Table of Contents - trends in automation 2.2012

• Editorial

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• Contents

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• Panorama

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• Inspiration

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• • Interview: (R)Evolution 4.0

    8

• Compass

  12

• • Movement of the third kind

    12

  • Movement by the power of thought

    16

• Impulse

  20

• • When things start to think

    20

• Synergies

  26

• • Power to the East

    26

  • Alloy wheels, through to X-ray!

    32

  • A grip on healthcare

    36

  • Water for the Cape Whale Coast

    38

• Festo Worldwide

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• • Austria: Flexibly covered

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  • USA: 40 years in the USA

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  • Greece: Good taste takes shape

    42

  • South Africa: Drives on the move

    43

  • International: Fans know more

    43

  • Malaysia: Put to the test

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  • Germany: Leonardo Award 2012

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• About this magazine

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• Soft Stop

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• • Where to next, Ms Lin?

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