We define automation as "the creation and application of technology to monitor and control the production and delivery of products and services.” The automation of your production will improve your competitiveness. It will make the production process cheaper, faster and better. More and more businesses have come to realize that deeply integrated industrial automation is an alternative for moving production to countries where wages are lower. To assist and ensure the successful adoption of new technologies in mining, Siemens has provided automation equipment and industrial networks to assist Amplats’ Engineering Skills Training Centre (ESTC). The automation equipment and industrial network technology will be used to train and equip artisans at the centre.