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Assembly Excellence

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Austin Weber
October 31, 2011
What do metal water tanks, pickup trucks and RV chassis have in common? They’re all assembled in state-of-the-art facilities that were finalists for the 2011 Assembly Plant of the Year award.
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Assembly Top 50

The Assembly Top 50: Capital Investment Down From '08 Levels

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John Sprovieri
October 31, 2011
The Assembly Top 50 devoted $110.6 billion to capital expenditures in 2010. That’s 9 percent more than they spent in 2009, but it’s 21 percent less than they spent in 2008. Only 15 of the Top 50 spent more on property, plants and equipment in 2010 than they spent in 2008.
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Assembly Top 50: Headcount Static Despite Gains in Revenue

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John Sprovieri
October 31, 2011
In 2010, the Top 50 employed 6.86 billion people worldwide. That’s 4 percent more than they employed in 2009, but it’s slightly under the total for 2008.
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Special Report: The Assembly Top 50

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John Sprovieri
October 31, 2011
After a dismal 2009, our Top 50 manufacturers are back in the black.
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Industry Report: Diesel Engines Go Green

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Austin Weber
October 27, 2011
Caterpillar and Perkins Engines are mass-producing diesels in Griffin, GA, that meet and exceed new emissions standards enacted by the EPA.

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Ensuring Reliability in Vision for Robots

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Jim Camillo
October 24, 2011
Vision systems used to guide robots pose different challenges for manufacturers than vision systems used for part inspection. The biggest challenge is guiding robots in 2-1/2D applications, where guidance is used so the camera maintains a proper perspective of a part that is level but included in a stack.
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Wire Processing: Porosity Sealants for Wire Harnesses

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Jim Camillo
September 29, 2011
All day long, wire harnesses are sealed against porosity at nine Magna-Tech Manufacturing facilities located throughout North America. These wire harnesses are of different lengths, contain wire of different thicknesses, and are made by Tier 1 suppliers such as Delphi, ATPI, Siemens, Group Dekko and Federal Mogul.
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Robotics: Two Arms are Better Than One

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Jim Camillo
September 29, 2011
When preparing parts for assembly, automakers can always use an extra hand or two. One automaker has found those hands at the end of a dual-arm robot. For the past four years, the automaker has used the dual-arm robot to shorten the cycle time to treat the front and back surfaces of a suspension component.
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Auto Industry Inspires Bombardier

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Austin Weber
September 16, 2011
Bombardier Aerospace has borrowed several ideas from the auto industry that it hopes will help streamline production of the new CSeries regional jetliner.
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Boeing South Carolina Goes Green

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Austin Weber
September 8, 2011
In addition to using the latest lean manufacturing principles, Boeing's new 787 assembly plant is one of the greenest factories in the aerospace industry.
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