Its Cutler-Hammer group is a distant third behind Rockwell and Siemens in sensors, switches, motor starters and computers that run factories.

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The group gets paid to do things like restore electrical infrastructure in Kosovo and set up remote monitoring links between an oil refinery in Houston and Cutler-Hammer's offices in Warrendale, Pa.

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Cutler-Hammer Senior Vice President David Wathen has a solution.

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