Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.25
…wars are all pushing companies to reexamine their global manufacturing and sourcing strategies. Some of them are bringing their operations back to the U.S. through a process known as “reshoring.” This session finds Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, walking attendees through the offshoring timeline and showing why reshoring may be a good choice for organizations now and in the aftermath of the global pandemic. “In the 1990s and 2000s, offshoring to China was the economic strategy for many U.S. manufacturers,” Coates says. “Fast forward to 2020, and companies are looking to move away from China and back…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.52
…been quite positive. In a recent press release, OSG USA vice president Tak Aoyama noted that the company is hopeful about the partnership. “MachiningCloud has created an effective and efficient application that allows OSG's cutting tool data to be easily shared with our customer base. Their cloud-based application provides essential up-to-date details to help identify the right OSG cutting tool for every type of job,” he says. Gorilla Mill president Kevin Cranker is equally enthusiastic, noting that the partnership supports one of the drill and end mill manufacturer's corporate-wide sales initiatives. “We here at Gorilla Mill are super-excited about partnering…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.85
…maintain recommended occupancy levels in public spaces and in manufacturing settings. Unlike the use of camera technology, the PeCo LiDAR sensor solution does not process personal information. This ensures companies can maintain any health and safety recommendations, but also that private individual data privacy concerns are respected. Operators of institutions of public life as well as those that deal in tourism, cruise ships, restaurants, retail, and various other industries can profit from a simple solution that makes it easy to safely maximize utilization of space and still maintain the required occupancy levels. The PeopleCounter (PeCo) is a SensorApp developed by…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.66
IACMI members and members of other Manufacturing USA Institutes are invited to be among the first U.S. manufacturing leaders to learn about a new call for the creation of a “National Manufacturing Guard” designed to ensure a resilient, robust national supply chain and manufacturing base in the future. Scheduled for Sept. 29 and October 1, the two identical online sessions will feature Institute leaders focusing on: The formation of a National Manufacturing Guard The establishment of a National Supply Chain Data Exchange The formation of a Technology Corps A Resilient Manufacturing Advisory Council “The COVID-19 pandemic crisis response has shown…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
…gained only one spot as a result, Murata (Muratec USA) posted the highest annual growth rate, increasing revenues by 34% to tie Honeywell Intelligrated in the fourth spot with $1.8 billion. A spokesperson says the Japanese market was extremely active this year in the logistics automation market and especially with respect to a large number of manufacturing automation projects. In sixth place, Vanderlande’s revenues climbed 10.5% to $1.7 billion. Shortly before publication of the 2017 Top 20 list, Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired the company. Following TICO’s 2017 acquisition of the then 16th place Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande became the second…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.39
…Act, NIST will award the grants through the NIST Manufacturing USA National Emergency Assistance Program with no requirements for cost matching. Funding will be awarded to eligible Manufacturing USA institutes, a network MxD has been part of since its inception. MxD is focused on helping the defense industrial base bolster national security and public health in response to COVID-19—and working to be better prepared for future crises. MxD is actively working on a response to this opportunity, due to the rapid nature of this response MxD will not release an open request for proposals. However, if a member has a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.89
…the victims of the pandemic. Massivit 3D’s high-speed additive manufacturing technology allows for the supply of hundreds of face shields off each machine every day. In addition to devoting all of its manufacturing resources to producing and donating thousands of face shields to medical teams at local hospitals with a less than one-day turnaround, the company has also made available to all, the optimized 3D print files of the newly developed face shields. The Massivit 3D global network of customers and distributors are also making Massivit 3D printers available for this effort, supplying face shields to health workers in their…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.16
…new training and demo center and will provide additive manufacturing electronic (AME) services locally from the United States. The new headquarters will become the company’s main sales, customer support, logistic and training center. The new facility is being established for the benefit of the company's customers and prospective industry partners. Nano Dimension is also hiring additional personnel in the United States for its AME fabrication facility, producing high-performance electronic devices (Hi-PEDs). “From here the company will launch our AME Service Bureau. There we shall convert digital electronic CAD/CAM files into sophisticated Hi-PEDs, ready to be installed in electronic assemblies and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.88
Building artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in industrial manufacturing is not only critical for economic transformation but also a stepping stone toward sustainable competitive advantages, according to new research from ABI Research, a global tech market advisory firm. The research found that despite the nearly equal number of installed bases of AI-enabled end devices in both markets, the United States has an edge over China due to its different incentives and approaches that encourage AI adoption in industrial manufacturing. In the United States, the ecosystem of AI in industrial applications is growing quickly, the report shows. The expensive labor force has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.48
…the potential of this technology at the IDTechEx Show USA 2018 when they showcased a carbon fiber bike with substantially reduced lead times and development costs. Other companies attracting attention from investors in 2019 are disruptive start-ups offering technological innovations. Such start-ups include Impossible Objects, which raised almost $10 million prior to announcing an additional $4.1 million for their CBAM printer; Fortify, which has raised $12.5 million for an aligned fiber vat photopolymerization printer; and newcomer Arris Composites. In May 2019, start-up Arris Composites announced it closed $10 million in Series A funding, led by NEA. Arris has spent the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.45
Robots Replacing 20 million Manufacturing Jobs Oxford Economics, global forecasting, and quantitative analysis firm have released a new report that predicts robotic machines will displace about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade. Robots are increasingly capable of performing tasks that were previously relied on human hands. This robotic revolution is propelled by technological advances in automation, engineering, energy storage, AI and machine learning. Already, the number of robots in use worldwide multiplied three-fold over the past two decades, to 2.25 million. Trends suggest the global stock of robots will multiply even faster in the next…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.83
With LulzBot 3D printers at the starting line, Nelson Racing Engines burns rubber, not cash. Watch as they unleash “race car power with street car manners” while saving thousands of dollars on prototyping via additive manufacturing. “Obviously in a shop like this you need a lot of tools…one of the tools we have that’s been amazing for us lately is the 3D printer we have from LulzBot.” —Tom Nelson, Builder and Fabricator at Nelson Racing Engines LulzBot hardware is made in the USA using domestic and imported parts.