Automation
China Bets Big on Automation
With the full brunt of the Chinese government behind it, the country鈥檚 industrial robot inventory is forecast to explode 2500% from 70,000 in 2016 to 1.8 million by 2025.
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Wittmann’s 40th Anniversary Gala Unveils New Products
New machinery, robots, and auxiliaries demonstrate continued momentum of technical development—and preview some K 2016 exhibits.
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China’s Appetite for Advanced Molding Technology
Do automation and advanced molding technologies still offer U.S. molders safe harbor against low-cost competition?
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KraussMaffei Celebrates 50 Years in U.S.
The U.S. has become the largest single-country market for KM.
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Custom Molder Expands in ‘Leaps of Faith’
Who would embark on an $8.8 million plant expansion without new orders in hand? Someone who knows his customers very well.
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Look Mom, No Operator: AGVs Invade Chinaplas
Automated guided vehicles (AGV) featured prominently at Chinaplas 2016 indicative of that country鈥檚 embrace of higher technologies and its need to offset ever-increasing labor costs.
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Machine Guards Get in Your Way?
Easier access to the point where a robot deposits parts on a conveyor鈥攖hat鈥檚 what Carl Morris, president and founder of Itech in Arden, N.C., is looking for.
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Macro Plastics Adds Two New Negri Bossi Bi-Power Machines
Installation of the new Bi-Power presses and Sytrama robots was completed in March 2016.
Read MoreSchneider Packaging Equipment Opens Training Lab for Customers
The lab in upstate New York to feature hands-on training without slowing or stopping production lines.
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Cobot Supplier Universal Robots Doubles U.S. Staffing, Adds three Offices
The North American 大象传媒 of the Danish collaborative robot鈥攃obot鈥攎anufacturer to open offices in Michigan, Texas and California.
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