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Contents 12 22 24


 News from page 6  Spotlight from page 8  SERIES Managing costs – page 10  Smart factories and AI from page 12  Machine vision from page 18  Servo drives, controls and motors from page 22  Automated warehousing from page 28  Events from page 26


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