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From the Editor's Desk
Happy New Year!  Best wishes to you and your families for a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year! We look forward to a year filled with inspiration, education, and innovation!

Here is the first 2007 issue of The Insider, Festo Corporation's quarterly communication on new and noteworthy developments within the company.

Products and Services
Automation Components | Automation Services | Learning Systems

Corporate Initiatives
Website | Trade Shows & Events | Articles

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Optimized Automation Components

Pneumatic Brick Handler DMSP-… HGP-SA Muscle Gripper Have a special automation application need? Festo will work with you to create an optimized custom solution. The Muscle Gripper was specially designed to be used in harsh environments not only to pick and place bricks but to also act as an escapement to prevent the bricks from rolling down a conveyor line.  Read more…

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Festo-Didactic at the ACTE Tech Expo 2006

For additional information on Festo-Didactic products and services, click here. In November, Festo Didactic participated in the ACTE trade show in Atlanta, Georgia..  Festo Didactic displayed its newest training products including the MPS PA 204 and Compact PCS for Process Automation training, as well as several new MPS products for teaching Mechatronics, the state-of-the-art in advanced automation technology training.  In addition, we demonstrated a new series of Desktop Trainers, intended for teaching automation technology at the high school level.

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Festo website:  www.festo.com/usa

Trade Shows & Events

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Trade Show and Events Schedule 2007

Festo Corporation is committed to making you aware of the latest technology developments through trade shows and events. Should you have an interest in attending any of these shows, please contact Andrew.Wagner@us.festo.com for additional information.

Here is the First Quarter, 2007, Schedule:
Date	Event	Location	More Information
2/14-2/15	CAOTM - Memphis	Memphis, TN	CAOTM-Memphis
2/20-2/21	CAOTM - Tampa	Tampa, FL	CAOTM - Tampa
3/14-3/15	CAOTM - Denver	Denver, CO	CAOTM - Denver
3/21-3/22	CAOTM - Seattle	Seattle, WA	CAOTM - Seattle

Articles

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Festo in the News

“Pneumatics breathes new life into old books” Increased demand for on-demand printing of out-of-date books created a need for quick and economical binding solutions.  To see how one of our customers met that need using pneumatic actuators and electro-pneumatic controls, click here. Machine Design, November 22, 2006

5th International Press Conference

Representatives from US at International Press Conference During the first week of December, 2006, about 100 journalists from 18 countries answered the invitation from Festo Headquarters in Germany to attend the 5th International Press Conference in Vienna, Austria. The presentations included trend-setting automation products such as camera systems, microwave sensors and intelligent hybrid solutions made up with electric and pneumatic drive technology. Seven journalists accompanied by Cheryl Sabatelli, Public Relations and Events Manager for Festo-USA, represented publications such as InTech Magazine, Machine Design, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Packaging World, Control Design, Motion System Design, and Automation World.

We hope that you have enjoyed and benefited from our newsletter.  We encourage you to provide us with feedback and suggestions for future issues.  Thank you.

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