You’re busy making what will clearly be an amazing meal. You check the recipes, get out the ingredients, and are chopping away. And with all that multitasking, that’s when it happens—you slice your...
June 2025
The Case for Diversity in Stem
Breaking down Barriers to Effect Positive Change
As the United States sees a shift away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, there is a renewed push to acknowledge that a strong DEI program can be a part of an agile, adaptable...
RAMP by Samuel Automation
Effective, High-Value Automation
Part of Samuel Automation, one of Canada’s oldest equipment fabricators, RAMP Inc. is a leader in autonomous robots. As a strongly diversified, recession-proof business, this company’s team knows...
Conveyor & Automation Technologies, Inc.
Built on Trust, Grown by Innovation
No matter how large a company becomes, there remains a sense of sweet victory in repeat business. By harnessing the power of state-of-the-art automation systems, Conveyor & Automation...
Quest Industrial
Handling With Care
In the food industry, packaging is unlike any other process. Robotic automation machinery must be not only designed and manufactured to be washed down thoroughly, but able to handle fragile foods...
SEYMOUR Advanced Technologies
Precision Without Compromise
In a small but mighty facility in the southeastern United States, a team of engineers is quietly revolutionizing the way manufacturers approach automation. SEYMOUR Advanced Technologies, founded...
Edgewater Automation
Building Bigger, Better Industries with Bright Ideas
If anyone knows machine building and automation inside and out, it is Tim Tate. Long before becoming president at Edgewater Automation, Tate built a solid foundation in machine tool technology and...
CCT Tapes
At Last, High-Performance, Solvent-Free Adhesives
Tenacity—just plain sticking to it—is important, particularly in adhesive tapes. This is a product that, in many ways, makes the modern world possible while going largely unnoticed. As a leader in...
Joseph Machine Company
Risk and Reward – Taking Chances Through Innovation
Designing and marketing software and equipment for panel and lineal processing that reduces cycle times, improves part quality, and removes extra waste from vinyl and aluminum extrusion machinery,...
Dorsey Trailer
This Venerable Alabama Trailer Manufacturer Has New Products and Big Goals
For over a century, Elba, Alabama-based Dorsey Trailer has designed, manufactured and fabricated a wide variety of trailers used to transport equipment, materials, parts, and supplies on highways...
Framing Tech
Making a Good Business Great – the Framework of Success
In 2002, the founders of what would become Framing Technology Inc. (Framing Tech), Jim Hartke and Chris Hill, decided to leave their positions in a multi-line distributor sales organization and...
APEX Controls
From Small Beginnings to Industry Leadership in Automation and Engineering
Founded in 1991, APEX Controls has evolved from a modest team of engineers into a leading provider of automated manufacturing systems and solutions. With over three decades of experience, the...
GROB Systems, Inc.
Expanding its Facility and its Workforce
Growth has been strong at GROB Systems, Inc., the Bluffton, Ohio-based branch of manufacturing equipment leader, GROB of Mindelheim, Germany. Since GROB Systems was last profiled in Manufacturing in...
Demco
A Fourth-Generation Family Success Story
Demco is a fourth-generation, family-owned business with small-town roots and strong values that continue to guide the company to this day. The business was founded by President Robert Koerselman’s...