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Editor Rory McBride
Features editor (USA) Dorothy Fabian
Editorial assistant Christian Bradley
Production Lisa Wright
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中国大陆，台湾，
香港以及远东地区销售代表
Advertising Liz Hughes
co-ordinators Andrea McIntosh
Subscriptions Julie Case
Accounts manager Julie Case
Publisher Caroline Sullens
Founder John C Hogg
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EDITORIAL INDEX ........................................................... 2
INDUSTRY NEWS ............................................................. 6
TECHNOLOGY NEWS .................................................. 28
GLOBAL MARKETPLACE ........................................... 62
INSPECTION, TESTING &
QUALITY CONTROL ............................................... 70
中文综合 ................................................................. 82
ARTICLES:
Measuring compliance – the weakness
in your carbide saw
By Willy Goellner and Christian Mayrhofer .............................. 86
X-ray weld inspection –
High-tech meets heavy industry
By Dipl.Ing Hajo Schulenburg, CEO VisiConsult
X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH ......................................... 88
ADVERTISERS INDEX ................................................. 92