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From the moment the music started and the partition wall was removed in a backlit shroud of darkness, attendees of the ThinManager 6.0 Launch Event started thinking that this was not going to be a typical expo event. \u00a0Less than 10 minutes later as the lights came up on a large room filled with rocket shaped display booths and more technology than they could shake a stick at, that feeling was confirmed.<\/h6>\n

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Immediately following, Matt Crandell, CEO of Automation Control Products, took to the stage and clearly conveyed the magnitude of this event to a packed house.\u00a0 There would be no product pitch or chest thumping because the ThinManager platform could stand alone without a need for bells and whistles.\u00a0 There would be no \u201cdead time\u201d or aimless wandering because there was something for everyone regardless of the time of day.\u00a0 And most importantly, there would be ample opportunity for everyone to experience a true interactive environment.\u00a0 \u201cThe best way to explain the product is to put it in people\u2019s hands and let them experience it for themselves<\/em>,\u201d said Crandell.<\/p>\n

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Over the next three days, that is exactly what ACP did.\u00a0 With the help of a dedicated team of professionals, hundreds of industry experts were afforded the opportunity to see ThinManager in action, to use it, and most importantly, to receive training and certification.\u00a0 And when attendees were not immersed in a training environment, there was an entire Expo available to them to view partner products, discuss practical application of the products, and to network with other industry leaders.<\/p>\n

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ThinManager 6.0 Expo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With representatives from hardware manufacturers such as Advantech, Arista, Contec, and Strongarm as well as HMI providers such as Rockwell and Wonderware\/ Invensys, every aspect of the automation control solutions industry was well represented.\u00a0 In addition, there were a multitude of vertical presentations from different company representatives who had deployed ThinManager in a broad cross section of industries and wanted to let everyone know how they were able to lower costs while increasing productivity and limiting downtime.<\/p>\n

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Jim Pinto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps the highlight of the entire event was the Keynote address given by Jim Pinto, the godfather of the\u00a0HMI and PLC integration industry.\u00a0 Speaking to a full house, Mr. Pinto espoused upon the importance of innovation and the need to\u00a0continue progressing to keep\u00a0pace with an ever changing marketplace.\u00a0\u201cThe large automation companies are developing mostly extensions of old stuff, reincarnations of tired concepts that can’t generate real growth and just won’t cut it much longer. They are too conservative to do much beyond short-term extrapolations,\u201d<\/em> said Pinto.\u00a0 These were bold words to be spoken aloud in a room filled with industry experts.\u00a0 Yet he continued on without hesitation, constantly driving home the idea that true innovation cannot be achieved without moving forward.\u00a0 There was a sense that his words were more honest assessment than radical ideology, and there was no doubt that he was there to make sure everyone realized that ThinManager was on the forefront of companies leading the way for a new generation of industrial management software.<\/p>\n

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After three days of automation industry immersion, countless hours of expert training, and dozens of presentations, it would seem that Mr. Pinto was correct, and his statements applied equally to the ThinManager 6.0 Launch Event as much as it did to the newest version of their centralized management solution.\u00a0 They found a way to take something like a \u201ctechnology expo\u201d that has been done hundreds of times by hundreds of other companies, and turn it into something more\u2026something that exceeded expectations. It would seem that they made their point, and people are listening.<\/p>\n

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