1400 Exhibitors (2007: 1,320) from inside and outside Germany have announced their intention to take part in the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2008, that will be held from the 25th to the 27th November in Nuremberg. The trade visitors will be able to see systems and components of electrical automation in 11 fair halls. This year the fair will open on the Wednesday for an hour longer (till 19.00 hours). The emphasis of this year’s SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2008 is “Ethernet in automation”, “Motion Control” and “Safety and Security in Automation” as well as ”Wireless in Automation”, “RFID in automation” and “Web in Automation”. A congress will be held in parallel.