The functionality of the PLC has evolved over the years to include sequential relay control, motion control, process control, distributed control systems and networking.

As PLCs have become more powerful, the boundary between DCS and PLC applications has become less distinct.

* Cadbury, one of the world's largest chocolate companies, has begun certifying its Dairy Milk bars as Fair Trade ; according to Cadbury, in 2010 " around one quarter of ... global sales " of these bars will be Fair Trade .< ref >“ Fairtrade Cadbury Dairy Milk Goes Global as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand take Fairtrade Further Into Mainstream .” Cadbury PLC 2010.

* Unilever PLC has its UK and Ireland headquarters in Leatherhead at the purpose-built Unilever House-home to some of the nation's favourite consumer brands including: Bertolli, Colman's, Knorr, Marmite, Hellmann's, Surf, Dove, Lynx, Radox, Sure, Persil, Flora, Tresemme, Toni & Guy, Wall's ice cream, Cif, VO5 and Domestos.

Recent changes have seen Granada PLC take over Carlton, and all of ATV's national archive programming has been taken into their ownership.

Unilever has two holding companies: Unilever PLC, which has its registered office at Port Sunlight in Merseyside, United Kingdom and its head office at Unilever House in London, United Kingdom ; and Unilever N. V., which has its registered and head office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

* In the UK, Daily Mail and General Trust plc owns newspapers including the Daily Mail, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, has a 29. 9 % stake in GCap Media ( the owner of Classic FM and other radio stations ), and a 20 % stake in ITN, and also owns regional publisher Northcliffe Media.

Rolls-Royce PLC has ensured its aircraft engines are in high demand by continuously monitoring the health of its 3000 engines for 45 airlines through live satellite feeds.

, the PNC is chaired by Salim Zanoun and has 669 members ; 88 are from the Palestinian Legislative Council ( PLC ), 98 represent the Palestinian population living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and 483 represent the Palestinian diaspora.

MLST has continued to support the Great Central Railway PLC ( the 1976 was eventually dropped from the title ), and the various organisations around the railway.

On the 29th of June 2009 Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC advised that Geely Automobile Holdings Limited, with whom they have a joint venture to produce Taxis in China, has a notifiable interest in 6, 085, 000 of the Company ’ s ordinary shares, representing 19. 971 % of the issued ordinary share capital.

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ( CBC ) is one of the leading commercial banks in Sri Lanka with 220 branches and more than 515 ATM's. The bank has a subsidiary in Bangladesh.

Jaguar Land Rover PLC is a British premium automaker headquartered in Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors since June 2008, when it was acquired from Ford Motor Company.

The production licence came to an end in 2005, and the licence to brew draught Bass has been taken up by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC, who started production at the Marston's Brewery, also in Burton.

The area has a strong industrial background with industry such as rope making Irish Ropes PLC ( established 1933, and unfortunately now closed ) and carpet manufacturing Curragh Tintawn Carpets Ltd. ( established 1937 ) which continues to manufacture carpeting in Newbridge to this day.

The company has also licensed its name and image to a line of consumer power tools, manufactured by Alba PLC.

This has now moved full control of TUI's tourism division directly to TUI Travel PLC.

The government has granted most of the country ’ s major religious communities “ public law corporation ” ( PLC ) status – Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts in German – which allows for numerous benefits.

Since the purchase of the Anvil Hill Coal Mine Xstrata Coal, an Australia-based subsidiary of Xstrata PLC, has come under media scrutiny numerous times in regards to the company's management of the pre-mining stage of the mining project, most notably scrutinised has been the community relations approach of Xstrata Coal towards the local community, with allegations of misleading actions on behalf of the company being cited in the local and regional media, and other regional and local communication channels.

However, the paper has attacked ex-President and PLC Leader Arnoldo Alemán for corruption, opposed the political agreement between Alemán and Daniel Ortega, and challenged the perceived weak government of conservative President Enrique Bolaños.

More recently the house has been home to Galen Weston, the Canadian owner of Selfridges PLC ( and whose wife Hilary was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1996-2001 ).

Unlike regular PLCs that are usually modular and greatly expandable, the PLRs are usually not modular or expandable, but their price can be two orders of magnitude less than a PLC and they still offer robust design and deterministic execution of the logic.

Most PLC technologies limit themselves to one set of wires ( such as premises wiring within a single building ), but some can cross between two levels ( for example, both the distribution network and premises wiring ).

For example, a protective relay can use a PLC channel to trip a line if a fault is detected between its two terminals, but to leave the line in operation if the fault is elsewhere on the system.

Viacom split into two companies in 2006, one retaining the Viacom name ( which continues to own Paramount Pictures ), while another was named CBS Corporation ( which now controls Paramount Television Group, which was renamed CBS Paramount Television, now known as CBS Television Studios and worldwide distribution unit is now CBS Television Distribution and CBS Studios International, in 2006, Simon & Schuster for Prentice Hall and other educational units, which Viacom sold to Pearson PLC in 1998, and what's left of the original Paramount Stations Group, now known as CBS Television Stations ).

NATS is split into two main service provision companies: NATS En-Route PLC ( NERL ) and NATS Services Ltd ( NSL ).

The club split into two parts, with the professional side becoming part of Loftus Road Holdings PLC, who also owned Queens Park Rangers F. C .. One element of the deal saw Wasps move from their traditional Sudbury home to share QPR's Loftus Road stadium.

InterContinental Hotels Group ( IHG ) was created in 2003 after Six Continents split into two daughter companies: Mitchells & Butlers PLC to handle restaurant assets, and IHG to focus on soft drinks and hotels, including the Holiday Inn brand.

It is now divided into two boxes connected together via high-speed Wifi MIMO or PLC: the first box provides Internet access, Wifi connection and a phone line ; the separated box is a digital video recorder, with advanced TV features like timeshifting, or video on demand.

Bass was itself split in two, its brewing assets being sold to Interbrew whilst the remaining part of the company became Six Continents PLC, focusing on hotel, restaurant and beverages business.

If it is found that PA acts only as a DAG precursor, then one can raise the question as to why cells should produce DAG using two enzymes when they contain the PLC that could produce DAG in a single step.

Part 3 of IEC 61131 deals with programming languages and defines two graphical and two textual PLC programming language standards:

PLC hydrolyses the membrane phospholipid PIP2 to form IP3 and diacylglycerol ( DAG ), two classical second messengers.

In Monotype Corp. PLC v. International Typeface Corp, the plaintiffs relied on the business records exception to attempt to admit two e-mails as evidence that the defendants had infringed their copyright only to have it excluded by the court.

Las Vegas Sands is now allegedly in talks with InterContinental Hotels Group PLC to manage the two hotel towers at its USD 4. 1 billion expansion project, the Dow Jones Newswires reported quoting a person familiar with the matter.

A programmable logic controller ( PLC ) or programmable controller is a digital computer used for automation of electromechanical processes, such as control of machinery on factory assembly lines, amusement rides, or light fixtures.

The PLC uses a digital output to open the inlet valve to fill the tank.

GSB was renamed the ITV digital channels Ltd to reflect ITV PLC control.

A commonly used control device called a programmable logic controller, or a PLC, is used to read a set of digital and analog inputs, apply a set of logic statements, and generate a set of analog and digital outputs.

The Psion Series 3 range of personal digital assistants were made by Psion PLC.

Infoscreen Networks PLC, a digital narrowcasting business listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, through YTL Info Screen Sdn Bhd owns and operates four digital narrow cast media networks in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur, and on the Express Rail Link Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.