Insight Automation: The Pulse, Summer 2009

In This Issue

Tax Incentives

Let's face it - we're all thinking about ways to save money - from eating out less to delaying that major home or auto purchase - belts are tightening everywhere. Your business is no different! You have two opportunities to save money right now with the purchase of a motorized drive roller (MDR) system.

2009 Material Handling and Logistics Conference

We can't think of a better tip than to encourage you to attend the 2009 Material Handling and Logistics Conference themed "Supply Chain Forward".

Manufacturing is Breathing Easy in Pennsylvania

When a major sleep aid appliance manufacturer in Pennsylvania determined they had outgrown their overcrowded manufacturing facility (they had NO breathing space!) and had no room to expand the existing space, they determined that the best course of action was to build a new state-of-the-art facility. The company had 2 options, either move the operation overseas to reduce labor costs, or stay with what they knew would work.

Spotlighting Tim Barnes

Tim Barnes - His Business is Business Development

R&D Center

What if you could bring a potential customer in and show them the most complex applications of your technology in one place, answer their questions by showing them how it actually works and focus them on the potential solutions to their unique materials handling issues? You'd need a huge warehouse and hours (perhaps days) to configure what might meet their needs - right? It would be expensive and would use uptime and resources that could be better used in other areas - right? WRONG!

Engineering Disaster... Oops!

The Citigroup Center was an engineering challenge from the very beginning - the northwest corner of the site that was chosen for the building was occupied by St. Peter's Lutheran Church. The church agreed to demolish the church to make way for the skyscraper under one condition: a new church would be built on the same corner with no part of the Citigroup Center touching it and no columns going through it. Impossible? Some architects thought so!

What's Downstream

Mark your Calendar for our Next Newsletter - November/December 2009. Get a sneak preview here.

Purpose of The Pulse

The Pulse is the fast-read source of news, views and entertainment on controls for automated systems. Quarterly, The Pulse provides you with the latest problem-solving techniques and case studies concerning a wide range of industries. In addition, it offers insights from top professionals in the automated materials handling industry. Instead of theories, The Pulse provides information you can use - every day.