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      <title>New and improved</title>
      <description>SSI Schaefer plans to concentrate on innovation with the construction of a new modern test and technology centre designed to make development stages transparent and further expand customer orientation. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ignoring savings?</title>
      <description>A key survey conducted on behalf of Brammer, Europe’s leading supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products, has suggested that manufacturing companies across Europe are failing to capitalise on more than £10 billion of potential energy savings at their plants. </description>
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      <title>Electric growth</title>
      <description>European electronics manufacturing specialist Exception is predicting strong growth for its services in the Finnish market. </description>
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      <title>Stronger together</title>
      <description>Håkan Dahllöf, president of TMHE, is looking forward to the challenge of leading the company in the future, as he told Libbie Hammond</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=6249&amp;issueid=217</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stronger together</title>
      <description>Håkan Dahllöf, president of TMHE, is looking forward to the challenge of leading the company in the future, as he told Libbie Hammond</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=6251&amp;issueid=217</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A quality result</title>
      <description>By Joe Goasdoué</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=6255&amp;issueid=217</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A wise choice</title>
      <description>The Fin Machine Company is a marketleading manufacturer of special-purpose capital equipment used within the global automotive industry. </description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=6257&amp;issueid=217</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Meeting of minds</title>
      <description>Europe’s leading strategic event for process and discrete manufacturers takes place in October</description>
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      <title>A bridge over troubled water</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ZincOx is making the grade</title>
      <description>In 1997, ZincOx Resources plc was formed, with the objective of identifying and developing nonsulphide zinc deposits around the world. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ZGH Boleslaw is zincing clearly</title>
      <description>Set in the resource rich region of Olkusz in Poland, ZGH Boleslaw leads the way in the processing and manufacturing of zinc in Eastern Europe. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Recor is sitting pretty</title>
      <description>Established in 1949 by Rene Corthouts, the Recor Group is one of Europe’s leading producers of high-quality furniture. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Terex is moving the earth</title>
      <description>Terex Construction develops solutions that allow customers to derive greater benefits by increasing productivity, lowering lifetime costs, escalating residual values and improving levels of support in the field. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>County Durham’s Engineering Clusters are all geared up</title>
      <description>Engineering Clusters County Durham are looking forward to their first County Durham Oktoberfest, as John Lyle highlights</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>URACA is handling the pressure</title>
      <description>Over the course of a century, URACA has developed into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-pressure plunger pumps and cleaning units. </description>
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      <title>EH Stock has tool intentions</title>
      <description>Specialising in the design and manufacture of precision cutting and ultra-hard tools, EH Stock is a well-regarded supplier to companies in the engineering industry, particularly in the automotive sector. </description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>For first timers</title>
      <description>The newly launched 53LTi low cost thermal transfer printer, designed and manufactured by Allen Coding Systems has been specially developed with food industry users of traditional hot stamp equipment in mind – enabling them to upgrade to a more versatile system that easily prints vital fixed and variable text and graphics. </description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Floor show</title>
      <description>The opening of News International’s Broxbourne facility, the world’s biggest print plant, also showcases the world’s largest resin floor, installed following effective partnership working from Carillion Building, Datum Industrial Flooring Limited and Resin Surfaces Limited (RSL).</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Significant investment</title>
      <description>Precision pressings specialist, C. Brandauer &amp; Co. Ltd, has made a clear endorsement of its commitment to manufacturing and innovation in the UK with a substantial investment in the best available technology at its Birmingham factory in the West Midlands.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Do the robot</title>
      <description>MSP Ltd, the precision turned parts manufacturer, has increased its production by 15 per cent on a single shift after taking delivery of a Denso 4-axis machine-tending robot from AA Robotics. </description>
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      <title>Be cool</title>
      <description>As Geoff Thomasson explains, after 51 years in business the Husky Group still puts the customer first</description>
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      <title>Be cool</title>
      <description>As Geoff Thomasson explains, after 51 years in business the Husky Group still puts the customer first</description>
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      <title>Engineering a brighter future</title>
      <description>By Ian Ritchie</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The life of staff</title>
      <description>By Malene Nielsen</description>
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      <title>The language of labels</title>
      <description>International Paint, leading supplier of marine and protective coatings, has implemented a multi-language, multi-layer label system from global information technology solutions and services company, Episys, in a bid to manage multiple languages, country regulations and health and safety requirements across Europe.</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=5437&amp;issueid=203</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eastern promises from Larox</title>
      <description>Larox is a leading manufacturer of industrial filter technology, specialising in solid and liquid filtration equipment and solutions.</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=5452&amp;issueid=203</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Danieli can take the heat</title>
      <description>Established in 1991, Danieli Centro Combustion (DCC) stands today as one of the market leaders in the field of delivering heating and reheating systems to the steel industry. </description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=5453&amp;issueid=203</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ljunghall&apos;s all star cast</title>
      <description>Specialising in the production of die-cast aluminium products, Metallfabriken Ljunghall AB supplies goods to a number of companies across Europe. </description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=5454&amp;issueid=203</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Broadbent&apos;s liquid assets</title>
      <description>When Thomas Broadbent formed his company of general engineers in 1864, little did he know that 144 years on Thomas Broadbent &amp; Sons Ltd would grow to be a specialist in the design and manufacture of centrifuges including support of solid to liquid separation systems and laundry equipment.</description>
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      <title>Aker Tulcea sets the yardstick</title>
      <description>The town of Tulcea is located in the southeastern part of Romania and is the capital of the county of the same name. </description>
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      <title>A powerful future for Siemens</title>
      <description>Last time Manufacturing Today Europe spoke to Siemens Energy the company was predicting huge potential for growth in the wind industry.</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=5458&amp;issueid=203</link>
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      <title>Cimcorp focuses on productivity</title>
      <description>Emanating from Finland, Cimcorp is a leading producer of robotic systems for logistic operations for companies operating primarily in the tyre, food and beverage, and metal industries.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Akcros&apos; commitment to safety</title>
      <description>Operating from a headquarters in Eccles, near Manchester in the UK, Akcros Chemicals is one of the world leaders in the field of additives for the processing and manufacturing of polymers, such as polyvinylchloride (PVC) polyurethane (PU) polyolefins (PO) and is a speciality supplier of additives to the sealants, paint and coatings markets.
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      <title>Stryker provides the right support</title>
      <description>When Dr Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, found that certain medical products were not meeting his patients’ needs, he decided to invent new ones.</description>
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      <title>An uplifting experience from Carl Stahl</title>
      <description>As it is a year on since Manufacturing Today Europe spoke to Carl Stahl, we decided it was the perfect opportunity to speak to Oliver Hommel, Carl Stahl’s marketing director, to find out more about the company’s progress.</description>
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      <title>Smead is keeping you organised</title>
      <description>Located in Hoogezand, the Netherlands, Smead Europe BV is a subsidiary of the Smead Manufacturing Company, a leading US supplier of filing and archiving, desk and office accessories, office furniture, and books, pads and forms.</description>
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      <title>Success is on the cards for Trüb </title>
      <description>Trüb AG Switzerland is a market leading international manufacturer of national ID  and bank cards. </description>
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      <title>Metaltech-Piasecki is steel expanding</title>
      <description>In 1981 Stanislaw Piasecki established a company, Metaltech-Piasecki Sp.J in Czosnów, near Warsaw in Poland to carry out the processing of metal. </description>
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      <title>A clear future for Viking Window</title>
      <description>Established in 1996 as a joint venture between Estonian and Danish owners, Viking Window is a major supplier of wooden and wood aluminium windows and doors across a number of European locations.</description>
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      <title>A spring in Airdale&apos;s step</title>
      <description>Since its inception in 1945, Airedale Springs Ltd has always lived up to its philosophy – small enough to care, big enough to mean business.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A pro-active approach from Capsugel</title>
      <description>&apos;Our vision is to be the leading provider of innovative dosage forms and solutions to healthcare customers around the world,&apos; Jan Vertommen, director for Capsugel’s pharmaceutical research and development centre comments.</description>
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      <title>Boxes of tricks</title>
      <description>George Utz, a leading designer and manufacturer of reusable plastic containers, component holders and pallets, for storage and transport, will be showcasing its products at the exhibition Logistics Link Live, 21-22 May 2008 at Magnar Park Lutterworth. </description>
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      <title>Passwords in the past</title>
      <description>A Euchner Electronic-Key-System (EKS) system has been integrated into each of six process terminals for soap production at the Hirtler GmbH company. </description>
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      <title>Laser collaboration</title>
      <description>A research collaboration into laser materials processing has been announced by Powerlase &amp; the National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA) of the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway). </description>
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      <title>Improved control</title>
      <description>ABB has introduced a new range of control panels for its AC500 PLCs, providing operators with a clear and easy to use method of controlling any automated process.</description>
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      <description>Driven by compliance rather than cost pressures, manufacturing lags some way behind other sectors in taking positive action in improving their environmental performance. </description>
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      <title>Chain strain</title>
      <description>The protective rollers employed on roller chains are intended to extend the working life of the chains by reducing fatigue caused by running impacts and provide wear resistance. </description>
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      <title>Right on time</title>
      <description>Evolution Time Critical has worked miracles for many of the world’s leading automotive OEMs and their suppliers. Libbie Hammond talks to the company’s MD, Brad Brennan</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Evolution Time Critical has worked miracles for many of the world&apos;s leading automotive OEMs and their suppliers. Libbie Hammond talks to the company&apos;s MD, Brad Brennan</description>
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      <title>Finding the perfect order</title>
      <description>By Ronald Teijken</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>When we last spoke to Corus Narrow Strip (CNS) back in 2006, the company’s focus on meeting special and demanding customer requirements was driving the business forward, and this is still the case today. </description>
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      <title>A new beginning for Special Metals</title>
      <description>Special Metals Wiggin traces its roots back to Henry Wiggin and Company Limited, a business formed by Sir Henry Wiggin in the mid 1800s to manufacture specialty metal products. </description>
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      <description>Operating on all continents, Tranter International is a truly multi-national company that supplies high specification heat exchangers to some of the world’s most important industries. </description>
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      <title>Comfortable growth for Bellus</title>
      <description>I would say that most importantly we have remained true to our basic ideals – trying to be an innovative and flexible, customer orientated furniture developer producing exactly what the market wants,” says Rolf Relander, joint owner and director at Bellus, when commenting on the considerable growth the business has experienced in recent years. </description>
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      <title>A high tech future for Birkby&apos;s</title>
      <description>Birkby’s Plastics specialises in the design, manufacture and assembly of plastic components for automotive and specialist industries worldwide using state-of-the-art technology. </description>
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      <title>Hands to the pumps at Gilbarco</title>
      <description>In today’s petrol forecourt environment, just dispensing fuel isn’t enough. </description>
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      <title>SCA invests in the future</title>
      <description>SCA Timber AB, one of the largest sawmilling companies in Europe, operates seven sawmills and six planing mills, as well as wood-processing units, distribution and wholesale operations in Sweden, with a total production of solid-wood products amounting to 1.8 million cubic metres. </description>
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      <description>Although Denco Lubrication Ltd has been an important player in the lubrication systems market for over 60 years, it is probably fair to say that the last four years have been amongst the most eventful in its history.</description>
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      <title>Schmiedag - your technical expert</title>
      <description>State-of-the-art forging technologies, with computer-controlled plants and equipment for the manufacture, heat treatment and mechanical processing of forgings, are the trademark of the Schmiedag company.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Free trade - what&apos;s in it for you?</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New alliance</title>
      <description>DCNS, Finmeccanica and Thales have announced their intention to merge their underwater weapon system activities. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Powering up</title>
      <description>ABB’s fast-track transformer remanufacturing service has enabled ScottishPower to bring its 400 MW Shoreham Power Station back on-line in record time after it suffered a major fault in its GSU (generator step-up unit) transformer. </description>
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      <description>August Steinmeyer GmbH &amp; Co. KG, a leading manufacturer of ballscrew and nut assemblies, has opened a new state-of-theart manufacturing facility in Albstadt, Germany. </description>
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      <description>Field service and maintenance specialist CP Automation has announced a service and repair technique for DC drives, attached to permanent magnet motors that is set to make in-house re-setting of the serviced drive a thing of the past. </description>
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      <title>Super delivery</title>
      <description>PIAB, a global leader in industrial vacuum technology, has formed a logistics partnership with SKF Logistics Services. </description>
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      <title>Front row seat</title>
      <description>Joop Janssen talks to Libbie Hammond about HD, 3D and the ability to watch live television in the car</description>
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      <title>Front row seat</title>
      <description>Joop Janssen talks to Libbie Hammond about HD, 3D and the ability to watch live television in the car</description>
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      <title>Moving into the lean value chain</title>
      <description>By Richard Holland</description>
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      <title>A perfect partnership</title>
      <description>As a company whose equipment safely moves more than 700 million people every day, Schindler needs little introduction.</description>
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      <title>Lean Operation or Lean Enterprise</title>
      <description>by Steve Boam</description>
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      <title>ISD holds the key to success</title>
      <description>The Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation, known as Industrialny Soyuz Donbassa (ISD) in Ukraine, is the nation’s largest holding company, owning businesses that operate in a number of key steel market sectors.</description>
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      <title>Seelen offers the total package</title>
      <description>As the need to reduce carbon emissions becomes a global concern across all industrial areas, there is an increase in the amount of insulation being installed in factories and facilities all over the world.</description>
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      <description>Located in a natural bay in Primorsko- Goranska County, 25 kilometres south of Rijeka, the biggest harbour in Croatia, the Kraljevica shipyard is strategically placed to deliver services to the shipbuilding industry on a global scale.</description>
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      <description>When pinpointing companies to look out for in the near future, a number of factors must be taken into account, among them being its growth to date, employee competences, experience of senior management, and the potential growth of the sector the company operates in; AJ Power ticks all the relevant boxes.</description>
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      <title>EBP drives the market</title>
      <description>The pace at which the modern automotive industry moves means that model ranges are becoming increasingly extensive and changing more frequently. </description>
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      <description>Witron has grown since its inception in 1971 to become one of the world’s leading providers for the design and realisation of automated, integrated logistics solutions. </description>
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      <description>Saft Power Systems (SPS) is a leading global provider of premium power supplies, systems and solutions to some of the world’s most demanding markets and industries.</description>
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      <title>Tomoku Hus is built for success</title>
      <description>Tomoku Hus AB is one of the leading manufacturers of prefabricated wall components for wooden houses and one of the largest companies in the Nordic region.</description>
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      <description>Look around the offices of the world’s major organisations and the chances are that you will see a modern, well-lit and inspiring environment.</description>
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      <description>Worthington Cylinders is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of pressure cylinders, with around 20 per cent of the total global market. </description>
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      <description>Matusewicz Budowa Maszyn sp. j. was founded in 1993 - since then the company has been involved in the treatment of plastics and extra-fine steel. </description>
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      <description>With worldwide business activities that are conducted through representation in 130 countries by 47,000 employees and with annual sales of approximately SEK 86 billion, the Sandvik Group is a high-technology, engineering group. </description>
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      <title>All change for Cerbo</title>
      <description>During Cerbo AB&apos;s 60 year history in the plastic injection moulding sector, there can have been few years as eventful as 2007. </description>
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      <description>With a very long and rich history, and the ability to overcome any challenge, Adast has developed a great reputation as a well-known manufacturer of high quality printing presses. </description>
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      <description>Encase has thrived in times past from meeting customers’ specifications for corrugated board packaging. </description>
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      <description>With its head office located in Warrington, ATG Airports has become a leading supplier of airport technology to both civil and military airports.</description>
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      <description>Narva Speziallampen GmbH has over 50 years of experience in the manufacturing of incandescent lamps, including 30 years in halogen technology. </description>
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      <description>The GEA Group, headquartered in Bochum, Germany, is a globally successful technology group with operating companies in around 50 countries. </description>
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      <title>Knauf Integral is ceiling success</title>
      <description>With a history spanning 35 years, Knauf Integral is a leading producer of gypsum fibre products for the building industry.</description>
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      <description>Knuth is a family owned company that manufactures and distributes high quality machine tools to a variety of industry sectors. </description>
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      <description>With over 30 years experience in the industry, Medifiq Healthcare is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical devices, drug delivery systems and personal care products. </description>
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      <description>Founded in 1969, Nedcon has developed into a leading designer and manufacturer of standard racking and customised constructions for automated warehousing. </description>
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      <description>Throughout the agricultural industry SisuDiesel has a reputation for producing state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly, durable and efficient, electronically managed diesel engines for a broad variety of applications. </description>
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      <title>The numbers game</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <title>Green light</title>
      <description>Laing O’Rourke has received the backing of two District Councils to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Steetley, on the north Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border.</description>
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      <description>Concur has announced the opening of its Prague, Czech Republic office, strengthening the company’s global capabilities and solidifying its presence in Europe.</description>
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      <description>PIAB, a global leader in industrial vacuum technology, has announced the VGS series of vacuum gripper systems.</description>
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      <description>Axiom Manufacturing Services has spent 2007 getting ready for a new period of expansion. Steve Wilks, commercial director, explained why to Libbie Hammond</description>
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      <description>Axiom Manufacturing Services has spent 2007 getting ready for a new period of expansion. Steve Wilks, commercial director, explained why to Libbie Hammond</description>
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      <title>Next generation lithography</title>
      <description>By Dr. Samir Ellwi</description>
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      <title>Clarifying consultancy</title>
      <description>By Adrian Jones</description>
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      <description>Meiko UK Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of German warewashing equipment manufacturer Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH &amp; Co.</description>
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      <description>High technology applied to air conditioning</description>
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      <description>Viena International is a leading, fast developing toolmaker and stamping business that specialises in the design, development and production of a range of stamping tools, precision machine tools, stamping parts, associated parts and components, and jigs and fixtures.

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      <description>ISD Dunaferr, with its headquarters in the city of Dunaújváros and around 8000 employees, is a prominent enterprise in the Hungarian steel industry and one of the biggest production companies in Hungary.</description>
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      <title>Caldaro handles everything</title>
      <description>Formed over 15 years ago, Caldaro has expanded to become a major global supplier of customer-adapted control components, to a number of industrial sectors. </description>
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      <description>Emerging from the concerns of pioneering founder Åsmund S. Laerdal into the widespread knowledge of resuscitation techniques, Laerdal Medical AS has become a global supplier of medical equipment and technology.</description>
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      <title>Breathing life into Dantherm</title>
      <description>Dantherm AS is the parent company of a number of businesses that carry out the development, production, sale and installation of industrial air management solutions, with the ongoing vision to improve the quality of the air we breathe. </description>
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      <description>Operating from a headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, Riedhammer is the leading manufacturer of kiln plants worldwide.</description>
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      <title>A patient approach from Gambro</title>
      <description>Gambro is a global medical technology company and a leader in developing, manufacturing and supplying dialysis products, therapies and services for In-center Care and Self Care Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Renal Intensive Care and Hepatic Care. </description>
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      <description>With three sites across the UK, Mahle Engine Systems is a relatively new addition to the global Mahle Group, as it was acquired in March 2007.</description>
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      <description>DanSteel, located in Frederiksvaerk, Denmark, is a leading producer of steel plate products for a number of industry areas in Europe.</description>
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      <description>Since just six countries created the European Union (EU) in 1957 there have been five significant enlargements of the organisation and today it can boast 27 member states</description>
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      <title>Alas Slovakia is building for the future</title>
      <description>It is no coincidence that since the introduction of a number of Eastern European countries to the European Union that the region has experienced a plethora of companies keen to establish themselves in the area. </description>
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      <title>Biazet applies the knowledge</title>
      <description>Biazet, located in Bialystok, Poland, is a major manufacturer of electrical appliances for major technological suppliers across the globe. </description>
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      <title>A one-stop shop from Mostostal Plock</title>
      <description>Founded in 1963, Mostostal Plock has developed an outstanding reputation within the chemical and steel industries.</description>
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      <title>Johnson &amp; Johnson&apos;s healthy operation</title>
      <description>Johnson &amp; Johnson (J&amp;J) is the world’s largest and most broadly based health care organisation.</description>
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      <title>GKN takes the lean approach</title>
      <description>Lean manufacturing is viewed by many as the latest management trend in the cost-reduction arena. </description>
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      <title>The time is right for Grässlin</title>
      <description>Grässlin began as a producer of time switch technological solutions, which can be applied to a number of industrial and domestic situations, and has expanded rapidly throughout its history. </description>
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      <description>Originally established as Kristiansand Jerstoperi as part of the Windcast Group, Vestas Castings is one of the world’s largest producers of advanced, high-quality castings for the wind turbine industry. </description>
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      <description>The iconic hairdressing company, ghd, experienced a management buy-out for the second time in 11 months in 2007. </description>
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      <description>Located 400 kilometers from Bosporus in Romania, the 2 Mai Mangalia shipyard has been producing shipbuilding and repair services in conjunction with Daewoo Shipbuilding &amp; Marine Engineering for the past ten years. </description>
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      <title>Schuler presses home its advantage</title>
      <description>Boasting a lineage that dates back over almost 170 years, Schuler is a worldwide leader in metal forming technology. </description>
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      <title>Terrot intelligence in knitting</title>
      <description>Look into any textile factory the world over and the chances are you will find a Terrot machine. </description>
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      <description>Colony Gift Corporation supplies some of Europe’s biggest retailers with its scented candles and candle accessories.</description>
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      <description>Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market.</description>
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      <description>As one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of valve regulated lead-acid batteries, Yuasa has a range of global manufacturing plants and an extensive marketing and distribution network throughout the UK and Europe.</description>
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      <description>Corus is Europe&apos;s second largest steel producer with revenues of £9.7 billion and crude steel production of 18.3 million tonnes in 2006, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands.</description>
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      <description>Union Tool Europe is a privately owned company and was founded in 1960, specialising in the production of printed circuit board drills. </description>
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      <description>M-I EPCON AS has developed its own treatment technology especially suitable for removing hydrocarbons, hydrophobic substances, aromatic compounds and small particles from produced water. </description>
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      <description>Pro Tec Windows, one of the leading window manufacturers in Denmark, is a leading supplier of window and door solutions, and has a distribution network that spans the globe.</description>
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      <description>Scana Steel Björneborg AB manufactures first-class tailor-made steel for customers with special requirements in terms of grades, quality, volume and applications. Located south of Kristinehamn, Sweden, the company specialises in five business areas – steel, marine, offshore, energy and machine.</description>
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      <title>Five billion served....</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <description>Reflecting the importance of a safe and pleasant working environment for businesses today, the UK &amp; Ireland’s largest sign company, Signs Express, has launched a new specialist window film service.</description>
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      <description>The two day Chartered Management Institute national convention held 11th and 12th of October in Birmingham brought together the best of British management to celebrate the presentation of coveted awards.</description>
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      <description>TBM Consulting Group has announced the results of its fifth annual ‘Multinational Manufacturing Pulse,’ which found that the half of manufacturers sampled in six large industrial nations are optimistic about the year ahead and see many opportunities to gain market share through value chain improvements. </description>
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      <description>Celanese Corporation, a global, hybrid chemical company, has announced that Frankfurt-Hoechst Industrial Park has been selected as the new site for Ticona’s Kelsterbach production operations in Germany.</description>
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      <title>On the up</title>
      <description>Bookings and pre-registrations for the Southern Manufacturing &amp; Electronics Show 2008 have taken-off following news of the event’s relocation to a new site at Farnborough International Airport. </description>
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      <title>Study &amp; learning</title>
      <description>A new Certificate in Manufacturing has been launched by The Manufacturing Institute to equip manufacturers with the world-class skills to accelerate transformation in their factories.</description>
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      <title>Lease of life</title>
      <description>Industrial companies now have the option of leasing high value items including welding and fume extraction machines costing over £1000, from Buck &amp; Hickman to save capital expenditure.</description>
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      <description>Yves Edouard-Desombre, general manager, Henkel Ireland, tells Libbie Hammond about the relationship between lean principles and remaining competitive </description>
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      <title>Buy-in and bonding</title>
      <description>Yves Edouard-Desombre, general manager, Henkel Ireland, tells Libbie Hammond about the relationship between lean principles and remaining competitive</description>
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      <title>Path to best practice</title>
      <description>Since embarking on an improvement programme with Oliver Wight, Henkel’s Winsford site has undergone significant change, reaping huge financial returns, and achieving Class A status in 2006.</description>
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      <description>Armstrong Teesside is one of Armstrong World Industries manufacturing units, a subsidiary of Armstrong Holdings, and is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets.</description>
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      <description>As a member of the renowned SSAB Swedish Steel Group, SSAB Oxelösund is the largest Nordic manufacturer of heavy steel plate and a world leader in the specialist field of quenched and tempered steels, producing prominent brand names such as Hardox, Weldox and Toolox for the international market.</description>
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      <description>Formed in 1997, CFS designs and manufactures bespoke food industry products with software solutions and, in addition, provides technical backup.</description>
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      <title>Wemhöner upgrades your surface</title>
      <description>Wemhöner, originating from Herford in Germany, is a global market-leading manufacturer of machines and equipment that deliver finishing and processing solutions for wood products, primarily for the furniture production industry.</description>
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      <title>Home innovation from Gorenje</title>
      <description>1950 saw the birth of Gorenje in a tiny village that bears the same name. </description>
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      <title>An efficient future for Aker Kvaerner Subsea</title>
      <description>Aker Kvaerner is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. </description>
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      <title>Frigoglas provides world-leading cooling solutions</title>
      <description>Frigoglass is a Hellenic-based global corporation, specialising in the design, manufacturing and marketing of Ice-Cold Merchandisers (ICMs) and the production of glass containers, targeting primarily the beverage industry.</description>
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      <title>CC Systems is the one-stop shop</title>
      <description>CC Systems develops products and platforms to increase the intelligence and abilities of heavy vehicles, striving to raise the reliability and productivity of its clients’ machines. </description>
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      <title>Sefako turns up the heat</title>
      <description>Sefako is one of the largest manufacturers of power generating boilers in Poland.</description>
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      <title>Fresh air from Fläkt Woods</title>
      <description>Fläkt Woods, formed after the merging of two companies in 2002, is a global provider of solutions for ventilation and air treatment used in buildings as well as fan solutions for industrial and infrastructure applications.</description>
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      <title>The whole package from Sulzer Werfo</title>
      <description>Based in Haag, Switzerland, Sulzer Werfo designs plastic systems and injection moulds, offering individual and economical solutions to a number of key players in the medical and industrial sectors.</description>
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      <title>Broadcrown a generator of success</title>
      <description>Broadcrown is one of the world&apos;s largest manufacturers of generating sets, offering a wide range of standard and bespoke power solutions to the worldwide market, from 10kVA to 5000kVA.</description>
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      <title>Alutec continues to expand</title>
      <description>Speaking from his office in Poland, Lothar Thoni, the current managing director of Alutec provides an insight into the company’s background: “Historically we’re an aluminium foundry that was founded 40 years ago as a family business.</description>
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      <title>Lindfors tastes success</title>
      <description>With over 25 years of experience in supplying production lines to all areas of the food industry, Antti Lindfors’ business mission is ‘the hygienic rationalisation of the food industry’.</description>
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      <title>Strong support from Mifa</title>
      <description>Mifa Aluminium specialises in aluminium precision extrusion, machining, surface treatment, investment casting and assembly, manufacturing tailor-made solutions for a diverse range of markets including aerospace, medical and the electronics industry.</description>
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      <title>Hadeland Produkter is the last piece of the puzzle</title>
      <description>As Norway’s premier electronics subcontractor, Hadeland Produkter AIS (HAPRO) has over 30 years experience in completing solutions for its customers in the construction of products.</description>
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      <title>Precise engineering from Nasmyth</title>
      <description>The Nasmyth Group is a cohesive group of engineering businesses that consistently provides high quality services and products. </description>
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      <title>The seventh sense?</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <title>Perfect union</title>
      <description>Northumbria University has called upon Lynemouth-based Alcan Aluminium UK to align its courses with the needs of the manufacturing industry.</description>
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      <title>Flying high</title>
      <description>Qatar Airways has confirmed a $16 billion order for 80 Airbus A350s making the airline the single largest customer of the European aircraft manufacturer’s newest commercial jet.</description>
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      <title>New benefits</title>
      <description>A new addition to Parker Electromechanical’s ET ElectroThrust range of linear actuators offers enhanced performance and an extended working life.</description>
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      <title>I, robot</title>
      <description>ACAL TC’s Precision Joining Technologies (PJT) Division has announced the launch of a new series of robots for automated assembly, which set new benchmarks for versatility, ease of use and low capital cost.</description>
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      <title>Lead by example</title>
      <description>Marcus Lokier, operations manager at Alcoa Fastening Systems tells Libbie Hammond about the importance of people</description>
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      <title>Lead by example</title>
      <description>Marcus Lokier, operations manager at Alcoa Fastening Systems tells Libbie Hammond about the importance of people</description>
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      <title>The essential questions</title>
      <description>By Stephen Bloor</description>
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      <title>Filtration innovation for Larox</title>
      <description>Founded in 1977, Larox is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial filters and a full service solution provider in filtration for separating solids from liquids.</description>
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      <title>Bosch is ahead of the field</title>
      <description>Bosch Van Doorne’s Transmissie (Bosch) develops, manufactures and sells marketleading pushbelts for use in Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), an innovative automatic transmission system for the automotive market.</description>
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      <title>ITW Gema is coated in quality</title>
      <description>One of the leading suppliers of electrostatic powder coating equipment to a global market, ITW Gema operates under the ethos of working on refining its own processes to provide its customers with the right solutions.</description>
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      <title>CeramTec provides competence in high-performance ceramics</title>
      <description>Based in Germany, CeramTec AG is a pioneer in the conception of new solutions using high performance ceramics, with more than a century of experience in development and production.</description>
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      <title>Bavarian Nordic has a healthy outlook</title>
      <description>Bavarian Nordic, a leading international biopharmaceutical company, develops vaccines to prevent diseases such as smallpox, HIV and cancer. Headquartered in Kvistgård, Denmark and with operations in Germany, the US and Singapore, Bavarian Nordic is one of a handful of companies in the world able to meet the increasingly high demand for safe smallpox vaccines.</description>
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      <title>Stako is ahead of the game</title>
      <description>STAKO is a prominent manufacturer of pressure vessels and occupies the number one position in Europe in the field of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tanks.</description>
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      <title>A wealth of solutions from Sapa Profiler</title>
      <description>Sapa Profiler AB is the Swedish wing of the Sapa Group, a global producer of aluminium products and services.</description>
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      <title>Senoplast keeps it in the family</title>
      <description>Founded in 1956, Senoplast Klepsch &amp; Co GmbH is a global player in the plastics industry predominantly serving the automotive, aerospace, aviation, IT and communications industries, with a presence in 40 countries throughout the world.</description>
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      <title>Progressive processes at Thomas Broadbent</title>
      <description>Thomas Broadbent &amp; Sons is a specialist in the design and manufacture of centrifuges including support of solid to liquid separation systems and laundry equipment</description>
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      <title>Growth-the buzzword at Cooper B-Line</title>
      <description>With more than 50 years experience in serving the requirements of enclosure users, the ongoing mission of Cooper BLine remains the same – to design and produce quality standard and custom-made enclosure systems that meet customers evolving requirements worldwide</description>
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      <title>Design is the key for Fishercast</title>
      <description>Fishercast’s facility in Welshpool serves as the European centre for the company’s global operations in the production of precision zinc die castings. </description>
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      <title>Smart solutions from Magna Donnelly</title>
      <description>Part of the Canadian Magna International Corporation formed in 1957, Magna Donnelly is a global supplier to the automotive industry and the world‘s leading producer of automotive mirror and vision systems.</description>
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      <title>Simply the BAEST</title>
      <description>Based in the Czech Republic, BAEST is an engineering company that specialises in the manufacture of components for the construction of building cranes, steel tanks, petrol service stations, bitumen and concrete mixing plants.</description>
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      <title>Wropol engineers powerful results</title>
      <description>Established in 1985, Wropol Engineering manufactures parts and units for the mining, quarrying, construction and railway industries, mainly producing hydraulic cylinders and valves for direct selling to manufacturers in mining and agriculture. </description>
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      <title>Carl Stahl is lifting expectations</title>
      <description>Founded in 1880, Carl Stahl has gained unrivalled knowledge in the field of rope and lifting equipment. Although the company is highly successful, it is always planning to achieve more. </description>
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      <title>Crompton instrumentation is central to a green future</title>
      <description>Tyco Electronics is an established company offering the Crompton Instruments line of power measurement, control and protection instrumentation products which provide solutions across a wide variety of industries. </description>
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      <description>Fabbrica d&apos;armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A. is an internationally renowned Italian firearm manufacturer supplying firearms extensively to civilians, law enforcement bodies, and militaries around the world. </description>
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      <description>Holden Aluminium Technologies (HAT) provides its customers with world-class skills and services covering all stages of projects using aluminium extrusion and fabrication - backed by its integrated quality, over 50 years of experience and an enthusiastic approach to identifying and managing customer requirements. </description>
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      <description>Since 1977, B. Teupen Maschinenbau has provided high-lift working platforms reaching heights of 50 metres and above to clients across the world.</description>
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      <title>Oso Hotwater is heating up the market</title>
      <description>Oso Hotwater is Norway’s largest water heater manufacturer and a major force of innovation in water heating, predominantly within the European market. </description>
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      <title>Lean leadership</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <description>In December 2006 GXS - a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions - announced that Mach Progrator (previously known as DAN NET) has been appointed a GXS Trading GridSM reseller in Denmark.</description>
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      <description>CELL Productions, a producer of acoustic materials in Sneek in the Netherlands has released a new sound insulation product in the market under the license of ‘125 Hz-Acoustic-Frames’. </description>
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      <description>A new survey launched by Adecco reveals that the UK manufacturing industry is a sector beset with ‘Job Flirts’. </description>
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      <description>Increasing sales turnover and coping with competition are the major concerns for UK owners and managers in the manufacturing sector as they look ahead to 2007, according to new research from Bibby Financial Services. </description>
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      <description>UK manufacturing companies want access to CRM, enterprise databases and peripheral hardware devices for their ‘next generation’ BlackBerry devices according to a survey conducted on behalf of leading networking and mobile integration specialist, LAN 2 LAN.</description>
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      <description>The first set of wings for the first A400M military transport aircraft - MSN001 - passed a major milestone when the first whole wing was removed from its state-of-the-art assembly jig at Airbus&apos; Filton, Bristol, UK site.</description>
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      <description>Cincom Systems (UK) Ltd has signed a contract with Spirax-Sarco Limited, for the supply of the Cincom Socrates Configuration solution and related services.</description>
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      <description>An enhanced centralised management application that provides convenient administration of Innominate mGuard security appliances has been announced by Innominate Security Technologies AG, the industrial security specialist.</description>
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      <description>Managers in the manufacturing sector are plagued by a sense of regret, with many believing they have failed to reach their true potential</description>
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      <description>Laser Design, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the PM-300 Extrusion Profile Monitoring System, a high accuracy laser scanning system for monitoring extrusion profiles in real-time.</description>
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      <title>Peak performance</title>
      <description>Jim Nyquist and Kathy Button Bell from Emerson Process Management talk about the next evolution of production automation</description>
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      <title>Peak performance</title>
      <description>Jim Nyquist and Kathy Button Bell from Emerson Process Management talk about the next evolution of production automation</description>
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      <title>The ROI on robots</title>
      <description>By Frank-Peter Kirgis</description>
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      <description>Psion Teklogix &amp; CSI/Symphony Group</description>
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      <title>Delivering your objectives</title>
      <description>By Stuart Milton</description>
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      <description>Today, no issue is more important than air pollution, and the resultant effects on the environments in which we live. </description>
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      <description>For around 60 years Elfa has been recognised as one of Scandinavia’s leading designers of flexible and durable storage solutions.</description>
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      <description>For 70 years, C-MAC MicroTechnology has been dedicated to the design, manufacture and supply of electronics for high reliability applications in a demanding range of markets: automotive, aerospace, communication, medical and industrial.</description>
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      <description>Dresser-Rand’s range of advanced rotating equipment, including centrifugal and reciprocating compressors and gas and steam turbines, enables customers in the energy industry to meet their compression and energy conversion needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</description>
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      <description>Selling its engineered hardwood flooring in over 20 types of wood, BOEN AS delivers its customised products across 40 countries.</description>
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      <description>MAN Nutzfahrzeuge is one of the international motor vehicle industry’s leading suppliers.</description>
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      <description>Founded by Manfred Zoller in 1965, Zollner Elektronik has grown from a small electrotechnology company into one of the leading international EMS providers.</description>
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      <description>Engineering a wide variety of automotive electromechanical sensors, AB Elektronik GmbH is a subsidiary of the English-based TT Electronics PLC group. </description>
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      <description>When CP Pharmaceuticals and The Wallis Laboratory merged in 2003, Wockhardt UK was created as a subsidiary of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology group, Wockhardt Limited.</description>
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      <description>With a history that spans three centuries, including a period of expansion and development under the creator of the Nobel Prize, BAE Systems Bofors is one of the world’s leading developers of advanced precision weapon systems.</description>
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      <description>Eurocell Profiles Ltd is one of the UK’s largest, and most dynamic PVC-u extruders, manufacturing a wide range of window and conservatory products for builders, fabricators, installers and homeowners.</description>
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      <description>In the modern, high-speed food industry manufacturers demand continuously increased production rates, improved efficiency and the highest possible standards of hygiene.</description>
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      <description>Heat pumps are an effective way of providing significant energy reductions in the modern home, and today more than 80 per cent of new houses built in Sweden have one installed.</description>
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      <description>Founded in 1991, Ansmann Energy is an international company with offices in Hong Kong, Macau, Germany, Italy, France, the Baltics, and the UK.</description>
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      <description>Quebecor World Plc is among the world’s largest commercial printing and media companies, offering a wealth of experience, creativity and innovation, combined with the most advanced technological methods in the industry.</description>
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      <description>Fenestra Oy is one of the most significant window and door suppliers in the Nordic countries and is the market leader in Finland. </description>
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      <description>Saft Power Systems (SPS) is a leading global provider of premium power supplies, systems and solutions to some of the world&apos;s most demanding markets and industries.</description>
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      <description>The worldwide corporation between Komatsu Ltd. and Topcon Ltd., both from Japan has been translated into an effective relationship in the European market.</description>
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      <description>When an international company specialising in medical engineering and biotechnology needed an ATEX class vapour fan, they recently turned to Fläkt Woods. </description>
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      <description>NYK Logistics (UK) Ltd has been appointed by Grupo Antolin to provide a sub-assembly and sequencing operation to support the supply of headliners into the Honda plant at Swindon</description>
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      <description>Offshore facilities fail to meet increasing need for specialist skills, reduced lead times and flexibility in supply, says Clifford Friel, managing director, Alpha 3 Manufacturing.</description>
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      <description>Innominate has become a full member of the VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.), an association of German machine builders.</description>
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      <title>Idiot&apos;s Guide to Lean Six Sigma</title>
      <description>The Breakthrough Management Group (BMG) is to publish The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Lean Six Sigma.</description>
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      <title>The sound of music</title>
      <description>Finding a new niche can bring rewards as Jens Peter Zinck, MD of Vabg &amp; Olufsen Automotive, explains</description>
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      <title>The sound of music</title>
      <description>Finding a new niche can bring rewards as Jens Peter Zinck, MD of Bang &amp; Olufsen Automotive, explains</description>
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      <description>Founded in 1968, Kawasaki Robotics GmbH organises the European distribution of industrial robots it manufactures in Japan</description>
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      <description>Motoman, with its European headquarters in Kalmar, Sweden and Allershausen, Germany, is the robotic division of the international Yaskawa Electric Corporation.</description>
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      <description>Based in Norway, the Ulstein Group designs and manufactures vessels, focusing firmly on innovative technological solutions and global integration.</description>
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      <description>At the world’s leading garden trade fair in Cologne, September last year, Fiskars launched a revamped image through a range of new innovative garden tools, displayed in sleek new packaging.</description>
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      <description>Producing locomotives, wagons, tracks, and accessories, Modelleisenbahn GmH was founded in July 2005, continuing over 40 years of Roco’s association with the model train industry. </description>
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      <description>Constantia Flexibles is a market-leading manufacturer of high-quality flexible packaging products using raw materials aluminium, paper and plastic to supply a wide range of industries including dairy, confectionery, food, pet food, pharmaceutical, healthcare and beverages.</description>
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      <description>Aspocomp is one of the world&apos;s leading manufacturers of advanced HDI PCBs (High Density Interconnection Printed Circuit Boards) aimed at the top end of the market with end applications including mobile devices and telecommunication networks.</description>
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      <description>Established in 1917, Brødrene Dahl is a leading supplier of plumbing and hydronic heating supplies in the wholesale sector.</description>
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      <description>Moventas is one of the world’s leading suppliers of mechanical power transmission technology to the energy and process industries, focusing primarily on wind gears and industrial gears.</description>
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      <description>Sarian Systems is a leading manufacturer of wired and wireless communication products for mission critical applications across a wide variety of industries.</description>
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      <description>MAN Nutzfahrzeuge is one of the international motor vehicle industry’s leading suppliers</description>
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      <description>TI Automotive Ltd is the world’s leading supplier of fluid storage, transfer and delivery systems for brake, fuel and air conditioning applications in the automotive industry.</description>
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      <description>In June 2005 one of the largest industrial companies in Denmark, Danfoss, reached an agreement to acquire Thermia Varme, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of heat pumps, creating a new independent unit within the group’s Heating Division.</description>
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      <description>While established as a world leader in the production of domestic appliances and equipment for kitchens and cleaning, AB Electrolux is also one of the largest global producers of similar equipment for professional users.</description>
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      <description>VB Autobatterie, Varta Automotive’s European battery division, is a major European battery manufacturer offering high-quality, cuttingedge technology and comprehensive battery expertise.</description>
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      <description>Sapa Aluminium Sp. z o.o., a Polish subsidiary of Swedish Sapa AB, which belongs to ORKLA ASA of Norway, specialises in producing value-added products based on aluminium.</description>
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      <description>As a leading supplier to the international automotive industry, Finnveden Powertrain develops and manufactures complex precision components and sub-systems</description>
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      <description>James Walker is one of the world’s leading fluid seal development and materials science companies, providing high-performance sealing solutions for a variety of demanding applications worldwide.</description>
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      <description>Established in Norway in 1833, Lilleborg AS produces a wide range of personal hygiene and cleaning products for both the professional and the consumer market.</description>
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      <description>Established in 1956, Rohwedder AG is an international leader in state-of-the-art automation engineering and technology.</description>
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      <description>Quinn Plastics, formerly known as Barlo Plastics, is Europe’s foremost supplier of transparent plastic sheet products.</description>
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      <description>Globalisation and the new ‘competitive emerging nations’ are placing even more cost pressures on manufacturers</description>
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      <description>TPCA, one of the Czech Republic’s largest car producers has again chosen Evolution Time Critical to handle its time-critical deliveries. </description>
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      <description>The international M2M specialist Telit Wireless Solutions and the leading global electronics service provider Bartolini After Market Electronics Services (BAMES) have concluded a business alliance.</description>
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      <description>EMS-CHEMIE AG is a Swiss-based performance polymer manufacturer that develops polyamides for extrusion and injection moulding. </description>
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      <description>Reflecting its increased focus on the rapidly growing ecommerce and home shopping sectors, FKI Logistex has announced the successful completion of a £6 million project for the internet shoe and apparel retailer - Zappos.com.</description>
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      <description>Eczacibaşi Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing established
Turkey’s first modern pharmaceutical plant in 1952.</description>
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      <description>Maverick Technologies, a next-generation engineering, systems integration and operational consulting firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Solving International, a global managementconsulting firm headquartered in Paris, France</description>
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      <description>ACW Technology has opened a new manufacturing plant in China</description>
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      <description>The European Union is today one of the largest economic and political entities in the world. Libbie Hammond spoke to Miriam Gonzales about trade, competition and the EU</description>
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      <description>Established in 1910, West Midlands-based Solid Swivel manufactures robust fittings for lifting, lashing and rigging applications</description>
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      <title>The right connection from Aspocomp</title>
      <description>Aspocomp is one of the world&apos;s leading manufacturers of advanced HDI PCBs (High Density Interconnection Printed Circuit Boards) aimed at the top end of the market with end applications including mobile devices and telecommunication networks.</description>
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      <description>While established as a world leader in the production of domestic appliances and equipment for kitchens and cleaning, AB Electrolux is also one of the largest global producers of similar equipment for professional users. </description>
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      <title>Multilift takes the load</title>
      <description>Multilift is the leading supplier of load handling systems and solutions for logistics, transport and construction professionals.</description>
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      <title>Faiveley is on the right track</title>
      <description>Working alongside rail companies from across the globe, Faiveley Transport provides innovative and enhanced turnkey solutions to meet the changing demands of its customers.</description>
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      <title>Arcotronics is ahead of the game</title>
      <description>Arcotronics Ltd is one of the world’s leading producers of EMC-RFI filters for suppression and filtering applications, wet tantalum capacitors and a UK market producer of power factor correction equipment.</description>
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      <description>Moventas is one of the world’s leading suppliers of mechanical power transmission technology to the energy and process industries, focusing primarily on wind gears and industrial gears.</description>
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      <title>FACC is soaring to success</title>
      <description>FACC AG specialises in the development, design and manufacture of advanced fibre composite components and systems for the aviation industry.</description>
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      <description>Aylesbury Automation is the UK’s leading automation company and has accumulated considerable experience and expertise in the field of automation, rivets and robotics since it began 115 years ago.</description>
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      <description>GEKA BRUSH develops and manufactures highly advanced brushes, applicators and packaging for the cosmetics industry, and is number one in the field of packaging for liquid colour cosmetics</description>
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      <description>VB Autobatterie, Varta Automotive’s European battery division, is a major European battery manufacturer offering high-quality, cuttingedge technology and comprehensive battery expertise.</description>
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      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <description>Merford Cabins is part of the Merford Group and develops, produces and supplies high quality operator cabins and cabin components for various types of cranes, specific vehicles, machines and installations all over the world under the brand name ERGOCAB. Besides cabins, Merford specialises in noise control and climate control.</description>
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      <description>The Board of Directors of ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, agreed at their regular meeting on the general framework and basic principles that should apply to the new EU policy to further reduce carbon emissions from cars, of which the European Commission is currently drafting a proposal.</description>
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      <description>In a recent case, the Scottish Court of Appeal (the Court of Session) has re-assessed the scope for the term ‘manual handling operations’ (MHO), shedding light on years of confusion for employers.</description>
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      <description>Cross Services Engineering Limited (CSEL) has taken a central role in the £10m electrical and mechanical shutdown and rebuild of an important glass furnace control system for Pilkington Group Limited.</description>
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      <description>Over half of employers in the manufacturing industry claim the highest cause of absence is musculoskeletal conditions, yet despite this few companies are putting measures in place, which could help counteract this.</description>
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      <description>BY Simon Miller</description>
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      <title>FACC is soaring to success</title>
      <description>FACC AG specialises in the development, design and manufacture of advanced fibre composite components and systems for the aviation industry.</description>
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      <description>Located in the English countryside at Cookley near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Titan Steel Wheels exports 77 per cent of its production to customers across the globe.</description>
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      <description>Linpac Allibert (LA), former Linpac Materials Handling (LMH), part of the global Linpac Group, is at the forefront of production and innovation within materials handling.</description>
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      <description>Innovation in the construction and agricultural industries is a key factor for business growth, as technology becomes more advanced and the pressure to produce quicker, more efficient and more environmentally friendly vehicles and machinery increases.</description>
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      <description>Solanic BV is an innovative new company that produces natural high-performance proteins sourced from non-genetically modified potatoes, which have been carefully extracted to provide unique benefits as ingredients in consumer products.</description>
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      <description>Formed in 1983, the NIS Group is a leading specialist in the provision of integrated engineering systems and plants for hightech industries.</description>
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      <description>Rettig ICC (Indoor Climate Comfort) is the leading European manufacturer of heat emitters and owns major brands for radiators, valves and controls.</description>
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      <description>Since its formation in 1970, Olympus KeyMed has grown from a staff of four to become firmly established as an international leader in the manufacture and supply of specialised medical and industrial equipment. </description>
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      <title>A fresh start for Clyde Pumps</title>
      <description>Although Clyde Pumps was only formed on 8th May 2007, its routes go back to the golden age of engineering in the late 1800s. </description>
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      <description>Hi-Tech Mouldings, part of the Hi-Technology Group, is a world-class moulding facility, located in Waterlooville, UK.</description>
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      <description>Founded in 1956, Senoplast Klepsch &amp; Co is a global player in the plastics industry predominantly serving the automotive, aerospace, aviation, IT and communications industries, with a presence in 40 countries throughout the world.</description>
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      <description>Normet Oy is leading the market in the creation of underground engineering products and services.</description>
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      <description>Based in Germany, Reyher is a world-leading wholesaler of fasteners and fasteners technology with a wide range of activities encompassing industry, machine and apparatus engineering, plant maintenance, supplying companies and retail trading.</description>
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      <description>Philips Oy, formerly known as Idman Oy, is part of the international Philips consortium and is Philips Lighting’s centre for lighting expertise in the Nordic countries. </description>
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      <description>Lonnberg Painot Oy, located in Helsinki, Finland, has two main company branches: Lonnberg Print, which focuses on the production of marketing and communication printed materials, and Lonnberg Promo, which deals with promotional point-of-sale materials like packaging materials and displays.</description>
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      <title>Stromsholmen springs forward</title>
      <description>Stromsholmen AB is a dominant global producer of gas springs and hydraulic equipment for industrial machinery and manufacturing processes.</description>
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      <title>Look into the crystal ball</title>
      <description>By Anand Sharma</description>
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      <description>For over 40 years, GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH has established itself as a heavyweight in the production of mining and tunnelling vehicles, as well as aircraft movers and other bespoke industrial equipment.</description>
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      <title>Avecia paves the way in biotechnology</title>
      <description>Avecia is a leading private biotechnology company focused on the development and manufacture on innovative biotechnology-based medicines.</description>
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      <description>To place an advert for yor company on this website:-</description>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtoday-europe.com/article-page.php?contentid=6349&amp;issueid=125</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Metsec, one of the UK&apos;s largest manufacturers of metal construction and engineering components, has announced an £8.5 million investment programme in its engineering division, which will create up to 40 new jobs.</description>
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      <title>Coping with swarf</title>
      <description>When machining aluminium billets down to around five per cent of the original mass, there is a significant amount of swarf.</description>
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      <title>An intelligent decision</title>
      <description>Rolls Royce has taken delivery of the first AIRdeck intelligent access platforms from work at height specialist Planet Platforms. </description>
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      <description>The EQT Opportunity Fund has signed an agreement with
the Pfaff Family to acquire a majority stake in the German
company Pfaff-silberblau. </description>
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      <description>Boeing and Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, have announced the beginning of a new era in aerospace engineering, production planning and assembly simulation with Boeing&apos;s virtual rollout of the 787 Dreamliner.</description>
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      <title>Scheduling and new product launches</title>
      <description>By Richard House</description>
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      <title>Making the most out of relationships</title>
      <description>By Mike Robinson</description>
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      <description>Kingspan off-site manufacture architectural facade systems, volumetric systems, and wall framing &amp; sections from cold rolled steel at the company’s 50-acre site in North Yorkshire.</description>
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      <title>Get in gear with Hansen</title>
      <description>Supplying drive solutions for a wide range of applications, such as bucket elevators, car crushers, cement kilns, conveyor systems, industrial mixers, paper mills and pulpers, Hansen Transmissions International has been a leading gear manufacturer since 1923.</description>
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      <description>Weiss Spindeltechnologie, a company with over 30 years industry experience, is a leading specialist in high-precision motor spindle units for machine tools manufacturers across the globe.</description>
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      <description>Working in close collaboration with Rolls-Royce Marine Systems, I.P. Huse is a world leader in the design and production of large winches for anchor handling vessels</description>
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