Soft Robotics | May 27, 2021
Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), North America's largest independent automation engineering firm today announced a strategic collaboration with Soft Robotics, a manufacturer of robotic tooling and software.
AMT, a robotics and material transport solutions leader, works directly with customers in warehousing, eCommerce, food & beverage, consumer products, and other sectors to deliver unique turnkey palletizing, depalletizing, and material transport systems for a wide range of goods.AMT specializes in material handling projects including arbitrary object picking, packing, and palletizing.
AMT is a full-service systems integration specialist that also provides engineering services such as turnkey industrial controls, robotic programming, and automation consulting. AMT delivers high-quality, cost-effective automation solutions by combining best-in-class technologies with custom automation. Manufacturers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, alternative energy, fabricated metal, industrial machinery, rubber and plastics, food and beverage (including protein processing), and many other industries have benefited from the company's solutions.AMT also designs customized hardware and software packages to support automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) and distribution center systems, offering one-of-a-kind solutions to help e-commerce distribution centers speed up and improve the order fulfillment process.
About Applied Manufacturing Technologies
Applied Manufacturing Technologies, founded in 1989, is a world leader in robot automation engineering, manufacturing systems integration, and turnkey industrial controls. Over 120 experienced and highly trained controls and automation engineers with over 1,250 years of combined expertise are working on automation projects in a variety of sectors. AMT assists customers with projects at any stage of development, from conceptualization and design to troubleshooting and expansion, due to a deep bench of experienced, innovative automation engineers, consultants, and programmers. AMT's headquarters in Orion, Michigan, has designed over 25,000 automation systems for over 600 customers on 5,500 projects.
About Soft Robotics
Soft Robotics is a technology company that designs and builds automated picking solutions using proprietary soft robotic grippers, 3D machine perception, and SoftAI artificial intelligence. The company's transformational robotic automation solutions enable machine builders to solve the most difficult piece picking problems in sectors such as food and beverage processing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. Soft Robotics is supported by renowned venture capital and strategic investors such as Calibrate Ventures, Hyperplane Venture Capital, Material Impact, Scale Venture Partners, FANUC, ABB Technology Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Tekfen Ventures, and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
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Delta Electronics | November 05, 2020
Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today announced it has closed the acquisition of Trihedral Engineering Limited, a SCADA and IIoT software company based in Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, Delta Electronics (Netherlands) B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta, acquired 100% of Trihedral's interests. The acquisition represents a key part of Delta's long-term strategy in its industrial automation and system integration portfolios – and is expected to help facilitate a broader business in digitized manufacturing. Delta plans to use its existing global sales and service network to expand Trihedral's signature VTScada software solution globally. Integrating Delta hardware and Trihedral software will allow both to play on their strengths in the rapidly growing fields of Automation, AI and Data Analytics. "Together, Delta and Trihedral will foster significant synergies – adding value both for our employees and customers worldwide," said Simon Chang, president and COO of Delta Electronics, Inc. "Trihedral's leadership in SCADA software development will bring considerable benefits for our organization, as we focus on smart manufacturing, smart building and smart micro-grid solutions." Trihedral will keep both its namesake brand and management team. Delta will leverage Trihedral's expertise in a range of field applications and industries, including water treatment, oil and gas, among others. Founded in 1986, Trihedral serves customers in more than 100 countries. Its proprietary VTScada software is widely used in large power, water treatment and other mission critical infrastructure installations across North America.
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3D PRINTING
Digi-Key Electronics | October 14, 2021
Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it is launching a new 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing tool, powered by Jabil Inc.
Through this new tool, Digi-Key customers can upload design files, receive instant quotes and have custom 3D products and items shipped directly to their door from Jabil. Featuring a seamless upload and "add to cart" experience for users, this new additive manufacturing tool provides fast turnaround times and free shipping to customers in the U.S.
"We are very excited to launch our new 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing service in order to give electrical, mechanical and industrial engineers the ability to easily create custom 3D products for manufacturing purposes," said Missy Hall, senior director, new market development, at Digi-Key. "This introduction is a flagship option of Digi-Key's additive manufacturing services portfolio, and we look forward to continuing to expand our offerings to include many suppliers to serve the needs of the additive manufacturing market."
Jabil has a long relationship with Digi-Key and their 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing tool service is an important step in making Jabil's advanced digital manufacturing capabilities available to a broader set of users,We will be continuously enhancing the tool through the Jabil digital manufacturing platform with powerful and innovative features to offer increased value and greater agility to Jabil and Digi-Key customers.
Rush LaSelle, Jabil's senior director of digital manufacturing
The launch of the 3D printing tool is part of the DK Marketplace initiative, a singular shopping experience for all things related to technology innovation.
About Digi-Key ElectronicsDigi-Key Electronics
headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 12.6 million components from over 2,000 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient.
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