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It is now over 25 years since Mitsubishi Electric launched the first compact PLC
on the European market. Since then Mitsubishi has become the world market leader
in this sector, with over 8 million of its compact controller installations to
its credit. With their compact dimensions and low cost compact controllers
have opened up new perspectives in industrial automation. Many applications for
which automation was once not even an option can now benefit from the many advantages
of these controllers. The FX3U series that is now being launched worldwide
is the third generation Mitsubishi Electric's extremely successful family of compact
PLCs. The new flagship line once again sets new standards - and not only in the
compact controllers class. The FX3U takes compact controllers into another dimension,
delivering performance that was formerly the exclusive domain of larger control
systems in a compact package. The FX family now includes four independent
but fully mutually-compatible product lines: 
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