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ON THE FRONT COVER
Maximum efficiency is key in competitive markets. Learn
how L’Oréal Reduced Throughput Time From 10 hours to
15 Minutes PAGE 18

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Outdated attitudes towards technology amongst senior business leaders are at risk
of jeopardising future business survival, new research has found. Some 49% are
doubtful that it improves efficiency, and 40% doubt it can improve productivity

AT THE CUTTING EDGE
Automation technology from Festo sits at the heart of a new rotary assembly cell
designed and supplied by PCE Automation, contribute to the high precision
alignment required for STANLEY knife assembly
CLIMATE TARGETS

Only 53% of UK engineering firms think net zero by
2050 is achievable for them, and half are currently
23 internal combustion engine is being pushed to its limits and the need for
experiencing a skills gap or limitations PAGE 8 TEST AND MEASUREMENT: Now more than ever, the efficiency of the
developing electric drivelines is coming to the fore
12 CONVEYORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS: When a part fails on a 25 TEST AND MEASUREMENT: Yokogawa Test and Measurement has
production line, it’s a race against the clock to source the problem and
added a new instrument to its ScopeCorder family of portable recorders,
extending and improving their speed and data acquisition features
fix it before downtime starts eating into you profit
14 BEARINGS AND SLIDES: In 1950, the idea of a cage-guided needle 27 ENCLOSURES, CABINETS AND FANS: Rittal’s Mark Guest argues that
Implementing easily assembled enclosure systems and intelligent
roller bearing conceived, revolutionising bearing technology. And these
software solutions can enhance efficiency
bearings have an important role to play in future markets
CON

BATCH SIZE ONE
ABB says its partnership with PMI’s
magnetic levitation technology will
accelerate industry’s transition from
strictly linear production to an open,
adaptive manufacturing space

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