SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI—Systems integrator Fori Automation Inc. could add up to 50 jobs over the next five years, after completing a new, $1 million facility here. Fori has hired 54 employees since 2009.
SAN JOSE, CA—Automation is enabling Altierre, a manufacturer of electronic signs, to compete with low-cost overseas competition. And, says the company’s CEO, manufacturers of other products can follow his example.
ODENSE, Denmark—Danish company Universal Robots has introduced a lightweight, flexible robot that can work alongside factory personnel without safety shielding.
DRACHTEN, the Netherlands—A new wave of robots—far more adept than those commonly used by automakers—are increasingly replacing manual labor in assembly operations worldwide.
ZILINA, Slovakia—Thanks to a small army of robots, the Kia automotive assembly plant here is one of the few plants in the world capable of building up to eight different models on the same line.
ROSEVILLE, CA—PRIDE Industries has ordered six modular assembly systems from Juki Automation Systems. The order included four KE-2070 high-speed flexible mounters and two KE-2080 mounters.
ELGIN, IL—Systems integrator Haumiller is offering aerosol can manufacturers a trade-in allowance for their old high-speed, continuous motion assembly machines.
