Sercos International, supplier of the Sercos automation bus, announced that the new English edition of its 2013 Product Guide is now available. The 80-page guide lists approximately 125 providers of Sercos-enabled products and serves as a guide for all mechanical engineers, systems integrators and control unit manufacturers who use the high-performance Sercos automation bus or intend to do so. The providers cover a wide range of products and services: drives, frequency converters, decentralized I/O peripherals, various sensors and a large selection of control systems. Anyone interested can find the right solution for almost every automation application. In addition to specialized device manufacturers, numerous complete solution providers for different industries such as robotics, machine tools, packaging and printing machines as well as general automation are listed. Distribution of the products across major automation categories is evidence that the Sercos automation bus has an impressive universal application.