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	VW Sites - Volkswagen's Glass Factory - Information, News, Reviews, Pricing, Parts, Links
		In a bid to prove to customers that this luxury car is indeed different from all the others, the company has set up a factory, at a cost of some 186 million euros (roughly $208,000,000 at current exchange rates) that is unique in all the world.
		After one lap on the floor-mounted conveyor belt, the body is placed on one of 31 overhead carriers, each of which can rotate the body to a comfortable angle for the employee to fasten underbody components.
		Most work at the transparent factory is done by hand, but robots handle five operations.
	www.vwsites.com /news/glass_vw_factory.php (1960 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: Transparant Factory
		Transparent Factory is the English name of an automobile production plant owned by German carmaker Volkswagen and opened in 2002.
		The main purpose of the factory is the assembly of Volkswagen's luxury sedan, the Phaeton and Bentley's Continental Flying Spur (since 2005).
		The Transparent Factory is situated in the city center of Dresden, the 800-year-old German baroque city known for its arts and craftsmanship.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/18679 (264 words)

	Auto Show \| Metropolis Magazine \| December 2002
		Located in the middle of Dresden, the new factory borders the Great Garden, a park and botanical garden that began as the royal hunting ground 300 years ago.
		Inside, the glassy rectilinear forms of the assembly area contrast with the biomorphic shapes of the public spaces: a cylindrical boardroom suspended from the ceiling, a restaurant located on a curved balcony, a funnel-shaped reception area.
		The Glass Factory, which Henn at first liked to call the "crystal factory," uses the transparency of glass as a metaphor for openness and cleanliness.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_1202/dre/index.html (1559 words)

	What is Transparent Factory?
		Linking your manufacturing operations with systems throughout your entire enterprise, Transparent Factory is a truly open automation framework - helping you to take advantage of the benefits of plant-level real-time information.
		Schneider's Transparent Factory implements the global standards of Ethernet TCP/IP with a non-proprietary communications stack.
		Transparent Factory is not a stand-alone product - it's an open automation framework which is forging the future of automation.
	www.modicon.com /WhatTF.htm (208 words)

	AutoSpeed - Volkswagen's Incredible Glass Factory
		Dubbed the ‘Transparent Factory’ because of its incredible use of glass, the plant is in Dresden, Germany.
		The factory’s landmark is a glass tower almost 40 metres high and visible from a considerable distance - finished vehicles are stored within it, ready for collection.
		Phaetons that are built for customers who plan to pick their car up at the factory are placed into the glass storage tower after they have been built and the complete pre-delivery inspection process is completed.
	autospeed.drive.com.au /cms/A_2538/article.html (1103 words)

	Transparent Language - LanguageNow!
		Transparent Language is proud to be an active member of the.
		Transparent Language has the world's widest variety of breakthrough products for language learners, from kids to adults, beginners to advanced students.
		The Ripple Factory produces commercial and custom software for the Palm OS with an aim of helping to make a positive difference in the lives of our users and those around them.
	www.transparent.com /NH-Software-Companies.htm (3142 words)

	New Transparent Factory in Dresden - WorldCarFans.com
		Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory in Dresden was inaugurated on Tuesday December 11, 2001 at an official ceremony.
		The official inauguration of the factory was performed by Chancellor Schröder, Prime Minister Biedenkopf, Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, and Dr. Folker Weissgerber, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG.
		The idea of the Transparent Factory was transformed into a building by Gunter Henn, the group of architects responsible for building the Autostadt in Wolfsburg.
	www.worldcarfans.com /print.cfm/ID/2011217.002/lang/eng (787 words)

	South Africa's New & Used Car Search - AutoWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Volkswagen`s Transparent Factory in Dresden was inaugurated on Tuesday (December 11) at an official ceremony.
		With its Transparent Factory, Volkswagen has become the first manufacturer to implement a production concept that combines the processes of classic industrial-scale automotive production with manual craft tasks.
		The factory`s landmark is a glass tower, almost 40 metres high and visible from some considerable distance, in which the finished vehicles are stored ready for collection.
	www.autoworld.co.za /autonews/viewart.asp?id=155 (745 words)

	Java strides onto the factory floor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Java today is better equipped to handle the rigors of the factory floor than in years past, when control engineers were thumbing their noses at the programming language.
		The concept of connecting the factory floor to the boardroom has become so pervasive that many engineers are thinking beyond the idea of endowing controllers with Java, and are looking ahead to a day when motors, drives and sensors will also be Java-enabled.
		Schneider's Java effort is part of a larger concept that the company calls the "transparent factory." That concept, which involves integration of Web technologies in the company's automation products, is intended to make it easy for industrial customers to access information from anywhere in the world whenever they wish.
	www.embedded.com /shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=9900459 (1374 words)

	AutoWeb - Volkswagen Opens Transparent Factory in Dresden and Names Project D1
		Located just 100 metres from the Dresden Botanical Gardens, VolkswagenÂ’s magnificent new Transparent Factory benefits from a 6 million Euros ($A10.27 million) investment in its outdoor area (50,000 sq metres) to ensure it blends with the beauty of the ancient city.
		The factoryÂ’s landmark is a glass tower almost 40 metres high and visible from a considerable distance in which finished vehicles will be stored ready for collection.
		Opening the Transparent Factory, Dr Ferdinand Piech, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG said: Â“Our customers and guests will be able to see and experience detailed craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology here.
	www.autoweb.com.au /cms/A_54860/newsarticle.html (771 words)

	Transparent Factory
		The transparent factory makes the fascinating process of car production transparent to the world, establishing a link between technology, environment and people such as has never been seen before.
		At Volkswagen's transparent factory this tradition is being continued with the production of the Phaeton.
		After taking a tour of the transparent factory and undergoing an introduction to the Phaeton, vehicles are ceremonially presented to their new owners in the Salon.
	www.volkswagen.com /vwcms_publish/vwcms/master_public/virtualmaster/en2/erlebnis/maufaktur.html (219 words)

	Transparent Factory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The factory's walls are made almost completely of glass.
		The other 1200 parts and 34 preassembled components are shipped to a remote logistics center and are transferred from there to the factory via trams that run on Dresden's public transport tracks.
		The German TV channel ZDF occasionally produces a philosophical panel discussion in the Transparent Factory, "Das philosophische Quartett" (The Philosophical Quartet).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transparent_Factory (308 words)

	VWvortex Forums: A Photo Tour of the Transparent Factory in Dresden
		The factory is located right in the heart of downtown Dresden, only about a 15 minute walk from the main square (the Church of Our Lady, or Frauenkirche).
		Glass Factory in Dresden invaded by Space Aliens...
		It is a very modern factory, the first part of it was opened in the mid 1990s but in the last few years it has expanded quite a bit.
	forums.vwvortex.com /zerothread?id=1837641 (3952 words)

	VWvortex Forums: A Photo Tour of the Transparent Factory in Dresden
		It is a wonderful, beautiful city (even without thinking about the Transparent Factory), and every time I go to the Transparent Factory, I get 're-energized' - because it is really an example of perfection in every respect, full of people who are passionate about their work.
		We arrived at the window fixing point it had been a sunny day and at this time of the evening the sun was shining directly on the glass and when the machine tried to register the glass’s dimensions before fixing it could not as the sun was flaring out the picture.
		This is not a factory canteen but a first class restaurant run by one of the best hotels in town and throughout the evening local Dresdeners came for dinner or just a drink.
	forums.vwvortex.com /zerothread?id=1837641&page=2 (5297 words)

	Beyond Postmodernism: Some background....
		Volkswagen is building a facility they call the: "Transparent Factory".
		BMW's goal is to blur the line between the factory's managers and workers by placing the building in the midst of the complex, rather than in front of it."
		And I hope that "we" in the United States are insipired by such examples to try to make our form of life more transparent and more meaningful, instead of, on the one hand, decorating sheds, and, on the other hand, trying to win a cost-cutting [what some have called:] race to the bottom.
	www.users.cloud9.net /~bradmcc/postmodernismx.html (2018 words)

	DATA-LINC/Schneider Electric CAPP Projects and Activities
		This Ethernet infrastructure does not usually exist on the factory floor or is difficult to establish due to the limitations of running cable.
		This is where the SRM6210E becomes an ideal addition for the Transparent Factory.
		Some locations within or outside the factory may be prohibitively expensive or impossible to reach with cable.
	www.data-linc.com /schneider/projects.htm (975 words)

	Our Offer Page 7
		Schneider Electric's Transparent Factory® is an open automation framework based on the technologies of the Internet - specifically TCP/IP and Ethernet.
		Transparent Factory® leverages the global standards of Ethernet TCP/IP and a non-proprietary communications stack with the de facto network protocol of Modbus.
		Transparent Factory® can help your company save unprecedented levels of time and money.
	www.modicon.com /panorama/page7.htm (273 words)

	cinematic::rain » VW’s Transparent Factory
		It wasnt enough launching the tempting Phaeton, now VW invites people to visit their transparent factory where each Phaeton is created.
		For 5 euros, you can watch the birth of a new Phaeton, all the way from the assembly line to testing and final shipment.
		At the cost of 186 million euros, this factory is completely made up of glass with Canadian maple floors.
	www.cinematicrain.com /?p=50 (140 words)

	Kit.blog :: Factory as design
		Walpaper* than like a factory and is VW's (fashion?) statement about entering a new market with the
		And speaking about markets--some marketing and design people use to question this decision of VW to enter the premium/luxury segment.
		Virtual Tour of VW's "Transparent Factory" in Dresden.
	homepage.mac.com /cpaul/iblog/C583638847/E863095592/index.html (223 words)

	The Big Picture: Transparent Factory
		The factory’s walls are made almost entirely of glass — over 290,000 square feet of it.
		» transparency is good for companies from meta-roj blog
		ok, so this isn't quite what you might expect, but what a great tangent....) as i was wandering, i ran into barry ritholtz - and he points to an interesting example of how transparency is working for at least one...
	bigpicture.typepad.com /comments/2003/10/transparent_fac.html (556 words)

	VWvortex Forums: VW Individual Atelier at the Transparent Factory in Dresden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		VW Individual Atelier at the Transparent Factory in Dresden [Archived]
		But, the way cars are typically imported is through an importer and then the dealers get allocated cars from what the importer has agreed to bring in from the factory.
		The profit comment was included only to alert you to the fact that when dealers get incentives from the factory they may or may not pass them along to the consumer and not that they need to make a big profit on your particular purchase.
	forums.vwvortex.com /zerothread?id=1848346 (4525 words)

	Web site of the week: Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, Volkswagen
		Located in Dresden, the Transparent Factory (Gläserne Manufaktur) is a magnificent structure of metal and glass, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, that stands as their symbol of the highest quality in car manufacturing.
		The site, which captures the transparent quality of the structure, is part of an overall branding awareness campaign, for the car and the factory, intended for an international audience.
		Not everything was allowed to be photographed; instead, the team worked with comps and replaced them a few days before the deadline and the official opening of the factory.
	www.designinteract.com /sow_d/012102 (405 words)

	ShantyWorld.com - My Beautiful Shanty
		The factory was opened a few years ago and tours are open to the public.
		And the design for this factory is quite impressive on first glance (for those who admire good industrial design).
		Although the plant has been open a few years, I thought I'd post the photos here because like my beloved Mac[intosh], I know VW enthusiasts are a (relatively) small group here in the States.
	shantyworld.blogspot.com (5249 words)

	1st International Symposium on "Macro Fiber Composite" Applications in the Transparent Factory in Dresden
		DRESDEN / WOLFSBURG, Germany - The Transparent Factory is host to a meeting today and tomorrow of experts from NASA, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the company Smart Material, AutoVision, and Volkswagen with representatives from international research institutes and industries to discuss the diverse possible applications of MFC technology.
		Volkswagen Group Research has been examining the integration of piezo fibre modules into new active materials and their application in vehicle components for many years.
		For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums at the left.
	www.vwvortex.com /artman/publish/volkswagen_news/printer_1550.shtml (462 words)

	Transparent Soap (STC Bath and Body Care Factory, China (Mainland))
		Transparent Soap (STC Bath and Body Care Factory, China (Mainland))
		Features: 1) 100gloofah transparent soap 2) Special design for traveling 3) New concept of individual soap, suitable for
		The identity of this member has been verified by a third-party credit-reporting agency.
	stc.en.alibaba.com /collection_product/Transparent_Soap.html (352 words)

	Volkswagen Gläserne Manufaktur (Transparent Factory) - Experiential Marketing
		Volkswagen Gläserne Manufaktur (Transparent Factory) - Experiential Marketing
		Through a captivating array of multimedia shows, live demonstrations, hands-on exhibits and visual displays, guests will be given an unprecedented and highly entertaining emersion into the cutting-edge technology and Old World craftsmanship of one of the world's great automotive brands.
		Highlights of the guest experience include Vision World, a multimedia "global theater" that allows VW and its guests to take the pulse of the planet right this second, and a multimedia factory tour that reveals the secrets of VW's exciting new assembly process and the exceptional care and craftsmanship that go into each VW automobile.
	www.brcweb.com /marketing/volkswagen.htm (525 words)

	Transparent Factory
		Transparent Factory Network Design and Cabling Guide (490 USE 134 00 Ver 1.0)
		Transparent Factory User and Planning Guide (490 USE 133 00 Ver 1.0)
		Transparent Factory - Ethernet for control networks (Ethernet Tools v1.0)
	www.claytonengineering.com /cecoweb/sqd_networks.htm (578 words)

	A tour of Volkswagen's new transparent factory (kottke.org)
		For all its transparency, I kinda expected it to be a little more Om.
		I wonder how much of the $94,600 for its 2004 Phaeton W12 ultra luxury sedan covers the cost of the factory.
		I hope the restroom walls aren't transparent too.
	www.kottke.org /remainder/04/02/5055.html (323 words)

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