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STEPHANIE NEIL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Learning From Your Peers We’ve been asking readers what they’d like to see in the pages of OEM Magazine, and much of the feedback points to more profiles on machine builders. Readers simply want to know how their OEM confreres are dealing with similar issues around lead times, technology adoption, the workforce, etc. It’s not to gain proprietary competitive knowledge, but rather it’s a natural curiosity around how machine builders conduct business—especially when a company has innovated and prospered through many decades. Or, how about a century? In this issue, you can read about Milwaukee-based Felins (page 18), an equipment provider of banding, tying, strapping (and more), which this year celebrates its centennial
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anniversary. It takes innovation and determination to survive 100 years, but the Felins team is quick to point out that culture is the cornerstone of the company’s success. “Oftentimes companies say employees are the most important asset, but they don’t treat them like that,” Felins CEO Andrew Barrieau told me. To support that mindset, we’ve explored how OEMs can best look after their most important asset—humans (page 31). Then find out how robots fit into corporate culture as we share results from Automation World’s robotics adoption survey (page 37). Is your company ready for the spotlight in an OEM profile? Drop me an e-mail and tell me all about it! Stephanie Neil is the Editor-in-Chief of OEM Magazine. Reach her at sneil@oemmagazine.org or linkedin.com/in/stephaniesneil.
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