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Teradyne and the shareholders of Universal Robots (UR) have announced they have signed an agreement under which Teradyne will acquire privately held Universal Robots, the Danish supplier of collaborative robots, for $285 million, plus $65 million if certain performance targets are met extending through 2018. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015. Universal Robots is…
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Jabil
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The Second Harvest Food Bank of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties in Ohio is a not-for-profit clearinghouse that collects, stores and distributes dry and frozen surplus food. To improve working conditions for volunteers, the company installed a fabric curtain wall that reduced noise and temperature variations in the warehouse. Since 2001, the food bank’s volunteers have worked out of the…
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Fetch Robotics
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With recalls taking center stage in today’s media, manufacturers must closely evaluate the cost of poor quality (CoPQ) to their business. CoPQ is typically defined as the costs that would disappear if your manufacturing process was perfect. These costs include lost goodwill and expenses incurred from replacement, refund, rework, and scrapping. It has been estimated that CoPQ amounts to approximately…
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To help companies receive the wide variety of trailers and containers arriving at the dock, Rite-Hite (Booth 1827) is showcasing the Dok-Lok SHR-5000 restraint. “With today’s global economy, shipments arrive in traditional trailers, intermodal containers and trailers with rear-impact guard (RIG) obstructions,” explained Troy Bergum, product manager. “This new restraint uses a patented, universal ‘shadow hook’ to secure any type…
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Omron Adept Technologies
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Inser Robotica
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KION North America
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Robert Half Technology
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SuperValu is the third-largest food retailer in the United States, operating 2,500 stores and serving as primary distributor to a 2,200 more. To separate grocery products from refrigerated and freezer areas, the company installed fully automatic high-speed doors that are approaching their five millionth cycle. Prior to installing the new door in 2001, the company’s 324,000-square-foot distribution center in Fargo,…
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Delft University of Technology
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Rite-Hite Holding Corporation announced that its line of loading dock seal and shelter products previously branded as Frommelt products, will now be branded under the Rite-Hite name. Frommelt Products Corporation – which has been a part of the Rite-Hite family since 1991 – will now be known as Rite-Hite Environmental Enclosures Corporation, and will continue to deliver the highest level…
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Stratasys
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When LDF Sales and Distributing, a wholesale distributor of Coors, Miller, Red Bull and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages based in Kansas, decided to more than double the size of its flagship Wichita warehouse, it installed a variety of dock and fan products to keep the warm weather away from cold storage. Founded in 1983 by Larry D. Fleming, LDF…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
