As well as its airport, Varese province has a large engineering industry and is within easy reach of Milan.

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But competing on price with countries like China and on engineering with countries like Germany is not easy.

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With the devices' very sophisticated engineering, it's not very easy to rip out one operating system and put in another.

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Engineering health information systems so that they are easy to use and require minimal training much like an I-pad or tablet that a child can figure out without minutes.

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These solutions integrate seamlessly with multi-vendor and legacy protection relays and devices and enable easy expansion, installation and testing, along with flexibility in design, engineering, commissioning and upgrades throughout the life of a protection and control system.

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