LaFayette, GA — GE Appliances has added a new production line at its Roper Corporation facility in LaFayette, Georgia, as part of a multimillion-dollar investment to expand and modernize manufacturing operations at the company’s flagship cooking products plant.
SUSSEX, WI—Generac Holdings Inc. is opening a new assembly plant here to make commercial and industrial backup power systems for data centers and other industrial applications. The facility will employ more than 100 people.
GAITHERSBURG, MD—The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance AI-based manufacturing.
Electromechanical press monitors force and displacement for quality control.
December 19, 2025
The sheet metal clinching process joins the thin stainless-steel sheets quickly and reliably. In contrast to riveting or welding, the surface and the material structure remain intact and sealed.
By applying cutting-edge tools and production systems, the plant has achieved a 17 percent boost in productivity and a 30 percent gain in energy efficiency.
The company’s technology uses AI and 3D vision to provide adaptive control of the adhesive dispensing process.
October 29, 2025
ANN ARBOR, MI—Coherix is expanding its production and product development space to meet growing demand for AI-based systems to control the application of adhesives during assembly of automotive and electronic products.