an essential enabler for next-generation industries.

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