John has been with ASSEMBLY magazine since February 1997. John was formerly with a national medical news magazine, and has written for Pathology Today and the Green Bay Press-Gazette. John holds a B.A. in journalism from Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism.
The chain pallet conveyor (CPC) from Gate Technologies Inc. can be controlled using different drive packages, depending on the application requirements.
A poll asked Koreans what they would prefer to be: an automotive assembler with a high school degree earning a good salary or an office worker with a liberal arts degree earning less. Some 76 percent chose the automotive job.
On Oct. 1, longshoremen went on strike for the first time in nearly 50 years. The main sticking point was, of course, money. Also high on the list of issues is the use of automation in the ports and its impact on jobs.