ZF North America has standardized best practices throughout its production facilities and improved communication flow on the plant floor. Learn how the company did so at this year's ATExpo, later this month.
BELLEVUE, WA-Truck manufacturer PACCAR Inc. is boosting its information technology investments worldwide as part of a comprehensive effort to increase both vehicle and production efficiency, and to reduce the environmental impact of the company's activities.
CARSON, CA-EPSON Robots has hit on a novel way of promoting its new Micro PowerDrive controller: The company is giving one away, along with an E2 SCARA robot, in what the company is calling its "North American robot giveaway."
TROY, MI-ArvinMeritor Inc. is opening a new 300,000-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China, to manufacture trailer axles and suspensions for key trailer manufacturers in China, as well as for export to North America and Europe.
TAIPEI, Taiwan-The Boeing Co. (Chicago) has completed construction of its first Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), a modified 747 that will ferry major subassemblies of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner between fabrication plants and the 787 final assembly plant in Everett, WA.
PITTSBURGH-Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new type of mobile robot that balances on a single urethane-coated metal sphere instead of legs or wheels.
ROCHESTER, NY-Eastman Kodak Co. is joining forces with electronics manufacturing company Flextronics International Ltd. (Singapore) to build Kodak consumer digital cameras.
COLUMBUS, OH-The Edison Welding Institute (EWI) is teaming up with the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN) to work on new welding technologies.
ANN ARBOR, MI-New orders received by North American-based robotics companies fell 38 percent in the first half of 2006, according to statistics released by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).
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