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Home » Authors » John Sprovieri

John Sprovieri

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.

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Free Webcast to Discuss Mixed-Model Assembly

John Sprovieri
January 6, 2010
Engineers can learn how to launch and manage mixed-model assembly lines during a free, hour-long webinar March 2.
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Riveting: Forming New Connections

John Sprovieri
December 23, 2009
Head-forming technologies are finding applications beyond the automotive assembly line.
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Dispensing: Better From the Benchtop

John Sprovieri
December 23, 2009
Suppliers have developed ingenious ways to improve the performance of benchtop dispensing systems.
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Moving Forward: NCR Banks on the Future

John Sprovieri
December 23, 2009
Peter Dorsman, senior vice president of global operations for NCR Corp., says his company’s new assembly plant in Columbus, GA, is a "next-in-class" facility.
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We Fed It: Bowls Feed 1,200 Parts a Minute

John Sprovieri
December 23, 2009
Systems integrator Arthur G. Russell Co. Inc. developed a high-speed assembly machine for a large medical device company. With a pallet-indexing chassis, the machine produces 1,200 assemblies per minute.
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The Editorial: GM Looks to the Future

John Sprovieri
December 23, 2009
A funny thing happened at the Los Angeles Auto Show last month. Like a striking ingenue who steals the show from a big-time Hollywood actress, a pair of small cars from General Motors caught the attention of the press and the public.
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Capital Equipment Spending Survey Method and Demographics

John Sprovieri
December 4, 2009
Here's a look at the numbers behind the data for our 14th annual capital equipment spending survey.

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Innovative Technologies Were on Display at FabTech

John Sprovieri
November 24, 2009
Wolf Robotics now offers robotic arc welding cells featuring FANUC ARC Mate Robots and Wolf SmartPositioners. The SmartPositioners are available in single- and multiaxis configurations with capacities ranging from 2,000
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Capital Spending Survey: Assemblers Look to Recover

John Sprovieri
November 23, 2009
Hit hard by the recession, assemblers scale back their plans for capital investment in 2010.
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Moving Forward: Smith Goes to Kansas City

John Sprovieri
November 23, 2009
A British manufacturer of electric delivery trucks sets up shop in Kansas City.

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