Investing in Next-Gen Tech
Like many businesses today, yours may be wrestling with the realities of automation, sustainability, supply chain management, and a rapidly increasing choice of new materials and their promises to improve product development and deliver higher profits.
Dispelling the Job-Killer Myth
Somehow, in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, there is still a somewhat common belief that robots and AI are terrible things. This myth hinges on the beliefs that robotic technology will replace human workers, and that all those poor people will be jobless and destitute, or that AI will take over decision-making on the grand level and decide to wage war on humanity. Nothing could be further from the truth – and in the world of manufacturing, we can show just that.
Harmony Castings, LLC
One could easily forgive the uninitiated for wondering what the fuss is about when it comes to professionally casting components in a metal often found around barbecues and kitchens. The truth, however, is that the art of aluminum casting is vast, complex, and challenging to perfect, and Harmony Castings, LLC is a global leader in the field.
5th Axis Inc.
Established in 2004 as a CNC business with just one machine, San Diego-based 5th Axis Inc. has enjoyed steady success over the years, now working with more than 100 three-, four-, and five-axis machines, producing a wide variety of parts for a range of sectors, all while withstanding difficult and ever-changing production problems.
Omega TMM
Omega TMM is the only company in the tool presetter market to offer manufacturing, assembly, sales, and support within the United States. While the competition is importing products from China, this Fairport, New York-based company is doing the opposite…
Progressive Rubber Industries Inc.
With 25 years in business, Progressive Rubber Industries Inc. (PRI) has mastered the technology of making abrasion, corrosion, and vibration resistant components for mining and the other industries that invented those very conditions.
ProVantage Automation
ProVantage Automation, a Brantford, Ontario-based systems integrator and custom machine builder, marked its tenth anniversary in business this April. With its three in-house engineering and design disciplines of automation control, data management, and mechanical design, the company designs and builds automated solutions for clients in the food and beverage, paper converting, and consumer products sectors. ProVantage’s industrial solutions boost productivity and improve quality and efficiency for clients. The team at ProVantage has the expertise to design and deploy a complete end of line packaging system or cater the solution to be a retrofit versus a new asset.
KNOLL America Inc.
Machine tool providers and metal fabricators know that dealing with post-fabrication metal leftovers can be challenging. Therefore, a trustworthy partner that can provide high-performance technology to handle heavy-duty processing in round-the-clock operations is of the essence. Considering the importance of the durability required for such processing machinery, finding that partner makes all the difference.
Patriot Products Group
Patriot Products Group designs and manufactures pump system packages. The company offers diesel dry prime, diesel wet prime, sound attenuated, electric dry prime, and electric wet prime packages that can incorporate skids, trailers, control panels, and fuel cells as well as pumps and engines from various manufacturers. The young business is presently in a growth spurt, spurred by technical know-how and a flair for customization.
Inventus Power
Inventus Power of Woodridge, Illinois specializes in designing and manufacturing advanced battery and power solutions, from lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs to smart charging systems, power adapters and more. The company has focused on Li-ion battery technology since the 1990s, when the lithium battery was first commercialized, and now more...
INTAMSYS Technology, Inc.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is changing the world of manufacturing at a rapid pace, so when COVID-19 crashed global supply chains, INTAMSYS Technology, Inc. set out to help by harnessing the best that this incredible technology has to offer. The company thus enables fabricators to control their supply chains in a radically new way.
Printron
Since 1963, Neenah, Wisconsin-based Printron has built a reputation as one of America’s best full-service integrated artwork and prepress agencies, delivering graphic services that are second to none to brand owners and printers.
Technical Metals Inc.
Technical Metals Inc. (TMI), a privately owned company based in Fairbury, Illinois, is a metal fabrication company which has been providing quality manufacturing solutions since 1970.
Samco Machinery
What began as a one-man operation in 1972 has since flourished into a global enterprise with manufacturing locations in both Canada and India, an admirable feat that Samco Machinery Ltd. proudly embraces. A true family business, Samco was founded by Joe Repovs. The company is now run by his son, who carries on the goal of creating customized roll forming machines, value-added solutions and coil processing equipment, and providing innovative and unique services that meet and exceed specific customer needs.
A Skilled Trades Revolution
Industrial robots have had their place in the manufacturing world for decades.
Dalsin Industries, Inc.
Precision metal fabricator Dalsin Industries, Inc. knows its field well after nearly eighty years in the metal industry. Primarily serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across North America with value and durability, the company is especially known for the size of its fabrication runs and expert design capabilities that leave many of its competitors in the dust. As a result, it often works with the renewable energy, transportation, heating, ventilating, and cooling industry (HVAC), the doors and enclosures sector, and elevator markets.
CO-AX Valves, Inc.
co-ax valves inc. (CVI) has come through the COVID crisis in a strong position, with new markets, new products, and new ways of doing business. The Bristol, Pennsylvania-based subsidiary of German parent company müller co-ax gmbh designs and manufactures valves for a wide array of customers. Its valves are used in industrial settings to control vacuums, liquids, gaseous substances, and gelatinous materials.
Pyramex Safety Products
Personal protective equipment (PPE) not only protects people from injury; it can also help shape futures because, in many cases, quality PPE can be the difference between a loved one returning home from work or not. The stakes are high. Celebrating thirty years in the industry last year, Pyramex Safety Products is a leader in top-quality...
All Metals Fabricating
In business for almost 70 years, All Metals Fabricating continues to play a key role in American manufacturing. Combining time-tested skills with investments in high-tech equipment, All Metals is one of America’s foremost contract manufacturers and total manufacturing solutions providers, handling sheet metal work, welding, machining, powder coating, electrical mechanical assemblies, and other services.
Freeport Welding
First, the nitty gritty. With more than 60 years of experience, Freeport Welding offers outstanding, innovative fabrication and maintenance services to marine, refining, and petrochemical industries. The company provides custom fabrication of ASME pressure vessels and API tanks, skids, cyclones, ductwork, and heavy plate fabrication. Its vast...
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Green Moves for Automakers
The rise of EVs and hybrids on the market has brought massive changes to how cars are powered. The emphasis on finding alternatives to fossil fuels, or at least reducing the use of them, is also raising our collective consciousness about the impact driving cars has on the environment.
Is the Robot Revolution at a Crossroads?
As the global use of automation, robotics, and language processing artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT increases, many are questioning where the world is heading and not if, but when, technology will make their jobs obsolete.
Michelin North America
Since 1891, when Michelin brothers Édouard and André, who ran a rubber factory in Clermont-Ferrand, France, applied for their first patent for an easy-to-remove pneumatic bicycle tire that lent itself to quick repairs, Michelin has been revolutionizing the tire industry.
Specific Mechanical Systems
Specific Mechanical Systems Ltd., a Victoria, British Columbia-based company that designs, manufactures, and installs brewing and distilling equipment, has expanded its automation processes and market reach since it was profiled in November 2022 in Business in Focus magazine. In the face of significant technical challenges, the company has automated its already innovative distillation system.
Champ Industries
In just a few years, Champ Industries has seen a great deal of change come its way thanks to changes within and outside its walls. It currently has locations in Canada and the U.S., in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Jamestown, North Dakota respectively, and is doing better than ever with a renewed focus.
John W. McDougall Co.
One can tell a lot about a company by the company it keeps. When vendors become customers and customers become vendors, as they do at John W. McDougall Co. Inc., it demonstrates that premium solutions and customer satisfaction are paramount here. The processing division of John W. McDougall Co. Inc. is home to in-depth fabrication expertise which has customers, from across the United States and further afield, returning for more.
