Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.41
May 11, 2021
…of use has become a differentiator for robots in manufacturing. READY Robotics Corp. today announced the launch of Forge/OS 5, which it described as “the first open, cross-brand operating system for industrial automation.” The Columbus, Ohio-based company said that its offering will enable machine builders and software developers to create applications that scale across robot and automation brands. “For robotics to reach the scale we need as a society, we must make it easier for end users, and we must make it easier for developers,” stated Benjamin Gibbs, co-founder and CEO of READY Robotics. “As we’ve seen before with Windows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
August 27, 2020
…gained only one spot as a result, Murata (Muratec USA) posted the highest annual growth rate, increasing revenues by 34% to tie Honeywell Intelligrated in the fourth spot with $1.8 billion. A spokesperson says the Japanese market was extremely active this year in the logistics automation market and especially with respect to a large number of manufacturing automation projects. In sixth place, Vanderlande’s revenues climbed 10.5% to $1.7 billion. Shortly before publication of the 2017 Top 20 list, Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquired the company. Following TICO’s 2017 acquisition of the then 16th place Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande became the second…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.25
January 07, 2021
…wars are all pushing companies to reexamine their global manufacturing and sourcing strategies. Some of them are bringing their operations back to the U.S. through a process known as “reshoring.” This session finds Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, walking attendees through the offshoring timeline and showing why reshoring may be a good choice for organizations now and in the aftermath of the global pandemic. “In the 1990s and 2000s, offshoring to China was the economic strategy for many U.S. manufacturers,” Coates says. “Fast forward to 2020, and companies are looking to move away from China and back…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.19
July 18, 2023
…each month and record-high turnover numbers. More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs were unfilled for U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies as of July 2022, according to a recent Consumer Brands Association (CBA) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The result of these job vacancies is slowed production and stagnant growth. It also means employee retention is key. Robotics and automation are not only helping to fill the labor gap, but they also help make traditionally undesirable jobs easier and safer. “We’re never trying to displace anyone in a facility, as much as empower a company to repurpose staff…
