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          Joe Ballek
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                                                                                   tivity and efficiency, automation and
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                                                                                   robotics are the focal points of many
          Editor Emeritus
                                                                                   booths you will visit. Our feature article
          Roger Kern
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                                                                                   which will help you create your list
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                                                                                   of MUST-SEE booths.
          Feature Editors                               Editor EDM Today           for Summer is our IMTS Previews,
                                                                                   Cover Story
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          Marco Boccadoro
                                                                                   Our summer Cover Story is a perfect
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                                                            Joe Ballek
                                                                                   example of the emphasis on compa-
          Bud Guitrau
                                                                                   nies’ efforts to improve productivity.
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                                                   It seems like a distant memory, but
                                                                                   Read about Sodick’s Product Solutions
          Brian Pfluger
                                                   only four years ago, we were in the
                                                                                   Group and its expanded approach to
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                                                   midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In
                                                                                   customization and automation.
          Betsy Ballek
                                                   September 2020, instead of hosting
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                                                                                   Road Warrior Story
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                                                   complex was transformed into an
          June Kern
                                                                                   Today Feature Editor Bud Guitrau
                                                   Alternate Care Facility to take in
          Circulation Manager                      IMTS, Chicago’s McCormick Place   As the IMTS show approaches, EDM
                                                                                   shares a story from a 1997 EDM
          June Kern                                patients from overwhelmed Chicago   industry event in Chicago. He pro-
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                                                   area hospitals. It was a trying time for
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                                                   Two years later, we had a vaccine, and
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                                                                                   A consummate professional, Bud
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                                                                                   overcame the many difficulties. He
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                                                   IMTS. Although it was not quite the
                                                                                   shares with us a valuable message
          Joe Ballek
                                                   show it used to be, it exceeded most

                                                                                   from which we can all benefit.
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                                                   considered the show very successful.
                                                                                   EDM Today Editor Emeritus Roger Kern
                                                   Considering how far we had come in
                                                                                   takes us on a deep dive into some

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