Foxboro has been a leader in innovation, introducing the SPEC 200 system in 1970, the first truly distributed control system, as well as VIDEOSPEC and its innovative variable-function keyboard. In 1980, Foxboro developed and released the I/A series system, a breakthrough in intelligent automation that redefined the configuration of control systems. Foxboro's DCS system continued to introduce advanced technology in the 1990s, with the I/A series of transmitters bringing intelligent automation to the field and providing remote diagnostic and maintenance information. The Foxboro Evo process automation system was launched in 2013 and developed in partnership with a leading processing company to improve efficiency, productivity and reliability at every level of operation it controls.