Production system end users are faced with a wide variety of automation tasks, from simple Cartesian pick-and-place applications all the way up to highly dynamic machines with multiple synchronized axes. 

Aerospace engineering shops throughout North America focus daily on producing complex parts that meet tight tolerance and high precision requirements. Some, like Harbor City, CA-based Hansen Engineering Co. (HEC), specialize in MDI surface geometry, statistical process control and electronic probing of part surfaces.

Manufacturers of knives and tools gain a competitive advantage by assembling their products in the U.S.