3D PRINTING
Nexeo Plastics | December 09, 2021
Nexeo Plastics announced that it will partner with its supplier Forward AM, the brand of BASF 3D Printing Solutions, to expand access to Forward AM’s additive manufacturing materials in North America and Europe.
Under this collaboration, 3D at Nexeo Plastics will carry Forward AM’s comprehensive portfolio of innovative and durable 3D printing materials, including powders, photopolymers, and plastics and metal filaments.
Our company’s objective is to provide our diverse customer base with the largest variety of 3D printing materials that can meet every type of 3D printing need. This partnership with Forward AM increases our customers’ access to a large variety of quality 3D materials for large scale manufacturing and applications in the automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, medical and dental markets.”
Paul Tayler, president and CEO of Nexeo Plastics
Ultrasint® polymer powders are developed to be used in a broad spectrum of demanding industrial applications that require cost-effective, flexible or heat resistant performances.
Ultracur3D® photopolymers deliver class-leading performance ranging from flexible to ultra-tough resins.
The Ultrafuse® Portfolio comprises filaments ranging from engineering-grade materials, through reinforced and support materials, to advanced metal filaments for a variety of industrial applications.
Nexeo Plastics’ 3D supplier expansion is part of a continued strategy to provide a wide range of product choices, supply chain expertise, and exceptional sales and customer service to meet the demands of its 3D customers.
About Nexeo Plastics and 3D at Nexeo Plastics
3D at Nexeo Plastics is part of Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastic resins distributor, representing quality products from world-class suppliers, and serving a diverse customer base across North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. In the 3D Printing market, we provide expert local application and technical support, shortened lead times, smaller order quantities, and customer service through our sales team and eCommerce site, Nexeo 3D.
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MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Rapid Robotics | November 22, 2021
Rapid Robotics, creator of the first ready-to-work robotic machine operator, today announced that it has been named to Fast Company’s inaugural Next Big Things in Tech list, honoring the technology breakthroughs that promise to shape the future of their industries—from healthcare to agriculture to artificial intelligence and more.
Rapid Robotics was recognized for the Rapid Machine Operator (RMO), an all-in-one cobot that gives manufacturers an easy and affordable way to automate common machine tasks and solve their labor shortages. Unlike other cobots, the Rapid Machine Operator needs no integration or training and can be up and running in hours. For an OpEx-friendly all-inclusive subscription of $2,100 per month, the RMO performs a wide range of machine-tending tasks out of the box, such as injection molding, pad printing, heat stamping, pick-and-place and dozens of others across sectors including medical devices, electronics, CPG, automotive and more. Each RMO learns new skills through regular free updates and can be easily moved between tasks — no retraining required.
“The Rapid Machine Operator is the first viable solution to America’s machine operator crisis,It brings automation within reach of facilities of every size, including ones that never thought they could afford it. It allows them to quickly ramp up production and take on new projects while upskilling existing staff. It’s what American manufacturers need to win more business in a global marketplace.”
Jordan Kretchmer, co-founder and CEO of Rapid Robotics
The Next Big Things in Tech list, which includes global giants, intrepid startups and research that’s fresh from the labs, recognizes 65 technologies that are making waves. While not all of the products, services and technological developments are on the market yet, they’re reaching key milestones in having a positive impact for consumers, businesses and society at large in the next five years.
“Fast Company is thrilled to highlight cutting-edge technologies that are solving real-world problems in unexpected ways. From climate change and public health crises to machine learning and security, these technologies will certainly have a profound impact on the future, and we’re honored to bring attention to them today,” says Stephanie Mehta, editor-in-chief of Fast Company.
About Rapid Robotics
Rapid Robotics is the creator of the first affordable robotic machine operator (RMO) designed for simple machine tasks. Available for just $25K a year and requiring absolutely no programming, systems integration, specialized hardware or robotics skills, the Rapid Machine Operator enables manufacturers to easily deploy a pre-trained cobot in hours, moving it between tasks as needed and seeing ROI in months.
Rapid Robotics’ founding team combines robotics and manufacturing expertise with a SaaS business model to deliver affordable solutions to real-world industry problems. Investors include Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, Greycroft, Bee Partners and 468 Capital. Rapid Robotics is based in San Francisco, California.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies and thinkers on the future of business. The editor-in-chief is Stephanie Mehta.
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MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
KX, Telit | October 05, 2021
KX, a worldwide leader in real-time streaming analytics, today announced that it has partnered with Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), to deliver an end-to-end, enterprise-grade industrial analytics platform that combines KX's real-time streaming analytics capabilities with Telit's deviceWISE® Industrial IoT platform.
The partnership enables true, in-the-moment microsecond decision making by bringing together acknowledged leaders in low-latency connectivity and analytics. In one integrated solution, customers have both the unrivalled connectivity and simplicity of Telit's deviceWISE IoT platform and the power of KX's streaming analytics technology.
Already deployed at a large manufacturing site in Europe, the joint solution enables manufacturers to significantly enhance operational performance by applying advanced AI models to all production data regardless of type of machine or format of data. This integration of operational technology with IT systems allows for a deeper, richer understanding of the manufacturing process enabling automation of quality control processes and the delivery of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
"Modern manufacturing organizations are seeing a huge increase in data, coming at them at speed, and the need to gain a truer understanding of the manufacturing process in real-time has never been greater," says Przemek Tomczak, SVP IoT and Utilities at KX. "Combining Telit's unrivalled ability to connect enterprise systems to industrial machines and sensors, and our market-leading streaming analytics capabilities, we can help customers predict operational issues, automate key decisions and significantly improve operational performance."
The award-wining Telit deviceWISE IoT Platform is a complete, data-centric IoT platform with pre-built device drivers, connectivity management tools and application connectors that enable development teams to focus on building apps, not infrastructure, and make systems work together the way their customers want. Powerful capabilities integrate with connected factories and connected machines to give teams total flexibility in how data is collected, where it is sent and how their solution responds to data based on events and changing conditions throughout deployment – whether in the Cloud, on premise or at the edge. With deviceWISE, legacy and modern devices work together without custom coding, regardless of the different protocols they may use.
With KX and Telit, systems integrators and manufacturers can implement a full-stack streaming analytics IoT platform. Leveraging data and analytics provides the insights needed to respond quickly to either bring on additional resources or tighten process controls to increase productivity,Data intelligence is critical in driving actionable insights to make informed business strategies, goals and decisions.
Ricardo Buranello, Head of Platforms Business Unit, Telit.
The market opportunity for the joint solution is considerable. The Industrial Analytics Market is valued at USD 13.60 billion and expected to reach USD 36.73 billion by 2026. With data volumes growing exponentially - Industry analyst firm IDC estimates that enterprise-related sensor data is growing at 40% per annum and will soon surpass all other data types - this joint offering answers demand from customers looking to accelerate time to deployment and value from their industrial automation strategies.
About KX
KX, the leading technology for real-time continuous intelligence, is part of FD Technologies plc, a group of data-driven businesses that unlock the value of insight, hindsight and foresight to drive organizations forward. KX Streaming Analytics, built on the kdb+ time-series database, is an industry leading high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence platform. It delivers the best possible performance and flexibility for high-volume, data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple industries. The Group operates from 15 offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific and employs more than 2,500 people worldwide.
About Telit
Telit simplifies onboarding of connected 'things' with a portfolio of enterprise-grade wireless communication and positioning modules; cellular MVNO connectivity plans and management services; edge and cloud software; and data orchestration, IoT and Industrial IoT platforms. With over two decades of pioneering IoT innovation experience, Telit delivers award-winning, secure, integrated IoT solutions for many of the world's largest enterprises, OEMs, system integrators and service providers, so they can connect and manage IoT at any scale.
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