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Contents

Opinion: We will see more changes in the next 8 years than we have seen in the last 80

Prediction: You will be making your own spare parts by 2020, maybe sooner

Comparison: Foreign Competition

Application: Manufacturing Paper Machines In Situ

Investigation: What will happen to us when "junk mail" goes away?

Speculation: A downside to 3-D printing

Commendation: Agricultural America

Recommendation: Let's mix it up

Conclusion: Off to Europe