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The demand for greater profits means good process control strategies are essential to manufacturers and producers in a wide range of sectors. Colin Carter reports.

The constant drive towards greater profits has, in the past few years, led to huge investment in process control systems and components in fields as diverse as oil and gas processing to the food and drink and pharmaceutical industries.

There's no doubt that good process control strategies are essential to help manufacturers and producers in all sectors meet the required demand at the right price — whether they are large-scale continuous processing operations or those producing large numbers of smaller, discrete, consumable end products.

Indeed, a recent report by US advisory group

concluded that 'the worldwide market for process automation systems is expected to grow at a compounded market rate of 9.8 per cent over the next five years'.

The report also picked out the pharmaceutical sector (along with associated biotech industries) as one that remains strong in its investment, driven by growth in Asia and other developing regions.

Greater efficiency, especially in energy, has been associated with at least part of this investment. A report published earlier this year by

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