Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

My first reaction was somewhat negative thinking from an automation point of view. When I first became an editor, he was a vice president of an automation technology provider. We had many meetings where he extolled the virtues of Ethernet in automation. Sometimes more information is gleaned in hallway conversations, though.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 16, 2023

All in all I am impressed with what Siemens has done since I first talked with an executive from Germany in 2007 about a vision of digital factory and again in 2008 following the company’s acquisition of UGS. That acquisition gave it the tools to pursue that digital vision.

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i4.0 today

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Since its founding in 2008, DECIDE has led the Spanish market in improving and automating business decision-making processes. He will work to strengthen strategic alliances that drive DECIDE’s innovation, scaling commercial activities and projects.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Since its first collaborative robot (cobot) was launched in 2008, Universal Robots has grown to be a global market leader in cobots with offices in more than 20 countries worldwide. During the past year, Universal Robots has hired more than 200 employees to ensure the company is ready to realize the enormous growth potential that lies ahead.

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Automation Mag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To celebrate leaders and legends working in the industrial automation space, Manufacturing AUTOMATION introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. Adapting to a changing industry While automation technologies were introduced a few decades ago, the goals have changed over time.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 23, 2024

To improve operator safety during smelt spout cleaning and increase both operator and boiler productivity, pulp and paper facilities now have automated robotic solutions that can take on these more difficult tasks. Smelt spout cleaning robots are meant to work with operators, not replace them. Source: Valmet.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

When Finn Power and Prima Industrie joined forces in 2008 to create Prima Power, the companies combined a massive amount of knowledge to serve the global sheet metal fabrication industry. Prima Industrie brought to the table its expertise in 3D lasers, 2D lasers and its background as a pioneer of automation technology.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Automated help comes to the field and the barn Robots are well on their way to playing an essential role in agriculture. Since 2008, the foundation has been working to improve compatibility between electrical and electronic components in agricultural devices such as tractors and harvesters, as well as machinery for the forestry sector. .

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 11, 2023

Author: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia But, with the advent of automation, robots, cobots and a range of other advanced welding technologies and techniques, this perception is becoming more and more outdated. robots and cobots Automation, Industry 4.0, Welding is a far less dangerous and arduous job than ever before. Industry 4.0

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SMMT

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

SMMT will present and chair each session on the first day in the Main Theatre, with a keynote address from Chief Executive Mike Hawes, plus panels on topics such as improving HGV workshop standards, automated heavy vehicle technology and the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstration (ZEHID) programme.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2024

North American robot sales decline 8% in first half of 2024 Significant declines in the automotive component and semiconductor industries led to another drop in North American robot sales, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). compared with Q2 2023. Read more. Robotics investments top $1.3B billion in July 2024.

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Universal Robots

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When the first cobot was introduced in 2008, it came with a vision for the future of automation. A world where robots work around people, and not the other way around.

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E&T

AUGUST 3, 2023

“If you look at how the introduction of computers affected productivity, you actually see a slowdown in productivity growth in the 1970s and early 1980s, before productivity starts to rise again, which it did until the financial crisis of 2008,” said the study’s co-author, Professor Chander Velu.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From our expert columnists providing tips about difficult processes to our editors covering everything from digital twins to Swiss machining to unconventional automation methods, let’s take a look at the top MMS content from the past year. Using the Toolchanger to Automate Production.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The company started developing cobots in Boston back in 2008, but it had to revamp its product line and find new owners. Less than a month after the company shut down, German automation and robotics specialist HAHN Group acquired the IP and trademarks for the Sawyer cobot and Intera software.

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Marshall Wolf Automation

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tina Hueppe , President and CEO of Marshall Wolf Automation, was recently elected and voted onto the 2023-2024 Board of Directors of the Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD). AHTD is a North American association dedicated to the success of both automation service providers and manufacturers in the high technology space.

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Automation Mag

JULY 4, 2023

This year, the winners share what they enjoy the most about working in the automation space, what plans they have for their future and suggestions on getting more people into this industry. Manufacturing AUTOMATION: What do you enjoy the most about working in the manufacturing/automation space? Brent Bell: Constant variety!

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 18, 2023

The company runs out of a 70,0000-square-foot facility in Bloomingdale, Georgia, where it has met success and weathered downturns, including both the 2008 financial crash and the drop in aerospace orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Meeting that kind of demand increase means investing in technology, and especially automation.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 7, 2024

Tony Rampino, a 20+ year veteran of equipment sales in the Food, Pharma, Plastics, Chemical, Recycling, and Automation industries has joined Bunting as its new Director of Sales for the Americas. Tony previously worked for Bunting Magnetics from 2002 through 2008 as a Territory Manager for the states of Illinois and Wisconsin.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 7, 2023

Brown provided leadership and expansion in the areas of CNC machining , manual machining, automation , engineering and Smartflow products for the last 29 years. Some of Brown’s accomplishments include building and expanding of the Grandview, Missouri manufacturing facility and navigating the economic downturn of 2008 and 2009.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The business was centred around the programming of leased semi-automated assembly equipment and perfecting the quality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) by experimenting with different brands of soldering alloys and fluxes. Subsequent launch of tooling and preparation for serial production coincided with the 2008 GFC.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

11-14 in Chicago’s McCormick Place at the booths of Universal Robots (UR) (#B17063) and ATI Industrial Automation (#B31027). ATI CGV-900 Compliant Angle Grinder Launched in April 2023, GRIT is the first accessible automation solution proven to double weld-grinding productivity. Its mission is simple: Automation for anyone.

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Automation Mag

JUNE 27, 2022

The company launched its first commercially viable cobot in 2008 and has since built an ecosystem of more than 1,100 integrators, distributors and independent partners creating components, kits and applications for its cobots.

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Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

We support both production and MRO fastener requirements and hold ISO 9001:2008, Ford Q1 and C-TPAT certifications. Over the last five decades we have developed and fine-tuned a world class supply chain, expert technical staff, proven quality systems, and streamlined the art of automated delivery programs.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

System integrators can build connections with manufacturers and automation companies through the training programs. The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) offers programs for system integrators in the fields of robotics, machine vision and motion control. Workforce development insights. Industry associations are an option.

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 28, 2024

“Just as steam, electricity, and the internet propelled us to produce more with fewer inputs during previous industrial revolutions, automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain are shaping up to do the same in food manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution,” said Amanda Norris, FCC senior economist.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 6, 2023

Following in the footsteps of UR’s co-founder Esben Østergaard, who was given the Engelberger Award in 2018 in the Technology category, Roberta Nelson Shea, UR’s Global Technical Compliance Officer received the award for Applications at a ceremony last night at the Automate Show in Detroit. Its mission is simple: Automation for anyone.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Sir David also led the company’s diversification into other areas of metrology, manufacturing and automation, from encoders and calibration systems to neurosurgery and additive manufacturing. In 2008, the official magazine of the U.S. That said, some of his most noteworthy awards came from outside the U.K.,

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 30, 2023

In 2008, Xavier Orr was digging deep into the world of neural networks in his final year of artificial intelligence studies at the University of Western Australia. As for Australia, Orr said it’s an exciting time for automation and robotics. “We We are starting to adopt the technology more,” he said.

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Automation Mag

MARCH 7, 2023

In 2008, we had this crazy idea that self-driving technology would revolutionize transportation inside factories and warehouses long before mainstream adoption,” said Matt Randall, co-founder and CEO of OTTO Motors.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As a word-class corporate citizen committed to energy conservation and sustainable development, Delta leverages its focus on R&D-based innovation and its prowess in power electronics, infrastructure, and automation to provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

IMTS 2008: The show became a six-day event with over 90,000 visitors in attendance. The Industrial Automation North America (NA) and Motion, Drive & Automation North America shows were co-located at IMTS 2014. IMTS 2016: Additive manufacturing, robotics automation and an increasing digital thread were the primary focus.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MARCH 11, 2024

Since 2008, the vice‑presidency of this family‑run SME has been assumed by Julie Leclerc. The business wishes to continue automating its processes by acquiring new digital equipment that performs better. Other key duties have also been entrusted to family members, among other things to ensure sales continue to grow.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 18, 2023

Prior to joining the Company in 2018, he was a partner in First Choice Capital Advisors from 2008-2016 and a partner in Lighthouse Advisors Ltd. and CFO of ArcWest Exploration Inc., from 2016-2018. “We

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Canadian Manufacturing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The updates will reflect automation advancements in agriculture, manufacturing, and construction, and the new course material will prepare students for careers as electricians and plumbers and in communications and manufacturing, the government said.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And regulators are equally industrious, publishing more than 200 regulatory updates daily and levying $55 billion in AML fines alone since the 2008 financial crisis. Orchestration platforms integrate multiple applications and services to automate a particular process. The fallout goes beyond fines. Maybe it’s time for a hard reset?

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Dinesh Mishra

JULY 12, 2024

Founded in 1983, American machine tool manufacturer Haas Automation has long been synonymous with precision, innovation, and performance. It joined hands with Phillips Machine Tools Private Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Phillips Corporation (the world’s largest distributor of Haas machines) in 2008.

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