Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems (Canton, OH) is a division of Hendrickson International, the world's largest supplier of air-ride trailer suspensions.
Located in the Tianjin Free Trade Zone, HEG OEM Electronics (Tianjin, China) operates 21 automatic insertion machines, seven fully automatic surface mount technology lines and nine manual assembly lines.
When the Hubble Space Telescope turns its solar panels to the sun, it uses the same motion control technology that enables a six-axis robot to perform a series of spot welds quickly, accurately and repeatably.
The Durango HB sport utility vehicle from DaimlerChrysler (Auburn Hills, MI) is built with acoustical dampening foam in several body cavities to lesson road and engine noise.
Graco Inc. has acquired Liquid Control Corp. (North Canton, OH) and all its affiliated companies, including Decker Industries (Palm City, FL), Liquid Control Ltd. (Wellingborough, UK) and Profill Corp. (North Canton, OH).
Battelle researcher Pingsha Dong has developed a method for predicting fatigue life in welded structures that he says has the potential to save billions of dollars in the aerospace, automotive, bridge construction, shipbuilding, pipeline and offshore oil rig industries.