QUEBEC CITY—Responding to labor shortage and supply chain challenges, Robotiq has developed a new preconfigured system that enables manufacturers to automate loading and unloading of CNC machine tools with cobots.
GAINESVILLE, GA— Kubota Manufacturing of America Corp. plans to invest $140 million to build a new assembly plant here, adding 500 workers to the 3,000 it already employs in the region.
KOKOMO, IN—Stellantis and Samsung are investing $2.5 billion in a new lithium-ion battery assembly plant here. The factory will produce battery cells and modules to supply Stellantis’ North American assembly plants.
CRANBERRY Township, PA—A Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development grant is funding research to advance the scientific knowledge of laser plastic welding among American engineering students.
TAMIL NADU, India—Yanmar Engine Manufacturing India has installed a 1 megawatt peak solar photovoltaic generation system on the roof of its plant here to provide about 30 percent of the facility’s energy.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY—Pall Corp. will build a new facility in western Singapore to make lithography, and wet-etch filtration, separation and purification products that help the advanced node process during semiconductor manufacturing.
ORION, MI—Applied Manufacturing Technologies Founder and CEO Michael P. Jacobs has been named to receive the Joseph F. Engelberger Rbotics Award for Leadership by the Association for Advancing Automation.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Health Canada and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have jointly identified 10 guiding principles that can help manufacturers build safe, effective and high-quality medical devices that enable artificial intelligence and machine learning.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—A change implemented on one manufacturing line at Medtronic has resulted in damaged pouches on IN.PACT Admiral and IN.PACT AV balloon catheters, forcing the company to recall some of the products. Damaged pouches can lessen catheter sterility.
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