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As markets demand not only efficiency but agility and flexibility from supply chains, next-generation models are successfully combining robotics, automation, and digital technologies to drive superior performance. According to MHI and Deloitte, there are two primary well known forces driving investments in technology in the supply chain and logistics industry: Customer demands and workforce shortage. More recent challenges, such as…
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The Automate 2019 Show and Conference, North America’s largest showcase devoted to automation industry trends, leading-edge technology and business innovation, opens next week at McCormick Place in Chicago. The biennial event is the biggest yet with more than 500 exhibitors poised to share the latest technologies with 20,000+ attendees hoping to implement automation to better compete in the global market.…
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DERRY, NH – AutoStore is proud to announce their partnership with Kuecker Logistics Group. Kuecker Logistics Group (KLG), located in Belton, MO, is a turnkey systems integrator. For more than 30 years, KLG has been providing innovative material handling solutions across North America to businesses large and small. They have experience in a diverse range of markets including solutions for…
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With capacity crunches, driver shortages and new government regulations all pushing companies to transform themselves into “shippers of choice” for their carriers and logistics providers, more of those shippers are starting to see their yards as valuable assets versus just storage grounds. After all, the yard is literally the first thing that a driver sees when he or she comes…
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Omron Automation Americas and the Voelker Controls Company, two industry leaders in automation solutions, are entering into a business partnership. Voelker Controls, with its expertise in motion control, pneumatics, robotics, machine vision and sensors, will be an authorized distributor of Omron automation products for the Southern Ohio market helping its customers to achieve traceability and improve quality. This strategic partnership…
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Fast Radius has announced that it raised $48 million in a Series B funding round led by UPS, with strong insider participation from Drive Capital. Fast Radius says it will use the funds to continue to scale up its global manufacturing footprint as well as its software development, application engineering and sales teams. “Additive manufacturing is increasingly becoming the logical…
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Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC at ProMat Companies delivering products to customers are already dealing with workforce labor shortages and growing demand due to e-commerce, but shrinking warehouse vacancies and an overabundance of stock, due to fears of China tariffs, have created an inventory mess. At this year’s ProMat 2019 conference in Chicago, Matt Yearling, CEO of PINC, will present…
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For the second time in a row, CONTACT Software's IoT platform has been awarded “Best Factory Software of the Year.” The Research and Application Center Industry 4.0 named Elements for IoT the winner 2019 in the category “Internet of Things.” As part of this year's “Factory Software of the Year” competition, the Industry 4.0 Research and Application Center at the…
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While 3D printing is gaining ground as a manufacturing method for end-use parts and industrial tooling, companies remain stuck in the phase of deploying limited production runs, according to a new survey released by Dimensional Research and sponsored by Essentium. Nearly all (99%) of survey respondents expect use of 3D printing for production parts to increase significantly over the next…
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The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation hosts the VEX IQ Challenge Next Level and VEX Robotics Competition Turning Point to involve students who are in middle school through college in hands-on robotics and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The VEX IQ Challenge Next Level and VEX Robotics Competition Turning Point are this season’s series of game challenges supported…
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Walk into any manufacturing company and you’ll discover the same set of challenges: Excel spreadsheets containing critical data are stored on the local hard drives of various team members’ systems. CAD/CAM packages whose only integration to the rest of the business is a file share on the corporate server. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that offer visibility to every department…
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In February 2018, when Dassault Systèmes, the parent company of SolidWorks, launched its ecommerce platform 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace, the company said, “Our ambition is nothing shy of transforming the industrial world similar to the way companies like Amazon transformed the retail sector.” Dassault Systèmes is certainly not the first to aspire to become an Amazon-like entity for manufacturing. Although the company…
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From the outset, what Fictiv and Xometry appear to do is no more than matchmaking. It’s the principle pioneered by tech disruptors such as Airbnb, applied to manufacturing. Airbnb matches those seeking short-term living accommodations with those who happen to have extra space that can accommodate travelers. Thus, a whole new ecommerce infrastructure was born to satisfy the backpackers and…
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Printed electronics developers have started launching the technology into the third dimension, throwing off the constraints of flat, 2D architectures to integrate electronics directly into a product’s geometry. Until recently, electronics companies designed and manufactured components, systems and layers in 2D. Then they finished off the lengthy process by performing steps like drilling, pressing and plating to connect the separate…
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The market for 3D metal printing is expanding. IDTechEx predicts that the global market for 3D printing metals will reach $12 billion by 2028, as more companies turn to additive manufacturing to create production parts in the automotive, aerospace and other industries. Giants such as HP and GE have launched large-scale metal printing efforts, but other companies have focused on…
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