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FANUC America nearly doubles Michigan campus to accommodate automation demand

Design World

In October 2019, FANUC America opened North Campus, a 461,000 ft 2 facility built by General Development Company, who is also constructing the new West Campus. EV, warehousing and logistics as well as food and beverage are all looking to automation to increase production and solve the growing labor shortage.”. “In

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ABB Opens Updated Robotics Facility

Gary Mintchell

I attended virtually—just could not work out the logistics to make it physically. The expanded facility will support ABB Robotics’ specialist centers including its Packaging and Logistics hub in Atlanta, Georgia; its Life Sciences and Healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas; and AI Research Lab in San Jose, California.

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From Hattah to the world: How bright light agribusiness is scaling up almond exports

Manufacturer's Monthly

The firstalmond trees were planted in 2016, with additional plantings in 2019 leading to afully integrated orchard-to-export operation. Image: Entegra From grain to almonds: Building a world-class operation The11,000-acre Bright Light Agribusiness farmincluding7,000 acres of almond treeswasgrowing wheat just nine years ago.

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FANUC America opens new $110M robotics and automation campus in Michigan

Robotics Business Review

Robot maker invests in North American production Since 2019, FANUC has invested more than $187 million, including a 461,000-sq.-ft. m) North Campus facility in 2019, and new headquarters in Mexico and Canada in 2023. “We FANUC says industry growth and customer demand helped create over 400 jobs in Michigan since 2019.

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Prices rise for polyethylene, PET

Plastics News

From 2019-21, almost 40 percent of the region's overall PE production was sold into export markets, with that amount reaching a record 21.1 Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges.

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Commodity prices rise; engineering resins drop

Plastics News

From 2019-21, almost 40 percent of the region's overall PE production was sold into export markets, with that amount reaching a record 21.1 Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 47.6%; August 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

“Of the six biggest manufacturing industries, three — Transportation Equipment; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; and Petroleum & Coal Products — registered growth in August. Logistics stabilized and costs are matching 2019. Unclear if this is an inventory correction.