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The new Barth-Report 2007-2008 supplies every possible statistic about the worldwide production of hops and beer. It presents details of current global beer production, as well as the ranking of international breweries according to production capacity. In addition, it lists the market leaders and the challenges they face on a region by region basis.
Barth Report
Market Leaders

The latest edition of the "move up" customer magazine contains interesting articles about the automotive industry.
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One example is the "Just-In-Time Doors" article about door manufacturing at the BMW plant in Dingolfing, Germany for its 5, 6 and 7 car series. Providing the right doors for each vehicle on the assembly line at the correct time poses a logistical challenge. Each load carrier on the electric overhead conveyor has an RFID chip. MOBY type E read/write stations assign each of the storage locations an individual data record to uniquely identify the doors.
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Whether for drinking water treatment, seawater desalination, waste water treatment or irrigation: Totally Integrated Automation is the answer to all demands associated with the water industry. You can find information about the product portfolio and the benefits for your application in the current TIA brochure for the water and waste water industry.
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Ladder diagram (LAD) and function block diagram (FBD) are the graphic-oriented programming languages in the programming software STEP 7. Now in its fourth edition, this book introduces the latest version of STEP 7 with new functions. It describes elements and applications for use with both SIMATIC S7-300 and SIMATIC S7-400, including applications with PROFINET. Special functions such as PROFINET IO, SFC 109 Protect and function blocks for fieldbus systems are also described.
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Three reworked brochures are now available in English and German:
PROFINET
Industrial Communication
Explosion Protection