Florida, California, and Texas continue to rank highest among recoveries for Autodesk due to the large number of architectural, civil, and mechanical engineering firms that populate these states and use Autodesk software. The honorees were selected from among more than 50 entries from around the world and were judged by industry experts, trade magazine editors, and members of Wonderware's marketing staff. Server Application-Blue Diamond Growers cooperative, Sacramento, Calif., for its statistical process control system developed to monitor almond processing quality. Frome will discuss the benefits of eliminating supply chain inefficiencies without installing proprietary and cost-prohibitive software, as well as presenting several high profile case study examples of these benefits that illustrate the return on investment for large buyers. Manufacturing stalled, car sales shine.
Consumer spending falls to near low.
Consumer confidence falls for fifth straight month. The Hi-Spec Solutions business of Honeywell, Industrial Control, Phoenix, Ariz., Innoveda unveils FabFactory. Cobotics introduces IAD technology for material handling applications. SDRC unveils I-DEAS Enterprise. Technology2Market introduces sales channels and marketing services.