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A programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable controller is an industrial digital computer which has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, or robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability control and ease of programming and process fault diagnosis.
Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.
The General Electric Company, or GEC, was a major UK-based industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering. The company was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Power-line communication (PLC) carries data on a conductor that is also used simultaneously for AC electric power transmission or electric power distribution to consumers. It is also known as power-line carrier, power-line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power-line telecommunications, or power-line networking (PLN).
Eaton Corporation Inc is a American multinational power management company with 2018 sales of $21.6 Billion, founded in the United States with corporate headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Eaton has approximately 99,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.
LucasVarity plc was a UK automotive parts manufacturer, created by a merger of the British Lucas Industries plc, and the North American Varity Corporation in August 1996.
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a manufacturing company which was one of the precursors of the General Electric company.
The Falkland Islands Company Ltd. (FIC) was founded in 1851 and was granted a Royal Charter to Trade in 1852 by Queen Victoria. It is known locally as The Company or FIC is a diversified goods and services company owned by FIH group plc.
Northern Powergrid Holdings Company is an electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. It is the owner of Northern Powergrid (Northeast) Limited and Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc which are the Distribution Network Operators for the North East England and Yorkshire regions.
Ultra Electronics Holdings is a British company serving the defence, security, transport and energy industries. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to automation:
Groupe Fnac Darty, formerly Kesa Electricals plc, Darty plc and Darty Limited, is a multinational electrical retailing company headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine, France. It was formerly a public limited company (PLC) listed on the London Stock Exchange, until it was purchased by the French retailer Fnac in July 2016.
Theodore Addison Wegert was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers. He also played in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, and the New York Titans. Wegert did not attend college.
Electrocomponents plc is a British-based distributor of industrial and electronics products. It is headquartered in Pancras Square London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
A Woman's Face is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the play Il etait une fois by Francis de Croisset. The cast includes Ingrid Bergman in the lead as a woman criminal with a disfigured face.
August Landmesser was a worker at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. He is known as the possible identity of a man appearing in a 1936 photograph, conspicuously refusing to perform the Nazi salute with the other workers. Landmesser had run afoul of the Nazi Party over his unlawful relationship with Irma Eckler, a Jewish woman. He was later imprisoned and eventually drafted into penal military service, where he was killed in action; Eckler was sent to a concentration camp where she was presumably killed.
Cobham Technical Services is a UK-based technology organisation founded in 1920. It sells products for terrestrial and satellite communications, navigation and sensor applications; technical services and specialised systems for high-voltage and lightning testing; and electromagnetic and multi-physics simulation software products.
Wegert Bluff is a bluff, the northeast extremity of a truncated ridge that overlooks the east margin of Noll Glacier in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Sidney J. Wegert, U.S. Navy, pilot in LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.
UK Power Networks is a distribution network operator for electricity covering South East England, the East of England and London. It manages three licensed distribution networks which together cover an area of 30000 square kilometres and approximately eight million customers.
