RIA announces first certified robot integrators
Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich., has announced that JR Automation, Motion Controls Robotics, Tennessee Rand, and Wolf...
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Lincoln Electric acquires Wayne Trail Technologies Inc.
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that it has acquired Wayne Trail Technologies Inc., a privately held Ohio-based manufacturer of...
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Webinar to focus on robotic palletizing, depalletizing
p class="bodytext">Robotic Industries Association will host a webinar on May 24 from noon to 1:00 p.m. EDT on the basics of palletizing and...
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Boltech merges with Taylor-Winfield Technologies
The Brilex Group of Companies has announced the merger of Boltech Inc. with Taylor-Winfield Technologies Inc. All current Boltech employees have...
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ATI senior account manager named first female chair of RIA
The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) has named Catherine Morris, senior account manager with ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., as...
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Kuka receives two auto industry supplier excellence awards
Kuka Systems, a global systems integrator and developer of body shop automation systems for the automotive industry, has received supplier...
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Motoman Robotics hosts student groups during National Robotics Week
In the spirit of National Robotics Week, Motoman Robotics, a division of Yaskawa America Inc., Dayton, Ohio, hosted student groups from local...
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Bystronic to open new headquarters in Illinois
Bystronic Inc. will host the grand opening of its new North American headquarters May 3-4, 2012. The 48,300-sq.-ft. building, located in...
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Wayne Trail receives FANUC Robotics sales award
Wayne Trail Technologies, Fort Loramie, Ohio, has received the Outstanding Sales Growth Award in the welding market from FANUC Robotics....
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RIA webinar on April 12 to focus on fundamentals of industrial robotics
Robotic Industries Association will present a webinar on April 12 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST. Sponsored by ABB Inc., ATI Industrial Automation, and...
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Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center opens Motoman robot lab
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp., Dayton, Ohio, has announced the opening of the Motoman Robot Laboratory at the Southern Indiana Career...
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Harrisburg Area Community College becomes MERIT center
Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), Harrisburg, Pa., is now a Motoman Endorsed Robotics Instructor Training (MERIT) center, serving the...
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Bilsing Automation appoints global accounts director
Bilsing Automation, a manufacturer of modular tooling systems for pressrooms and body shops, has appointed Claus Dratz to the newly created...
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Adept Technology names vice president of global operations
Adept Technology, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based provider of robots, motion controllers, application-development software, and vision-guidance...
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Kardex Remstar launches revised Web site
Kardex Remstar has revised its Web site at www.kardexremstar.com. The updated site provides current information on the company's storage and...
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RIA launches certified robot integrator program
Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich., has launched a certified robot integrator program.
"The idea for certification came to...
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Genesis Systems Group hires director, global affiliate relations
Robotic workcell integrator Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, Iowa, has hired Doug Boyd as director, global affiliate relations.
In this role,...
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ABB to acquire Thomas & Betts
ABB, with North American headquarters in Cary, N.C., has announced plans to acquire Thomas & Betts, Memphis, a manufacturer of low-voltage and...
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Cincinnati Incorporated appoints new sales manager, expands sales team
Cincinnati Incorporated, a manufacturer of metal fabrication equipment in Cincinnati, has appointed John Prevish as sales manager. The appointment...
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Mid Atlantic Machinery to host Machine Tool Madness show
Mid Atlantic Machinery will host the Machine Tool Madness show at its Harrisburg, Pa., showroom March 28-29 for welders and fabricators interested...
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Airtronics adds new laser to robotic fleet
Airtronics Metal Products (AMP) has added a new Amada Gemini FO M2 3015 laser to its 100,000-sq.-ft. San Jose, Calif., plant. The 4,000-W,...
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Colfax appoints ESAB vice presidents
Colfax Corp., a global manufacturer of gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services in Fulton, Md., has named Kenneth...
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Bystronic Inc. announces machine demonstration days March 7 and 8, 2012
Bystronic Inc. will conduct machine demonstration days at its new U.S. headquarters and showroom located in Elgin, Ill., March 7-8, 2012....
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Applied Manufacturing Technologies promotes engineering manager
Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), a supplier of factory automation design, engineering, and process consulting services in Orion, Mich.,...
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Webinar to cover basics of robot end effectors
The Robotic Industries Association will present a Webinar, "Basics of Robot End Effectors," on Feb. 16 from noon to 1:00 p.m. EST.
Through...
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Bilsing Automation appoints international sales director
Bilsing Automation, Clinton Township, Mich., has announced the appointment of Klaus Meier to the new position of international sales...
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FANUC named top global innovator by Thomson Reuters
FANUC Corp., a manufacturer of CNC systems, robots, and machine tools in Japan, has been named by Thomson Reuters, New York, as a 2011 Top 100...
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ATI Industrial Automation breaks ground on operations expansion
ATI Industrial Automation, a developer of robotic peripheral equipment, has broken ground for an operations expansion at its corporate...
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ABB Robotics hosts Technology Days event
ABB Robotics hosted nearly 1,000 people during its annual Technology Days event in October at its North American headquarters and training center...
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Balluff celebrates 90th anniversary
Balluff, a manufacturer of sensors for factory automation and systems for industrial communication with headquarters in Neuhausen, Germany,...
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Bystronic celebrates 25th anniversary
Swiss company Bystronic, a supplier of lasers, press brakes, waterjets, software, and automation equipment for sheet metal processing, marks...
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OTC Daihen, Miller Welding to host Aluminar 2011 October 5
OTC Daihen and Miller Welding are hosting a complimentary one-day seminar, Aluminar 2011, at Miller Welding's facility, 311 Post Road, Buchanan,...
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OTC Daihen names new president
After leading OTC Daihen Inc., Tipp City, Ohio, for nearly five years, Keitaro Takahashi will step down as president.
His successor,...
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Serapid supplies push/pull systems to Reed City Tool
Serapid Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., has delivered several push/pull systems for die handling automation to Reed City Tool of Reed City,...
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North American robot orders jump 41 percent in first half of 2011
Fueled by its best quarter in six years, the North American robotics industry jumped 41 percent in the first half of 2011, according to new...
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DE-STA-CO appoints new president
DE-STA-CO, a manufacturer of robotic tooling, workholding, and flexible industrial automation systems in Auburn Hills, Mich., has appointed John...
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ATI Industrial Automation schedules open house
ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., will host its 5th annual Open House and Technology Training Fair at the Detroit sales office in Orion...
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Motoman Robotics recertified as continuing education provider
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has recertified Motoman Robotics, Dayton, Ohio, a division of...
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AccuBilt hires sales engineer
AccuBilt Inc., Jackson, Mich., has named Jon Grugel as sales engineer. He has more than 20 years of sales experience in the welding industry...
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Robot orders surge 31 percent in first quarter of 2011
North American robotics companies enjoyed their best opening quarter since 2007, according to new statistics released by Robotic Industries...
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American Weldquip appoints district manager - north central region
American Weldquip Inc., Sharon Center, Ohio, has appointed Marty Voss as district sales manager – north central region. In this position,...
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Weld Tooling Corp. appoints director of manufacturing
Weld Tooling Corp., Canonsburg, Pa., home of Bug-O Systems/Cypress Welding Equipment, has named Larry Johnson as director of manufacturing....
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North American robotics companies post best year since 2007
North American-based robotics companies reported strong growth in 2010, posting the best year since 2007, according to new statistics released by...
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ABB Robotics to host laser processing workshop April 27 in Auburn Hills, Mich.
ABB Robotics is hosting a Laser Processing Workshop on April 27, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at its North American headquarters and training...
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Fronius USA names segment managers
Fronius USA LLC, Brighton, Mich., has promoted Stefan Mayr to segment manager resistance welding/DeltaSpot. He has been with the company for more...
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Atlas Technologies announces management changes
Atlas Technologies Inc., Fenton, Mich., has changed its management structure.
William Rogner has returned to the company as the interim general...
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Electron Beam Technologies promotes vice presidents
Electron Beam Technologies Inc., Kankakee, Ill., has promoted Steven Roe to vice president of engineering and Valgene E. Raloff to vice president...
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RIA to present Engelberger Awards
The Engelberger Robotics Award, the industry's highest honor, will be presented to Åke Lindqvist and Henrik Christensen during a dinner ceremony...
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Genesis Systems Group establishes robotic welding scholarship
Robotic workcell integrator Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, Iowa, has announced a new scholarship resulting from an agreement among Genesis...
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Lincoln Electric acquires Arc Products
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Arc Products, a privately-held manufacturer...
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