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Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Dürr Helps Volkswagen Go All-In on EV Assembly

Flexible automated equipment drives screws, dispenses adhesive and fills refrigerants.
John Sprovieri
August 6, 2021
Preparing existing automotive factories to assemble electric cars requires comprehensive modernization. Certainly, this was the case at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Zwickau, Germany.
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Belt Conveyors Optimize Flexible Feeding

Belt Conveyors Optimize Flexible Feeding

John Sprovieri
August 4, 2021
Based in Torrington, CT, systems integrator Plastimation has been designing and building robotic automation systems for more than a decade. The company's portfolio ranges from simple projects, such as a machine-tending application in which a cobot unloads stacks of plastic lids from a molding machine, to complex ones, such as an automated line in which four robots assemble and test a medical device.
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Congress Should Pass Infrastructure Bill

The Biden administration’s infrastructure spending proposal would be a boon for assemblers of construction equipment.
John Sprovieri
August 3, 2021
If both the AFL-CIO and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) support a bill, it should be a lock to pass. Alas, that is not the case with the Biden administration's infrastructure bill.
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Making it in America—Companies Reshore Manufacturing of Essential Products

Making it in America—Companies Reshore Manufacturing of Essential Products

Shortages of essential products caused or revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic warrant shortening supply chains to reduce risk and increase resilience.
Harry Moser
August 2, 2021

Shortening and closing supply chain gaps for essential products will immediately benefit the following industries: personal protective equipment (PPE), medical device manufacturing, electronics and defense. Sixty percent of reshoring cases after March 2020 mention the pandemic as a factor in the decisions. Already, reshoring cases among manufacturers of medical devices and PPE are double compared with last year.


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Vision Cameras Inspect Disk Drive Assemblies

Vision Cameras Inspect Disk Drive Assemblies

Jim Camillo
July 12, 2021
Market analysts frequently point out that there is an ever-increasing demand for digital data storage. This is great news for Flexon Technology, a Bangkok-based integrator that serves manufacturers of cases for hard disk drive (HDD) data storage devices.
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