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By Bill Lydon, Editor At the recent Manufacturing in America Symposium, hosted by Siemens and Electro-Matic, automation professionals from Ford and General Motors shared their perspectives on a number of automation issues including the lack of engineers, data connectivity, integrated safety, demands on global suppliers, and much more.

ARC says globalization drives manufacturers to address initiatives for energy cost savings and reducing energy consumption, as well as for safety and sustainability needs.

Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17 percent from 2002 to 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The Ubisense Smart Factory System solution for automotive assembly lines has achieved the pilot acceptance in Daimler’s project to equip the assembly line for the Mercedes S Class premium cars in Germany.

Machine Control Group, an engineering focused solution provider, will represent B&R Automation in Missouri, Arkansas, and western Tennessee.

IXXAT Automation is a supplier of communication technology for industrial automation, machine manufacturing and the automotive industry.

The PLM market is growing led by strong growth in the automotive and aerospace & defense industries, as well as penetration into new industries, such as shipbuilding, consumer goods, and electric power.

Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor Art to Part has been a vision since the 1970's to have a holistic computer aided product design to manufacturing process. The technology is available today, but manufacturers also need to make organizational changes to fully leverage it.

Advanced Machine & Tool switched from AutoCAD Electrical to EPLAN because a major automotive customer wanted it.

The site offers easy-to-access information about automation solutions for applications including aerospace, automotive, medical, off-highway equipment and general manufacturing.

Applications include automotive camshaft manufacturing, incineration of chemical waste, low-e glass tempering, temperature measurement during epitaxial deposition, and web monitoring of semi-permeable films.

CFD helped Ford Racing develop its Fusion race car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Prior to joining Geometric, Pascarella was responsible for Strategic Automotive Initiatives at Dassault Systèmes.

The site shows how Mitsubishi’s solutions can reduce cost of powertrain machining and assembly, stamping, welding, painting, final assembly and parts production.

Eepos Japan will sell ADAM robots throughout Japan with a strategic focus on the automotive manufacturing and service industries.

Based in Guangzhou, Aeromat is a control systems integration company, serving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, water treatment and automotive industries.

The entire manufacturing process in the bodywork factory is monitored from the permanently staffed "bridge" via 46-inch HMIs.

IXXAT S.A.R.L. in Paris concentrates on the automotive, CAN hardware, OEM hardware, and embedded system solutions areas.

Automation.com, October 2011 By Bill Lydon, Editor The CArS architecture is a modern systems level approach defined by the joint Chrysler and Fiat Manufacturing Engineering Council that improves the process flow for designing and implementing production lines.

Comax manufactures more than 250 million parts annually for a wide variety of applications, including automotive controls.