Automation and robotics related news

There are 107 news releases related to automation and robotics.

Hypertherm, Lincoln Electric discuss no-layoff business model on NPR

Metal fabricating industry suppliers Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., and Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric, were featured today on a National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast discussing companies that operate with a no-layoff policy, even during tough economic times. A written transcript of the progr...
11/5/09

KUKA Systems launches research center in U.S.

KUKA North America has opened the KUKA Development Center (KDC) at its headquarters in Sterling Heights, Mich., near Detroit. Specializing in joining technologies like laser welding, the KDC becomes the second dedicated research center within the KUKA Systems Group, along with the KUKA TechCenter...
10/23/09

Lincoln Electric hosts wind tower welding seminars

Lincoln Electric recently hosted more than 120 industry professionals interested in learning more about wind tower fabrication for several daylong seminars. Seminar attendees traveled from across the U.S. and as far away as Brazil and Portugal to the company’s Cleveland headquarters. Each seminar...
10/13/09

Motoman partners with Agile Planet

Motoman Inc., an industrial robot manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio, and robotics software developer Agile Planet Inc. have entered into a technology partnership that integrates a customized version of Agile Planet's robot-independent Kinematix™ manipulation software and Motoman's dual-arm and oth...
10/13/09

Mitsubishi EDM partners with Oakland Community College

Mitsubishi EDM has announced a new partnership with the Advanced Technology Center of Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills campus. A new Mitsubishi FA20S Advanced Wire EDM is being installed under the direction of Philip Hale, Dean of Technology of OCC, and Dan Meehan, Account Manager for Mitsubi...
10/8/09

Wintriss Controls agrees to acquire Honeywell Wintriss Controls

Wintriss Controls Group LLC has agreed to acquire Honeywell Wintriss Controls led by the current management team of Mark Hatch, Dick LaBelle, Andy Baker, Ashok Bhide and Dawn Whelpley. The transaction is expected to close on October 13, 2009. Wintriss Controls will continue to develop and manufactur...
10/5/09

ABB, Vincennes University partner to enhance robotic training

ABB Robotics, a supplier of industrial robots, and Vincennes University (VU), Vincennes, Ind., have formed a partnership to enhance the college's vocational and technical robotic training and provide ABB with an authorized training facility in the central Midwest. The partnership includes the insta...
9/28/09

KUKA appoints director of distribution and product management

KUKA Robotics, Clinton Township, Mich., has appointed Matthew Job as director of distribution and product management. Job is responsible for driving relationships between KUKA Robotics Corp. and the KUKA Robotics System Partner network by establishing goals and strategies in sales distribution, prod...
9/9/09

Beckhoff Automation opens sales, engineering center

Beckhoff Automation has announced the opening of a new sales and engineering center in Charlotte, N.C. The expansion is a response to heightened demand from Beckhoff customers in North Carolina and South Carolina for training courses, technical support, and sales support. The company also announc...
9/9/09

Wolf Robotics personnel receive CRAW-T training, certification

Wolf Robotics employees Patrick Cross, Franklin Jones, Drew Akey, Aaron Bailey, Dan Gipson, Joshua Cirbo, and Jeff Gauger recently became qualified as AWS Certified Welding Inspectors and passed the Certified Robotic Arc Welding Technician requirements. The company's employees, including customer...
9/9/09

Adept Technology expands distribution channel in Japan

Adept Technology Inc., a provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced that it is expanding its distribution channel in Japan. The company has signed Nihon Kizai as its newest distributor to cover the Japanese market. Japan is the world’s largest robotics...
9/9/09

GE, FANUC announce agreement to dissolve joint venture

GE and FANUC have announced that the two companies have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. This agreement would allow each company to refocus its investments to grow its existing businesses and pursue its respective core industry expertise. GE and FANUC expect the ...
8/18/09

KUKA Robotics opens Canadian subsidiary

KUKA Roboter GmbH has announced the formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Canada. The Canadian subsidiary will serve the growing number of KUKA robotics customers in Canada by providing local sales, services, and support. In response to the announcement of the Canadian subsidiary, Stuart Sh...
6/30/09

KUKA Robotics appoints vice president, sales and marketing

KUKA Robotics Corp., a global manufacturer of industrial robots, announced effective February 1, 2009 the appointment of James Cooper to the position of vice president of sales and marketing. Cooper leads the U.S. sales team and directs the company's strategic marketing initatives in addition to d...
6/30/09

Meta Vision Systems appoints North America sales director

Meta Vision Systems Inc., Montreal, a designer and manufacturer of laser- and camera-based systems for automating production processes, has appointed Stephen Thacker as director of sales for North America. Before joining the company, Thacker was director of sales for StockerYale Canada....
6/9/09

Rankin Industries hires director of sales

Rankin® Industries™, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., a manufacturer of buildup and hardfacing products, has added R.L. Baker as director of sales. He is responsible for global sales of the company’s consumables and automation equipment. Baker has served as western regional manager of alloy sa...
6/9/09

Applied Robotics names Innovation Matrix as distributor

Applied Robotics Inc., a provider of automation end-of-arm tooling and connectivity systems in Glenville, N.Y., has signed Innovation Matrix Inc., a supplier of machine vision and motion software, hardware, and services in Los Altos, Calif., with branch offices and alliance partners in Taiwan, China...
6/9/09

ATI purchases Speedeburr product line

ATI Industrial Automation, an engineering-based developer of robotic peripheral equipment, has completed the purchase of the Speedeburr product line from the Norwegian-based Speedeburr AS. The line has been available through ATI since 1998, sold as Axially-Compliant (AC) deburring tools. Now all man...
5/12/09

Ultra Tech acquires Motch & Eichele

Ultra Tech Machinery of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has acquired The Motch & Eichele Co. of Eastlake, Ohio. Operating as The Motch & Eichele Co. LLC, the company continues to represent and distribute its engineered machinery and provides after-sales service and support. Willie Eichele, son of the f...
5/12/09

Flow, KUKA announce strategic alliance

Flow International Corp., a developer and manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) waterjet technology, recently announced the formation of a strategic alliance with KUKA Robot Group, a supplier of robotic automation. "This alliance between Flow and KUKA helps assure we address the important produc...
4/16/09

Flow, KUKA announce strategic alliance

Flow International Corp., a developer and manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) waterjet technology, recently announced the formation of a strategic alliance with KUKA Robot Group, a supplier of robotic automation. "This alliance between Flow and KUKA helps assure we address the important produc...
4/16/09

ABB Press Automation reaches installation milestone

The Press Automation Systems unit of ABB Robotics recently reached a milestone by installing its 200th press system enhanced with transfer automation in North America since the unit was launched in the continent in 1996.Enrique Pano, the ABB business development manager for press automation systems ...
4/14/09

Lincoln Electric begins Green Initiative Awareness Program

Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, has announced its new Green Initiative Awareness Program to promote the company's initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes and products. To help customers identify the products connected to these initiatives, the company is labeli...
4/14/09

PaR Systems establishes defense division

PaR Systems Inc., St. Paul/Minneapolis, has established a defense division led by Jered President Rick Edger, supported by COO Tom Donovan. Donovan continues his role as Jered COO. Ian Haley, a naval andmarine industry executive whose most recent assignment was general manager of Rolls-Royce’s Syncr...
4/14/09

Wolf Robotics hires new Southeast regional manager

Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., a provider of robotic metalworking equipment, technology, manufacturing, and servicing, recently appointed Patrick R. Clayton as regional manager for the southeast region. Clayton manages the sale of robotic welding and cutting systems, including standard modul...
4/14/09

Genesis Systems Group names senior director

Makoto Matsuoka has been named senior director of new domestic business development at Genesis Systems Group's Rochester Hills, Mich., facility. In this position, he leads the Asian automotive sales effort. Previously Matsuoka was a contract employee for the company, providing sales support for ...
2/10/09

Applied Robotics, Tünkers Maschinenbau form international partnership

Applied Robotics Inc., a provider of automation end-of-arm tooling and connectivity systems in Glenville, N.Y., has signed Tunkers Maschinenbau GmbH, a provider of clamping technology for the automotive industry, as its newest channel partner. The partnership extends Applied Robotics' global rea...
2/10/09

North American robot orders fall 21 percent in 2008

According to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), North American-based robotics companies reported that new orders sold to North American manufacturing companies fell by 21 percent in units and 16 percent in dollars in 2008 compared to 2007. The sharp decline accelerated in the fourth quarter ...
2/4/09

AP&T announces personnel changes

Monroe, N.C.-based AP&T, a supplier of automation, hydraulic presses, tools, and production lines to the sheet metal industry, has announced personnel changes. After a six-month interim term, Adam Allansson has been appointed the new managing director for AP&T North America. To be closer to ...
2/2/09

Mayfran Intl. acquires Press Room Techniques

Mayfran Intl., Cleveland, a manufacturer of engineered factory automation systems, has acquired Press Room Techniques (PRT), Lindsay, Ont., a developer and manufacturer of a line of patented products that manage scrap in stamping operations. Mayfran says PRT's shuffle conveyor systems complement ...
1/13/09

Wolf Robotics personnel receive CWI certification

Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., has announced that several of its employees have passed the qualifications and testing required to be considered official AWS certified welding inspectors. Scott Cornelison, Gary Brown, Dale Lockwood, Patrick Cross, Franklin Jones, Drew Akey, Aaron Bailey, Dan...
1/13/09

PennEngineering®, Pencom announce settlement agreement

Penn Eng. & Mfg., Danboro, Pa., and Peninsula Components Inc., San Carlos, Calif., have announced a settlement agreement of PennEngineering's lawsuit against Pencom for infringement of certain patents and trademarks. The original complaint was filed against Pencom Aug. 17, 2007, in the U.S. District...
12/16/08

Güdel appoints president/COO

Güdel, Langenthal, Switzerland, has appointed Jeff Stadler as the new president and COO of Gudel North America. He previously held the position of vice president of sales and engineering. Stadler is responsible for the operational success of all North American Gudel operations and reports to CEO Han...
11/11/08

RIA members answer questions online

A new networking service called Ask the Experts has been launched by the Robotic Industries Association, Ann Arbor, Mich., on Robotics Online. Only RIA members may serve on the panel of experts, giving advice on everything from old robot parts to new technology to careers. Once a question from t...
11/11/08

Thermadyne Automation Partners With Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems

Thermadyne Automation, St. Louis, has partnered with Torchmate CNC Cutting Systems, Harwood, Md. "The Thermal Dynamics Auto-Cut and Ultra-Cut machines have allowed us to tap into a customer base we weren't able to get into before," said Bill Kunz, CEO of Torchmate. The distributor provides autom...
11/11/08

President Bush visits Lincoln Electric

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. welcomed President George W. Bush to its world headquarters and manufacturing plant in Cleveland on July 29. Bush toured the facility and learned about the company's welding products, including its automated welding technology. He participated in live robotic and su...
10/14/08

Bosch Rexroth announces participation in Chicago Climate Exchange

Bosch Rexroth, Hoffman Estates, Ill., a supplier of products, systems, and services for drive, control, and motion technologies, recently announced plans to participate in the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX®). The CCX is the world's first and North America's only voluntary, legally binding...
10/14/08

PaR Systems moves headquarters, robotics division

PaR Systems Inc. has moved its headquarters and robotics division to Shoreview, Minn. The move consolidates three facilities into one modernized building less than three miles from the company's previous location. All of its toll-free and general phone and fax numbers remain the same. The compan...
10/14/08

ESAB opens flux plant

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has added a new flux plant to its filler metal manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pa. The company says the plant significantly upgrades its manufacturing capacity. The company already operates one flux plant, which opened in 2002. The addition of the new, larger fl...
10/14/08

De-Sta-Co appoints president of automation

De-Sta-Co, Auburn Hills, Mich., has promoted Leo McAuliffe to president of automation. McAuliffe is responsible for managing the company's global automation platform, which includes operations in Monroe, Conn.; and Wheeling, Ill.; the North American sales force; the corporate marketing department; a...
9/16/08

Innovation Matrix opens office in Japan

Innovation Matrix Inc., San Jose, Calif., a distributor and system integrator of automation applications, recently opened its new office in Kobe, Japan. The company says the office allows it to better serve its customers in Asia by providing local services and a higher level of assurance in buying U...
9/16/08

Motoman appoints president and CEO

Motoman Inc., Dayton, Ohio, has named Steve Barhorst as president and COO. He succeeds Craig Jennings, whose departure after nearly 19 years comes at a time when the company is shifting to a global strategy designed for aggressive growth. Barhorst joined the company as vice president and CFO in 2...
9/16/08

Orbitform Group names president

Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has announced that it has named Phil Sponsler as president. He has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of engineering, manufacturing, and sales. He served most recently as general manager. The Orbitform Group includes Orbitform orbital riveters, Milfor...
9/16/08

Xiris names Kent Corp. as sales agent

Xiris Automation Inc. has announced that Kent Corp., North Royalton, Ohio, is the exclusive North American sales agent for the Zume product family. Scheduled for launch in October, Zume is an optical system that monitors key process parameters on ERW/HFI tube mills before and after the weld station....
9/1/08

Abicor Binzel appoints district sales manager, account specialist

ABICOR Binzel, Frederick, Md., has added Matt Perkins as district sales manager and Brian Berry as account specialist. Perkins is responsible for the sales region that comprises Ohio and most of Indiana. Before joining the company, he spent 28 years with MTD Products as a supervisor for welding a...
8/12/08

Bug-O Systems announces new location

Bug-O Systems Intl., a manufacturer of portable welding and cutting automation equipment, has opened a 30,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing complex near Canonsburg, Pa. The complex will produce the Bug-O Systems and Cypress Welding Equipment product lines, as well as house a research and engineering depa...
8/12/08

Innova Robotics & Automation changes name to CoroWare

CoroWare Inc., Redmond, Wash., recently changed its name from Innova Robotics & Automation Inc. The company says it chose the new name because it represents its original vision of developing and marketing computer and robotics software and hardware products, and that the logo—a registered t...
7/15/08

Koike installs Thermal Dynamics plasma cutting machines

Koike-Aronson Inc., Arcade, N.Y., recently installed AutoCut and UltraCut plasma cutting systems from Thermal Dynamics, St. Louis, at its training facilities in Arcade and Houston. Koike trained all of its U.S. and Canadian sales and technical personnel on the cutting systems, which are suitable for...
7/15/08

Xiris Automation appoints vice president

Xiris Automation Inc., Toronto, a producer of optical quality control equipment, has appointed Pierre Huot as vice president. Huot is involved in several of the company's sales, marketing, strategic planning, and general business management functions. He has spent a number of years in the machine...
7/1/08

Bosch Rexroth to acquire fluid filter manufacturer

Bosch Rexroth, Hoffman Estates, Ill., a provider of drive and control technologies from mechanics, hydraulics, and pneumatics to electronics and associated service, has announced plans to acquire K. & H. Eppensteiner, Ketsch, Germany, a manufacturer of fluid filters for installation in hydraulic and...
5/15/08

Thermadyne appoints automation business managers

Thermadyne Industries Inc., St. Louis, a manufacturer of cutting and welding products, recently appointed Charlie Fischer, Mark Powers, and Barry McCarter as automation business managers. Fischer is responsible for the Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky region. He has worked in the welding ind...
5/15/08

Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Bosch Rexroth sponsor LSSU robotics project

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), Orion, Mich., has sponsored the development of a vision-based robotic workcell as a senior project at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. Designed by the students, with support and guidance from AMT's Jean-Pierre Rasaiah, th...
5/15/08

Balluff names business development support specialist

Balluff, Florence, Ky., has named Drew Stevens as business development support specialist for metal forming. Stevens, who directs the company's metal forming support programs, has been a journeyman diemaker since 1998 and most recently was with Die-Matic Corp., where he was responsible for design...
4/15/08

Applied Manufacturing Technologies acquires K-R Automation

Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (AMT), Orion, Mich., a supplier of factory automation design, engineering, and process consulting services, has acquired K-R Automation, Warren, Mich., a panel manufacturer and provider of automation controls design and engineering. AMT expects the acquisition...
4/15/08

Adept Technology expands in Korea

Adept Technology Inc., Livermore, Calif., a provider of intelligent, vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced its product expansion in Korea and its signing of Han Shin Power Tech Co. Ltd., a robot application engineering company, as an exclusive dealer for Korea. Han Sh...
4/15/08

De-Sta-Co open house showcases new facility in India

De-Sta-Co, Auburn Hills, Mich., a provider of robotic tooling, workholding, and industrial automation products, recently held an open house at its new facility in Pune, India. The event explored processes required to maintain rigorous quality standards. The company produces automation components,...
4/15/08

RIA elects new president

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich., has elected Richard Litt as RIA president for 2008. Litt is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Genesis Systems Group LLC, Davenport, Iowa. The organization's 18th president, he succeeds Yaskawa Motoman Canada Senior General Manager Trevor Jo...
2/12/08

ICR opens robotics education institute

Industrial Control Repair Inc. (ICR), Warren, Mich., a provider of industrial electronic and mechanical repair services, has opened its Learning Institute for students seeking careers in robotics. The institute offers an accelerated robotics training program that allows students to work in a real-wo...
2/12/08

Rexcon Controls and Automation opens facility in Alabama

Rexcon Controls and Automation, Harrison Township, Mich., a division of Electrex Co. Inc., has opened a facility in Irondale, Ala. Rexcon Controls and Automation's services include CAD automated system design, robotics, programmable applications, machine wiring, retrofitting, panel building, man/...
2/12/08

Tregaskiss appoints regional business manager in western Canada

Tregaskiss, Windsor, Ont., has added Norm Greenlay as a regional business manager in western Canada. Greenlay, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and a background in engineering, reports to Darren Grey, the company’s director of Canadian sales. Tregaskiss develops and manufa...
1/15/08

AWS acquires Mexican welding tradeshow

The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has entered into an agreement with Trade Show Consulting (TSC) to purchase Weldmex, the largest welding tradeshow in Latin America. Under the terms of the agreement, the AWS maintains primary ownership of Weldmex and assumes the rights to organize, promo...
1/15/08

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08

Motoman adds senior general manager for Canada plant

Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, recently named Trevor Jones as senior general manager of Yaskawa Motoman Canada, Mississauga, Ont. Jones has more than 23 years of experience in the robotics industry. He was a founding member of CRS Robotics, which later was acquired by Thermo CRS Ltd., a The...
12/11/07

General Sheet Metal Works expands Tomah, Wis., plant

General Sheet Metal Works, South Bend, Ind., has increased the size of its Tomah, Wis., plant from 22,500 sq. ft. to 45,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. The company says the additional capacity allows it to gain production efficiencies for current work and accommodate new business. The project...
12/11/07

Orbitform appoints Northwest sales representative

The Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has named Sanson Northwest, Lynnwood, Wash., as sales representative for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. The company represents Orbitform's line of forming, fastening, joining, and assembly systems. The Orbitform Group includes Orbitform, Milf...
11/6/07

Lincoln Electric named official welder of Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage

Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage in southern California recently named Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, as its official welding company. The company designs and manufactures arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, and plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment, as its official welding company. Leno emp...
11/6/07

ATI Industrial Automation opens new Detroit office

ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., a developer of robotic peripheral equipment, recently opened a new office in Orion Township, Mich., near Detroit. The office houses the company’s sales, customer service, and training departments and has extra space for inventory. The company says the new of...
10/9/07

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14. Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07

American Weldquip names president

American Weldquip Inc., Sharon Center, Ohio, has named Howard Fisher as president. His responsibilities include company operations, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer service. Fisher, who previously served as regional business manager for Tregaskiss Welding Products, has 30 years of expe...
9/11/07

North American robot orders jump in first quarter

North American robotics companies posted gains of 24 percent in new orders in the first quarter, according to new statistics released by Robotic Industries Association (RIA). A total of 4,603 robots valued at $274.5 million were sold to North American manufacturing firms through March. When sales...
6/27/07

Tregaskiss announces new hires

Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., Canada, has announced two hires—Mark Morgan as customer training specialist and Judy Wilson as customer service specialist. Morgan is responsible for the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. He has more than 20 years of training, management, and custome...
6/12/07

ITW acquires Tregaskiss

Illinois Tool Works has acquired Tregaskiss Welding Products, a Canadian welding company. Tregaskiss, a maker of robotic and semi-automatic welding torches, has 179 employees and supplies products to welding supply distributors in Canada and the U.S. Based in Windsor, Ontario, the company will co...
5/24/07

FANUC Robotics receives GM Supplier of the Year award

FANUC Robotics America, Inc., a supplier of industrial robots, was presented the General Motors 2006 Supplier of the Year award for its overall business performance in providing GM with world-class parts and services. The 15th annual award—themed the "Best of the Best"—was given during c...
5/16/07

ESAB, ABB enter welding automation agreement

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has signed an agreement with the Robotics Division of ABB Inc. to develop and market robotic welding packages and systems jointly. The agreement allows the two companies to utilize the expertise and technologies of both to pursue business opportunities identified b...
4/12/07

AWS conference addresses joining dissimilar metals

Industry secrets and emerging technologies that are transforming the science and practical application of joining unlike metals will be showcased at the Joining Dissimilar Metals Conference, hosted by the American Welding Society (AWS). The two-day event, to be held at the Grosvenor Resort in Orl...
4/10/07

Robots & Vision Show scheduled for June

The International Robots & Vision Show, originally slated for October 2-4, 2007, has been switched to June 12-14, 2007 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago). The show will be co-located with Sensors Expo, sponsored by Questex Media Group. "We think the new show dates a...
3/13/07

Tregaskiss hires product engineer

Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., has hired Ryan Lizotte as a product engineer reporting to Product Engineering Manager Jeff Wells. Lizotte has a degree in mechanical engineering technology and six years of experience in manufacturing using CAD design....
2/13/07

AWS publishes titanium welding standard

The American Welding Society (AWS) has announced its newly published standard on titanium welding, AWS G2.4/G2.4M:2007, Guide for the Fusion Welding of Titanium and Titanium Alloys. This American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard covers the best practices to allow first-time user...
11/16/06

EWI names aerospace market leader

EWI, Columbus, Ohio, has appointed Brian Bishop as an aerospace market leader. Bishop has more than 25 years' experience in the aerospace industry and is responsible for business development in the market and related product development activities within the company. Bishop previously served a...
11/7/06

Orbitform Group names team leader

Steve Rakowski has joined Marathon Welding Automation as team leader. Rakowski is certified in SolidWorks and holds an associate degree in industrial technology. He is also ASME-certified as a geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) professional. He has worked an as adjunct instructor at B...
10/10/06

Rimrock-Wolf names regional managers

Rimrock-Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., has hired Todd McEllis as Great Lakes regional manager and Bruce Anderson as Northeast regional manager. Both McEllis and Anderson handle the sale of robotic welding and cutting equipment featuring ABB robots from standard LeanArcš cells to custom-...
10/10/06

Tregaskiss announces organizational change

The strategic accounts team at Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., will now report to Randy Stevens, director of business development. The team is responsible for sales, service, and support to specific large automotive customers throughout North America. Stevens continues his responsibil...
10/10/06

Tregaskiss, BDI enter joint venture, form new company

Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., has entered a joint venture with Browne Distribution Intl. LLC (BDI), forming Tregaskiss Intl. Tregaskiss Intl. is responsible for the growth and support of Tregaskiss Welding Products outside of North America. Clive Tregaskiss, CEO of Tregaskiss We...
9/12/06

Welding innovations earn Fronius "Technology of the Year Award"

Fronius has received the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Technology of the Year Award, which is bestowed upon a company that has introduced an innovative technology into the market that is expected to bring significant contributions to the industry in terms of adoption, change, and competitive posture. In ...
8/21/06

Orbitform names Northwick Associates as European distributor

Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has named Northwick Associates, Worcestershire, U.K., as European distributor for the company's products, including orbital forming machines, Adtech and Milford impact riveting machines, rollforming machines, Arbor Automation conveyors, and Marathon welding systems. ...
7/11/06

RIA presents Engelberger Robotics Awards

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) announced the recipients of the 2006 Engelberger Robotics Awards, presented at the 37th International Symposium on Robotics during AUTOMATICA in Munich, Germany. Named after Joseph F. Engelberger, the "father of robotics," the awards honor significant ach...
7/11/06

Servo-Robot names technical sales engineer

Servo-Robot Corp., Milwaukee, has hired David Sytkowski as technical sales engineer. Sytkowski is responsible for supporting customers from the start of a project through the production phase. He previously was employed at Tower Automotive and A.O. Smith, where he worked in R&D, production engine...
7/11/06

AMT restructures engineering group, hires COO

Applied Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (AMT), Orion, Mich., has named Joseph Campbell as COO and has also announced the reorganization of its engineering group into new practice areas. Campbell is responsible for engineering, sales, marketing, and technical operations. He has more than 25 years'...
7/11/06

Abicor Binzel names district sales manager

Abicor Binzel, Frederick, Md., has added Cecil Caldwell to its staff as district sales manager for the Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana territories. Caldwell has more than 20 years' experience in the welding industry and began his career at Weldcraft before joining Tweco/Arcair in 1989. Abicor B...
7/11/06

Malaysian demand for welding equipment, consumables to expand

Frost & Sullivan has reported that demand for welding equipment in Malaysia is set to expand as foreign investment boosts the general level of industrial infrastructure and manufacturing activity in the country. In 2005 the Malaysian Government eased rules to allow foreign investors 100 per cent own...
6/22/06

New robot orders fall 30 percent in first quarter

According to statistics released by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich, new orders for North American robotics companies fell 30 percent in the first quarter of 2006. A 39 percent decline in purchases by automotive OEMs and component suppliers was the major contributor to t...
6/13/06

Lincoln Electric receives President's 'E-Star' Award

The Lincoln Electric Company has received the President's "E Star" Award for Exports in recognition of its achievement in supporting export growth in the U.S. business community. The award was presented by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez to John M. Stropki, Lincoln's chairman and CEO, May 23,...
6/2/06

Wolf names support engineer, regional manager

Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., has hired Jimmy Barber as customer support engineer and has appointed Tim Ulinski as regional manager for the south central U.S. Barber performs field service, installation, and maintenance of robotic welding and cutting equipment, from standard LeanArc cells t...
5/9/06

Panasonic names director of solutions

Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America, Buffalo Grove, Ill., has named M. Faisal Pandit as director of solutions, responsible for all software and engineering systems. Pandit has been employed with Morgan Stanley and Unix. He worked eight years withPanasonic as group manager in the Global Sys...
5/9/06

Lincoln to open facility in Dubai

Lincoln Electric Co. is building a regional headquarters and training facility in Dubai to support sales and customer service throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The 5,500-sq.-ft. facility is located in Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone and is set for completion in May 2006. It will feature a ...
4/11/06

Duggan Mfg. named supplier of the year

Duggan Mfg., Shelby Township, Mich., has been named Prototype Supplier of the Year by Hi-Lex Controls Inc., Troy, Mich., in recognition of performance and service related to prototype programs involving automotive window regulator assemblies, mechanical cable, and power lift-gate systems. Jeff Tr...
4/11/06

Nachi Robotic Systems upgrades certification

Nachi Robotic Systems Inc., Novi, Mich., has upgraded its quality management systems in all North American facilities to ISO 9001:2000 certification. Nachi is the North American robot headquarters for the company’s sales, service, engineering, and program management. ...
4/11/06

Lincoln sponsors NASCAR Fantasy Weekends Sweepstakes

Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, has announced its NASCAR® Fantasy Weekends Sweepstakes, that offers individuals a chance to win one of three NASCAR prizes. The grand prize is a VIP race package for the Nextel Cup Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 6, 2006. The package i...
3/7/06

Tregaskiss hires regional sales manager

Tregaskiss® Welding Products has added Butch Hyde as regional sales manager for the Northeast region. Hyde has more than 25 years' experience in sales and reports to the director of sales, Steve Saumier. Tregaskiss develops and manufactures semiautomatic and robotic GMAW torches and robot...
3/7/06

Wolf hires regional manager

Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., has named Patrick Davis as regional manager for the western U.S. Davis handles sales of robotic welding and cutting equipment with ABB robots, from standard LeanArc cells to custom-engineered systems. Davis has more than 30 years' experience in the industry, ha...
3/7/06

New study shows no link between welding and Parkinson's

The Welding Information Center today announced that a new epidemiological study published in the February 2006 issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine concluded that no link exists between welding or exposure to welding fumes and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease or any other similar...
2/2/06

Tregaskiss names regional business manager

Tregaskiss Ltd., Windsor, Ont., has appointed Mike Russell as regional business manager for the Pacific Northwest. Russell has more than 25 years’ experience in the sales and welding industry. He reports to Steve Saumier, director of sales, North American distribution. Tregaskiss Ltd. develops...
1/10/06

Yaskawa Motoman Mexico celebrates 10 years in country

Yaskawa Motoman Mexico (YMM) celebrated 10 years in the country with an industrial automation exposition and other festivities. YMM is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Motoman Inc., which in turn is a subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corp. The exposition and related exhibits included several li...
1/10/06

Panasonic relocates to new facility

Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America has moved from Elgin, Ill., to a new facility in Buffalo Grove, Ill. The new facility houses the company’s three industrial market units: Welding and Robotics, Electronics Assembly (EAG), and Microelectronics (MEG). Company President Tom Gebhardt said th...
11/8/05

Genesis Systems receives U.S. patent

Genesis Systems Group LLC, Davenport, Iowa, was awarded a U.S. patent on a workpiece positioner with overhead-mounted robot. The design helps to minimize floor space and helps maximize robot reach. It retains the flexibility of robotic motion for a workpiece positioner and robot. Genesis Syst...
11/8/05

Mid Atlantic Machinery launches new Web site

Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, Pa., has announced it has launched a new Web site. The site promotes the company’s product lines as well as used and stock machinery. It highlights management and staff and provides the latest news and information....
10/11/05

Preston-Eastin appoints sales manager

Preston-Eastin Inc., Tulsa, Okla., has appointed Michael Perry as sales manager. Perry is responsible for managing sales and marketing efforts across all product lines in addition to retaining his responsibilities for robotic product sales and support....
9/13/05
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