Automated Assembly Systems

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You can’t manage what you can’t measure.

Although Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the nation’s oldest technological university, it’s on the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing.

BERLIN—Swiss automation company Mikron Automation has acquired German systems integrator IMA Automation.

BRADFORD, PA—Zippo will produce its 500 millionth windproof lighter on June 5 at its assembly plant here.

BEIJING—Chinese factories are automating at such a rate, that China may soon overtake Japan and South Korea as the world’s biggest market for robots.

DRACHTEN, Netherlands—Philips Electronics has installed a flexible, robotic assembly line to produce electric shavers.

WALTHAM, MA—Excelitas Technologies has implemented a state-of-the-art high-speed automated assembly system to produce laser irradiance detectors.

PALMDALE, CA—Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the first F-35 center fuselage produced by its Integrated Assembly Line (IAL). The IAL maximizes robotics and automation, providing additional capacity and assembly capability while meeting engineering tolerances that are not easily achieved using manual methods.

Eaton Corp. produces more than 1 million engine valves per day for nearly every automaker and engine manufacturer in the world. One of the company’s largest manufacturing facilities, located in Kearney, NE, supplies highly engineered valves that increase fuel economy, improve efficiency and boost performance.

CLEVELAND, TN—Procter & Gamble Duracell will invest $36 million over the next three years in its two assembly plants here, create 60 to 80 additional jobs.