Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
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.
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.
Two Industry Leaders - One Goal: Maximum Process Reliability
With software solutions from CSP, companies from a wide range of industries are taking their production processes to a whole new level. The result: greater efficiency, transparent quality assurance, and a decisive advantage on the path to the smart factory.
NewsFender's 3D Printed Ballistic Fender Charts a New Course in Maritime Defense
Discover how NewsFender's 3D printed customizable, eco-friendly fenders and boat parts are making waves in the maritime defense industry.
Hatz Engines - Case Study from CSP US Inc.
Before the introduction of CSP software, there was no integrated control of workflows, and the potential for process optimization remained untapped. Production relied on manual coordination, which led to efficiency losses and unnecessary error rates.
How Flying S is Turning Data into a Competitive Advantage
As automation, multi-axis machining, and lights-out operations become the norm, shops are realizing that the real advantage doesn't come from just running more machines; it comes from understanding how they're running.
Must-Have AI Features in your next ERP: Why AI-Enabled ERP Is a CEO's Best Investment
The next wave of competitive differentiation lies in embedding artificial intelligence (AI) directly within ERP/MIS systems - not as an add-on, but as a native capability driving data, decision-making, and automation across operations.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
The 'Halo Effect' of Manufacturing Facility Location: Why Smart Manufacturers Are Choosing Locations Near Complementary Businesses
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This strategy is not about simple convenience; it's about creating a powerful, mutually reinforcing "halo effect" of shared success, instant market credibility, and profound operational synergy across engineering, tooling, fabrication, and logistics networks.
Why Manufacturers Must Rebuild Their Factories Around the Buyer
Today's generation of buyers expects products built to fit their needs, transparent pricing, reliable delivery, and ongoing support that extends beyond the initial sale.
Manufacturing's AI Reality Check: Why Governance Is the Missing Link
Governance is the architecture that transforms AI experiments into enterprise assets. Without it, even successful models become liabilities.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
Quicktron Robotics launches the QuickMix suite of integrated goods-handling technologies for the USA
The QuickMix suite, which combines tote-to-person, shelf-to-person, pallet-to-person, high density storage, and flexible transport into a single robot control system platform, launches in the US today.
Zoomlion Recognized as Top-Tier Smart Factory at 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference
The Company's breakthrough in shared mixed-flow production for multiple types of heavy equipment has enabled a collaborative smart factory cluster for construction machinery. By combining flexibility, scale, and automation, the model is shaping a new standard for the industry's digital and intelligent transformation.
Kardex reaches milestone of 100 AutoStore sites in less than five years
Milestone highlights Kardex's rapid growth since 2021 and its role as a trusted AutoStore integration partner across industries worldwide.
Aetina Launches Industrial MXM Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell Platform, Empowering AMR, Manufacturing and Medical AI
Designed for autonomous robotics, manufacturing equipment, and medical devices, the new modules provide industrial-grade reliability and next-generation AI computing efficiency at the edge.
Students and Educators Set To Explore the Power of Technology and Innovation at IMTS 2026
Hands-On Experiences and Career Pathways Return To Inspire the Next Generation
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Product
Model TR1 Tru-Trac
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Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Company
BigRep
Founded in 2014, BigRep set sail to transform the 3D printing and manufacturing business. With its 1m3 volume, the BigRep ONE opens the gateway to a new dimension of 3D printing and 3D manufacturing, while the BigRep STUDIO allows fast and precise large-scale 3D printing. From furniture to vehicles to robotics, we think everything is possible. We want you to envision everything from human scale robot parts, sculptural artworks in all their full-dimensional glory, and dream the impossible world-changing designs of tomorrow while enabling you to print them today using one of our 3D printers.
