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 | March 31, 2012

Make Plans—2012 Is Looking Good!

Key leading indicators, such as the Conference Board’s U.S. Leading Indicator, are pointing toward more economic expansion in the second half of the year.
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Column
 | March 31, 2012

Gearing Up for Green Vehicle Manufacturing

Some degree of alternative fuel transportation will be part of the foreseeable future. To be prepared, automakers must be ready to modify their platforms to support a variety of fuel technologies.
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Perspective
 | March 28, 2012

Factory of the Future: Virtual PLC Grids?

After Automation World columnist Jim Pinto gave his prognostications for 2012, reader Phil Christopher offered his own vision for the factory of the future.
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Perspective
 | March 28, 2012

Automotive Aftermarket Sees Growth in 2012

The AIAA expects the average age of vehicles will continue to increase. This, coupled with continued growth in miles driven, will fuel the growth in aftermarket business.
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Tesla: Continuous Improvement
News
 | February 23, 2012

Tesla Accelerates Continuous Improvement with Apriso

Electric car manufacturer extends Apriso deployment with FlexNet Manufacturing Process Intelligence to streamline continuous process improvement.
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Enhanced Safety Solution
News
 | February 22, 2012

Safe and Secure Partitioning for Industrial and Automotive Applications

Wind River’s VxWorks safety solutions will be enhanced with safe and secure partitioning via the release of the upcoming version of Wind River Hypervisor.
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Video | February 17, 2012

Simulation for Assembly: Inside the Auto Show

Watch the video below on how Ford uses product lifecycle management (PLM) software, including simulation, for product and assembly line design evaluations.
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New China Subsidiary
News
 | February 3, 2012

Adept Technology Opens Office in China

Adept Technology expands global sales strategy with the opening of its first subsidiary in China.
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Feature Article
 | February 2, 2012

Network Determinism: Not Just for Motion Anymore

Engineers know that Ethernet is a stable and well-known industrial network, but building determinism into the network to enable control has been an issue that is now solvable.
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Perspective
 | January 23, 2012

Activity Spurs Growth Forecasts for Chemicals, Packaging, Vehicles

Growth is in the cards for 2012. Just ask the automakers, the packagers and the chemical processors.
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Product
 | January 21, 2012

Product Cost Management Software

aPriori 2011r2 offers new functionality and enhancements that expand the platform’s cost optimization capabilities for companies with high tolerance machining requirements in the automotive, oil &
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Product
 | January 18, 2012

Low Flow Air/Gas/Liquid Heaters

AHPF series heaters are used to heat low flows of air, gas, water or aqueous solutions with air/gas flow up to 15 CFM and air/gas out temperature up to 430 degrees C (800 degrees F).
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Electric Vehicle Build Out
News
 | January 9, 2012

Estonia Wants to Lead the World in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

The roll out of EV charging infrastructure solutions is gaining momentum, driving a global market opportunity for charging stations, sophisticated monitoring systems and software to support the electr
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Feature Article
 | December 6, 2011

Honda America and the Psychology of Continuous Improvement

Understanding human fears, blocks and motivations can go along way toward ensuring a successful—and sustainable—continuous improvement program.
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Code Generation for Safety
Blog entry | November 1, 2011

Automatic Code Generation for Safety

LDRA integrates MISRA Autocode for use in safety standards compliance in the automotive, aerospace, rail, military and medical industries.
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