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Think about it: Keeping parts from moving is a form of motion control. And, one of the best ways to hold parts in place during assembly operations is with clamps.

Alfa-Laval Separation Inc.’s (Warminster, PA) manufacturing plant layout did not make productive use of floor space. When Alfa acquired Sharples Inc., the need for a more efficient layout became even more essential.

Bombardier Transportation (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is using Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.’s (Herzeliya, Israel) eMPower quality software at its site in Derby, U.K.

The principles of lean manufacturing can be successfully applied in numerous industries.

When Gilbarco Inc. (Greensboro, NC) set out to retool its lead product 5 years ago, its primary motivations were customer convenience and manufacturing efficiency.

Indian Motorcycle Corp. (IMC—Gilroy, CA) was formed in 1998 to relaunch an American icon.

Sales of fiber optic components—and the equipment to assemble them—will recover in the next few years.

The adhesives used to bond parts in medical devices are far different from their industrial counterparts.

Siemens Dematic Electronics Assembly Systems (Norcross, GA) provides complete circuit board assembly systems—from screen printing to solder ovens—along with comprehensive customer support.

When the engineers designing Segway’s (Manchester, NH) Human Transporter (HT) needed to shield out electromagnetic interference (EMI), they chose Ecoplate metallic conformal coating from Chometrics (Woburn, MA).