I’ve noticed some Industrial Automation vendors on Twitter recently (not to mention some automation related magazines).

I like that trend, but here’s some commentary on who’s doing what right and wrong (from an engineer’s perspective anyway):

Tweets with useful information for customers:

• @phoenixcontact
• @Beckhoff_com
• @FANUCRobotics
• @ROKAutomation *new

Tweets aimed at shareholders, not customers:

• @rautomation
• @KUKA_Systems

Not taking it seriously:

• @ABBMVIT
• @RSTechED *new

An aborted attempt:

• @OmronUK