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Dan Throne, food and packaging business manager at Bosch Rexroth Electric Drives and Controls, notes that with the economy's marginal upswing over the last few years, many food producers have chosen to retrofit their existing machines to provide either higher production or automated changeovers. While this addresses the need for flexible case configurations for club-pack stores like Wal-Mart and Sam's Club, most producers have been driven by a need to increase flexibility and reduce manufacturing costs.