VICTOR, NY—New Scale Robotics has been named an authorized systems integrator (ASI) for FANUC America Corp., enabling the company to more effectively use its Q-Span automated gauging technology in conjunction with FANUC’s collaborative robots.

SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, Dominican Republic—Eaton Corp. has opened a new state-of-the-art assembly plant here to meet growing demand for its fuses. 

WASHINGTON—Law firm Wiley Rein LLP has filed trade petitions against Chinese manufacturers of golf carts and other vehicles on behalf of the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition. 

DUBLIN, Ireland—Eaton Corp. has modernized its manufacturing footprint with smart factories in Juarez, Mexico, and Changzhou, China. 

CHICAGO—In a speech at the Democratic National Convention here Monday night, UAW president Shawn Fain accused Stellantis of reneging on promises to restart a shuttered assembly plant in Belvidere, IL, northwest of Chicago.

PROMONTORY, UT—Northrop Grumman Corp. is using innovative modular tooling to manufacture large composite cases for solid rocket motors.

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI—FANUC America has established the FANUC Automation Endowed Scholarship Fund in collaboration with the SME Education Foundation. 

TORRINGTON, CT—Dymax Corp. has introduced a new series of light-curable adhesives and coatings for assembling gas turbines, batteries and fuel cells and electrolyzers, including solid oxide (SOFC) and proton exchange membrane (PEMFC) systems.

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—Epson Robots has introduced a new series of high-precision six-axis robots. 

KINGSBORO, NC—Natron Energy Inc., a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, is investing $1.4 billion to build a new “gigafactory” here.