Different applications fields would benefit from automation if suitable control strategies and devices, without modifications of the whole system or the productive process, were to be introduced. This aim should be achieved by a low cost automation approach.The objective of this Symposium was to bring together end users and control systems specialists to evaluate the possibilities of techniques, design procedures, components and instruments to achieve a low cost automation. It also takes into consideration not only all the economic aspects but also the improvements in productivity, reliability, flexibility, and facility of implementation.

Different applications fields would benefit from automation if suitable control strategies and devices, without modifications of the whole system or the productive process, were to be introduced. This aim should be achieved by a low cost automation approach.The objective of this Symposium was to bring together end users and control systems specialists to evaluate the possibilities of techniques, design procedures, components and instruments to achieve a low cost automation. It also takes into consideration not only all the economic aspects but also the improvements in productivity, reliability, flexibility, and facility of implementation.