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Global MFG - Jun 8, 2023

Automation helps manufacturers profit by reshoring

Automation helps manufacturers profit by reshoring

New automation technologies that overcome labor shortages and offset higher U.S. wages are helping to close the labor-cost gap and reshore more manufacturing to the United States.

Harry Moser | Casting Source

#automation #manufacturing #supplychain

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Global MFG - Jan 19, 2021

Automation Assist

Automation Assist

Each year, Masters Gallery Foods supplies an estimated 250 million pounds of cheese to grocery stores, restaurants and wholesalers. To keep up with the demand, automation is necessary as the Plymouth company's 53 robots place products on packaging film, package them into cases and place the cases onto pallets.

MaryBeth Matzek | Insight Publications

#automation #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Apr 14, 2020

Case Studies in Foundry 4.0

Case Studies in Foundry 4.0

When AFS Corporate Member Waupaca Foundry (Waupaca, Wisconsin) opened a new machine shop about a year ago to finish castings for the heavy-duty truck market, it did so with one eye on the future—and one on its present.

Katelyn Stanek | Modern Casting

#automation #manufacturing #robotics #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Dec 9, 2019

ASSEMBLY Capital Spending Report 2019: Manufacturers Continue to Invest in Technology

ASSEMBLY Capital Spending Report 2019: Manufacturers Continue to Invest in Technology

In September, Toyota announced that it will invest $391 million in its truck assembly plant in San Antonio. Hyundai announced that it is investing nearly $300 million in its factory in Montgomery, AL. Brake manufacturer Bendix Spicer began construction on a $65 million expansion of its assembly plant Bowling Green, KY. And, automotive supplier Hirotec Group said it will invest $48 million to build a new assembly plant in Fayetteville, TN.

John Sprovieri | Assembly Magazine

#automation #manufacturing

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Oct 4, 2019

Students compete for cash prizes; learn about local career opportunities

Students compete for cash prizes; learn about local career opportunities

High school students put their skills to the test on the Vincennes University Jasper campus for National Manufacturing Day, competing in hands-on activities showcasing manufacturing skills and learning about the industry.

Local Sources | Dubois County Free Press

#automation #community #K12 #robotics #skillsgap #tellcity

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Sep 23, 2019

Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing: The Quest for Automation

As additive manufacturing continues to evolve and is further scaled, automation is critical to improve results and give a predictable and repeatable end-to-end solution.

Austin Weber | Assembly

#automation #manufacturing #robotics

Waupaca Foundry

Iron Castings - Oct 3, 2017

Defining Automations Role in Future Manufacturing

Defining Automation's Role in 'Future' Manufacturing

Are robots simply utilities in a wider web of digital design and production? Or, tools for operators to execute their programs? The debate is on.

FMT Staff | Foundry Management & Technology

#automation

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Aug 27, 2017

Efficient U.S. factories compete with Chinas cheap labor

Efficient U.S. factories compete with China's cheap labor

America is the new manufacturing magnet -- for American and Chinese automotive investors. What counts are total manufacturing costs, and America is starting to look very competitive. China's manufacturing cost advantage over the United States has shrunk to just 1 percent, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group published this year. What's going on here? America's higher levels of automation and lower input costs (such as electricity) have triggered dramatically better productivity. UAW wage concessions are playing a role, too.

Michael Dunne | Automotive News China

#automation #china