Demystifying the European Machinery Directive
By Andras Szende, TUV Rheinland North America
The evolution of the Machinery Directive over the last decade has spawned new safety and compliance issues. This whitepaper will de-mystify and clearly articulate the requirements for manufacturers of both SEMI and Industrial Automation equipment and machinery.

Build versus Buy - Understanding the Total Cost of Embedded Design
By National Instruments
National Instruments gathered customer information and data regarding some of the cost differences between building a custom solution versus using NI off-the-shelf tools. This paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks of both a traditional custom design approach and off-the-shelf embedded tools.

Automatic car quality control at Ford Genk
By FLIR
Since it was founded, the Ford Group has always been looking for modern ways of working, developing new automated solutions for production issues. One of the relatively recent innovations is the addition of thermal imaging cameras from FLIR to the testing range at Ford Genk.