STONY BROOK, NY—Before the faucet maker RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich installed a machine-tending robot, processing 1,500 units on a tube bender using manual labor would take three days. With the robot, the same job takes four hours.
HENDERSON, KY—Faucet manufacturer Sunspring America Inc. is investing $1.2 million to expand its assembly plant here and add up to 15 new jobs over the next three years.