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Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief
October 1, 2010

Both Sides of Innovation

“I’ve looked at life from both sides now, from win and lose, and still somehow, it’s life’s illusions I recall, I really don’t know life, at all,” sang Joni Mitchell in the ’60s.
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October 1, 2010

Pulp & Paper Red Ink Turning Black

If someone said that the North American pulp-and-paper industry now plays catch-up with its South American and Asian counterparts, that would be understatement.
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October 1, 2010

Defending Against the Next Stuxnet

Experts agree that defense in depth is the best approach to guard against future cyber attacks targeting industrial control system networks.
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September 30, 2010

Best-in-class manufacturing ops

At Heineken South Africa and Microsoft Europe, efficiency-minded suppliers help make processing and packaging logical extensions of each other.
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September 30, 2010

Teaching retorts how to communicate

Operations management in all types of manufacturing is under constant pressure to continually achieve efficiency improvements.
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Blog entry | September 20, 2010

Handheld Infrared Cameras

The new handheld i5 and i7 Infrared cameras, from FLIR Systems, offer image quality with +/- 2% thermal accuracy.
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Product
 | September 2, 2010

Digitize Ingredient Preparation

The Proficy Accelerator Solution for weighing operations is said to digitize preparation and recording, decrease variation and improve product safety and quality in food, beverage and life science man
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Feature Article
 | September 2, 2010

Vision System Helps Ensure Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Safety

To meet increasingly stringent automatic identification requirements, this pharmaceutical packager turned to camera-based code scanners to ensure correct packaging.
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September 2, 2010

Rugged, Dual-core PoE Vision

The EOS-1000 is billed as the industry’s first compact vision system based on the Intel Core2 Duo P8400 processor. 
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September 2, 2010

Wireless Hydrocarbon Leak Monitoring

The Rosemount 702 Wireless Discrete Transmitter with Tyco Thermal Controls’ TraceTek technology is designed to allow operators to quickly and inexpensively add hydrocarbon leak detection and monitor
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September 2, 2010

Electric Actuators Replace Pneumatics

These ERD electric rod-style actuators are designed as an economical electric alternative to non-repairable pneumatic cylinders. 
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September 2, 2010

Graphics Lighten the Programming Load

A picture is worth a thousand words.
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September 2, 2010

Make Manufacturing Strategic To The Enterprise

Following the rise of finance executives to the top of corporations, manufacturing assumed a reduced role. Now, manufacturing is starting to rise again.
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September 2, 2010

Adaptation and the Manufacturing Enterprise

When manufacturing or other companies strive for leadership, they consciously or unconsciously believe that market leadership provides an indicator of their chances for survival. 
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Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief
September 1, 2010

Leadership Headlines Again

At least this time it isn’t process control. 
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