Company will provide custom automation for medical device manufacturers.
November 21, 2023
BLAINE, MN—Ascential Technologies, a manufacturer of custom automation for medical device manufacturers, has opened a new 100,000-square-foot factory here.
ABB’s Smart Power business unit
turned to JOT Automation to design and build a custom automated assembly system that could increase production volume; handle multiple product variants; and meet high quality standards.
Automakers could need more than 61 million wheels this year, and that doesn’t count aftermarket replacements and upgrades. Satisfying that kind of demand requires automation.
Because automation can produce more with less, it can help domestic manufacturers compete with low-cost overseas labor. It’s certainly a valid premise. But, like golf, dancing, baking bread or cutting dovetails by hand, implementing automation is harder than it looks.