Automation helps German machine builder produce control panels quickly.

Summit Engineered Automation has developed what it calls the Summit Agile Process to create true partnerships with customers by focusing on risk analysis early and throughout a project. The process was put to the test recently when the systems integrator was approached by start-up Corvida Medical of Coralville, IA, to build equipment to produce its latest product.

The growth is being driven by a U.S. policy push to boost domestic clean-energy manufacturing, by global supply chain risk, and by the total cost of ownership (TCO) equation.

Labor shortages are driving demand for automation.

An appliance manufacturer uses servo presses to apply decorative elements to vacuum cleaners.

Enhancements aimed at reducing Toyota’s carbon footprint have also benefited screwdriving, ergonomics and quality.

LOUISVILLE, KY— Tasked with determining the best way to achieve next-level quality and productivity and assure the company’s future, GE Appliances leadership realized that using the same software to interface with different measuring devices, aggregating the 3D metrology data, and efficiently putting that data in the hands of engineers who need it, was key.

SELMER, TN—In August 2023, GE Appliances, a Haier company, announced a $34 million investment to expand refrigeration manufacturing and create 150 new jobs at its wholly-owned subsidiary, Monogram Refrigeration, in Selmer, Tennessee. 

Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a dry battery manufacturing process.

DAYTON, OH—Joby Aviation Inc. plans to build a $500 million factory here to produce electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.