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Meet the Manufacturing Group

Contributing to the podcast are seasoned manufacturing journalists from Endeavor Business Media’s Manufacturing Group:

Robert Brooks, editor in chief, American Machinist
Dave Blanchard, editor in chief, EHS Today
Robert Brooks, editor in chief, Foundry Management & Technology
Robert Schoenberger, editor in chief, IndustryWeek
Dave Blanchard, editor in chief, Material Handling & Logistics
Laura Davis, editor in chief, New Equipment Digest
Thomas Wilk, editor in chief, Plant Services
Scott Achelpohl, managing editor, Smart Industry

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