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    AutomationDirect
    The #1 Value in Automation
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    CAMPUS 2
    Fuel Building
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    CAMPUS 3
    Fit Building

AutomationDirect ...much more than just a ".com"

AutomationDirect is a non-traditional industrial controls company using the best ideas from the consumer world to serve the automation market. Because of that approach, we can deliver quality products to you for much less than traditional suppliers.

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Recognized by the AJC as the top medium size company to work for in the Atlanta area in 2012, 2014, and 2017. AutomationDirect has prioritized creating a company culture that allows employees to take ownership of their jobs and to be rewarded for a job well done.

Since 1994

Our Company History

AutomationDirect.com, originally founded as PLCDirect in 1994, has quickly grown from its humble beginnings as a PLC company to a well-recognized name in the Industrial Automation Market. As the first industrial controls company to successfully use a direct sales catalog for PLC products, and now with a huge inventory supporting an online superstore, AutomationDirect continues to innovate in the market with both products and sales.

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