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Background and Interfaces of Automation in Finland

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Basic automation in Finnish industry proceeded parallelly to mechanisation in primary production and to the large social change caused by the latter. Government and industry support automation, while the public and trade unions are neutral or in favour of it. While it is expanded in industry, a scientific backing is seldom sought for.

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  1. Laboratory of Control Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland

    A. J. Niemi

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  1. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    J. Forslin (IPC-Chairman) (IPC-Chairman)

  2. Scientific Academy of Lower Austria, Krems, Austria

    P. Kopacek (NOC-Chairman) (NOC-Chairman)

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Niemi, A.J. (1992). Background and Interfaces of Automation in Finland. In: Forslin, J., Kopacek, P. (eds) Cultural Aspects of Automation. Schriftenreihe der Wissenschaftlichen Landesakademie für Niederösterreich. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9220-7_3

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