The two-day event featured 54 technical sessions, hands-on training labs and multiple manufacturing-industry presentations on key automation trends. The largest private trade fair in the United States also included more than 136 solution and product exhibits.
Manufacturing Perspectives 2006 attendees heard from global executives, manufacturing experts and Rockwell Automation customers from around the world who convened to share their perspectives on industry trends and issues of the day. Speakers from Cisco Systems Inc. Hardness International Inc., IBM Global Business Services, Pearson Packaging, the Singapore Economic Development Board, the University of Cambridge-Institute for Manufacturing and the U.S. Department of Commerce were featured, along with Keith Nosbusch, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockwell Automation.
The afternoon sessions were led by ThyssenKrupp Hopkinsville, Align Technology, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Cerveceria Polar C.A., Eli Lilly and Kraft Foods.
Subjects included:
- Information as it Drives Efficiency (Panel Discussion)
- Improved Brewhouse Performance
- Benefits Derived From Distributed Architecture
- Discover, Design and Delivery: Kraft Foods Uses Information and Automation to Reduce Controllable Costs by More Than 10 Percent
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