SERCOS N.A. Welcomes Four New Members Four leading industrial companies recently joined SERCOS N.A., the North American promotional alliance for the SERCOS interface®, as new OEM members.  The Aagard Group, LLC of Alexandria, Minnesota designs, engineers and manufactures automated packaging machinery, including wrap around cartoners, servo case packers and complete combination systems. Card-Monroe Corporation of Chattanooga, TN specializes in custom built tufting machines. Industrial Fiber Optics of Tempe, AZ manufactures fiber optic products for automation, industrial, medical and sensor industries worldwide. Industrial Sales Management of Jackson, MI provides distribution and support services to European manufacturers of industrial motion control products. All of these new SERCOS N.A. members bring specialized expertise and design skill to their respective areas.  SERCOS (SErial Real-time COmmunications System) is an international digital interface standard for communication between digital controls and drives. At present, more than 1.75 million SERCOS nodes have been implemented world-wide in thousands of applications.