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Plex Systems, Inc | July 05, 2020

Robotics and automation could offer manufacturers a key way forward to operating in the post-coronavirus environment because of their ability to reduce workplace contamination and worker interactions. That’s according to Tim Boeve, president and owner of Zeeland-based Hil-Man Automation LLC, who thinks of robots as the ultimate solution to a problem that’s become top of mind for manufacturing executives in the months after COVID-19 first made its way into the corporate lexicon....

Robotics and Automation

XCMG | August 28, 2021

XCMG has completed and put into production its intelligent manufacturing (IM) base for special vehicles for urban operations on July 28, 2021. XCMG also celebrated the official delivery of its 100-ton knuckle boom crane SQZ4500, the 100,000th unit milestone of special vehicles rolling off the assembly line. "The base is XCMG's 15th IM plant under our intelligent upgrade strategy. As a dominant achievement of XCMG's IM agenda, completion and commissioning of the base a...

Manufacturing Global | February 10, 2020

Automakers including Daimler, Ford and Tesla are looking to resume production in China after being forced to shut factories following the outbreak of a new coronavirus. BMW’s China venture with Brilliance said on February 5 the Chinese firm planned to restart production on February 17. Daimler said on February 3 it plans to resume passenger car production in Beijing on February 10. Fiat Chrysler said on Feb. 6 that disruption to parts supplies could threaten production at one of its Europe...

Manufacturing Technology

Panasonic | October 28, 2022

Panasonic, a leader in cordless assembly technology, will demonstrate its AccuPulse 4.0™ Transducerized Series, beginning today at the Assembly Show in Booth #1113 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The AccuPulse 4.0, Panasonic's next-generation transducerized mechanical pulse tool, was designed to help manufacturers improve quality control and accuracy, increase energy efficiency and safety, and collect data on the assembly line while reducing costs. The Accu...