Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How AI, Robotics, and Digital Twins are Transforming Modern Production Environments
I’m most excited about Cognitive AI becoming the factory’s operating system, and cobots will effectively “program themselves†through natural language, teach-by-demonstration, and auto-generated PLC/robot code.
The Rise of the Invisible Workforce: The Most Important AI Breakthroughs of 2025 for Packaging Manufacturers
For the packaging industry specifically — with its heavy reliance on document processing, planning logic, and throughput efficiency — the year proved one thing: AI is no longer a future advantage. It’s a current competitive requirement.
How Aerospace Precision Can Modernize American Manufacturing
One of the biggest obstacles to modernization, he notes, is cultural rather than technical. The main barriers are organizational silos, he says. Design, production, and IT often operate separately, and without shared data, digital transformation stalls.
Closing Europe's aerospace production gap - EDM automation as part of the answer
EDM removes material using controlled electrical sparks between an electrode and the workpiece submerged in dielectric fluid. This makes it possible to cut extremely hard metals into complex shapes with micrometre accuracy.
Designing for Deviation in Additive Manufacturing
To truly realise the potential of AM, we need to embrace a new design philosophy, one that doesn't just work around variation, but works with it. At Metamorphic, we call this approach Designing for Deviation.
Case Study from NORD - Perfectly MESHed
High-quality gear motors from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS are a crucial piece of the manufacturing puzzle for this Georgia-based automation provider.
Why Compliance Documentation Matters in Electronic Recycling
Partner with the wrong ITAD and e-waste provider, and your business faces lawsuits and damage to your reputation. It's beneficial to be very selective about who handles your e-waste.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
BTM INDUSTRIAL IS HOSTING AN ONLINE SALE OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS ON DECEMBER 17-18, 2025
Includes more than 200 robots designed to automate tasks, such as welding, manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, and food processing. This court-authorized sale requires the liquidation of all assets, regardless of price.
Manufacturing Asset Monetization: What It Is and How It's Done
This article will explain what manufacturing asset monetization is, outline the main methods companies use, and walk through the process step by step.
How Freight Visibility Is Redefining U.S. Manufacturing Supply Chains
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With freight visibility, you can search for alternative sources and routes when shipments hit a snag. You can find the best ways to increase your resources for demand spikes, and you can search for the most cost-effective solutions during demand droughts.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
KPI Solutions Selected by Global Consumer Goods Company for Distribution Transformation
This new solution consolidates multiple satellite facilities into one larger, automated, and more efficient distribution center that is conveniently located adjacent to an existing manufacturing plant. The solution is designed to significantly boost order throughput speed, enable direct customer shipments, expand capacity to over 100,000 pallet positions, and increase productivity.
Flir at CES 2026: Detecting the Undetectable and Predicting the Unpredictable
Visitors to the world's most powerful tech event will discover how the latest thermal camera advances from Flir take condition monitoring to new levels of capability and ease of use.
PMMI Foundation Awards More Than $160,000 in 2025 Scholarships to Emerging Leaders in Packaging & Processing
IFS to Acquire Softeon, Supercharging the Warehouse Management Systems Category
Strategic acquisition to bring Industrial AI and next-generation robotics integration to warehouse operations
RS and MEAN WELL modernize industrial power supplies
RS offers MEAN WELL's new single-phase XDR-E and three-phase XTR series DIN rail power supplies, which significantly outperform the proven legacy products they're based on, delivering exceptional functionality, efficiency, value, and utility in compact, globally compliant cases.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
Super Air Knife Replaces Blowers & Saves Energy
Super Air Knife reduces compressed air usage & noise when compared to other blowoffs. The Super Air Knife offers a more efficient way to clean, dry or cool parts, webs or conveyors. It delivers a uniform sheet of laminar airflow across entire length.
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Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
KEB America, Inc.
KEB America is a trusted manufacturer of industrial automation products in North America. We manufacture, assemble, and support our German-engineered suite of controls, drives, motors, brakes, and clutches at an ISO 9001:2015 certified, 150,000-square-foot facility in Shakopee, Minnesota.
