A “very positive balance" has been drawn by the organizer Mesago of the Automation Fair SPS/IPC/DRIVES, which closed its doors today. 31.800 Visitors (2003: 27,600) came to the fair at the Nuremberg fair grounds in the past 3 days to view the 1032 exhibitors (2003: 922). The SPS/IPC/DRIVES congress held in parallel only improved marginally on the past year. 493 participants attended the program this year. In 2003 the figure was 486. The SPS/IPC/DRIVES will take place in 2005 from the 22nd to the 24th November at the fair grounds in Nuremberg again.