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Lenze Americas is pleased to announce the appointment of Gene Wood as Director of Electro-Mechanical Operations, Lenze Americas.
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Program to include 10 introductory courses in eight different languages—available to all Omron247.com visitors.
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Lenze Americas announced strong double-digit growth in sales for 2011, highlighted by many new and enhanced products launched throughout the year
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Andrew Vogl, Vice President, Sales Americas for Kollmorgen, was named Chairman of the MCA Board of Directors for 2012-2013.
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AIA, the global industry trade group for vision and imaging companies, recently unveiled its Vision for the Future—a new brand identity emphasizing AIA’s commitment to advancing vision and imaging technology worldwide.
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The umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA, and the Motion Control Association (MCA) has changed its name from the Automation Technologies Council to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3).
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John Stack, President of the Optical Systems Division, for Zygo Corporation, was presented with the 2012 AIA Achievement Award during a ceremony held today at AIA’s 20th Annual Business Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Greg Hollows, Director, Machine Vision Solutions, Edmund Optics, was named Chairman of the AIA Board of Directors for 2012-2013 during the AIA Business Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Catherine Morris, Senior Account Manager, ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, NC, has been named the first woman Chair of Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry trade group representing more than 265 companies involved in robotics in North America.
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Phasa has enhanced the performance of its specialist plastic component joining machines with high performance new versions employing a key servo-based motion control system in place of a pneumatic actuator.
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Newport Corporation reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ILX Lightwave Corporation (“ILX”), a market and technology leader in high-performance test and Measurement solutions for laser diodes and other photonics components.
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Nexen Group, Inc. introduces their latest precision motion control brochure: Spring-Engaged Brakes for Rotary and Linear Applications.
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Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions and Pittman Motors come together resulting in product engineers having access to the broadest range of linear and rotary motion solutions available from one source.
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Lenze Americas announces the appointment of Tom Jensen as Program Manager, OEM Business Development, Lenze Americas.
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After a strong first half, sales fell two percent in the third quarter.
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Agreement outlines a wide-range of activities on which the two associations will collaborate.
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New orders for motion control products are up 19% through the third quarter of 2011, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association (MCA).
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Kollmorgen collaborated earlier in the year with Virginia Tech’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) to develop and integrate the electric power generation system for the HEVT VT-REX hybrid vehicle.
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There is a new information source for anyone facing an X-ray or a nuclear medicine examination.
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In fiscal 2011, Siemens generated 8,600 inventions, nearly 40 per working day – a ten percent increase year-over-year.
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Increased focus on financial solutions to help local customers access urgently required capital for equipment and infrastructure development.
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Robotics will be a major driver for global job creation over the next five years.
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Both exhibitions will be held January 21-24 2013 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
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MCA member Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today reported results for the fiscal 2012 first quarter ended September 30, 2011.
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Siemens Industry announced today it has added another megawatt (MW) of solar power to its portfolio as Granite Construction Company (GCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Granite Construction Inc. (NYSE: GVA), recently commissioned one of the nation’s first solar-powered aggregate and hot-mix facilities located in Coalinga, Calif.
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AMETEK, Inc. announced that it has acquired Reichert Technologies, a privately held manufacturer of analytical instruments and diagnostic devices for the eye care market headquartered in Depew, NY.
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National Instruments celebrated the official opening of its shared operations center in San José, Costa Rica on Thursday, September 1.
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National Instruments announced open registration for the 2011 NI Technical Symposium, a series of day-long events that showcase the latest NI technologies and development techniques for engineers and scientists working with measurement and control systems.
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Airing on the ION Network in October.
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The motion control business of Siemens Industry, Inc. announced today, that Simotion Scout, the engineering system used for configuring Simotion motion controllers, has been updated with a wide range of usability improvements.
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Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional non-contact measurement equipment, for $8.43 per share in cash.
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A new camera interface standard that is based on the USB 3.0 interface (SuperSpeed USB) is being developed specifically for the global machine vision market.
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Siemens today announced that Daryl Dulaney has been appointed chief executive officer of the company’s newly-formed Infrastructure & Cities (IC) Sector in North America, which comprises the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
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Siemens Industry, Inc. announced a value-added service for its popular line of 1FK7 servomotors. Using a configurable options menu to build exactly the motor required, customers can now place an order for any Siemens 1FK7 servomotor and have it drop-shipped in three weeks.
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One Million Inverters Manufactured in the United States
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Controller portfolio scales from 12 to 10,000 I/O, giving machine builders the ability to mirror each manufacturer’s needs at any given time.
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National Instruments announced the 18 recipients of the company’s Global Supplier Awards for 2011.
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Electromate is pleased to announce it will be hosting four
Multi-Axis Linear Motion System Design & Control using LabVIEW Seminars in October in Toronto, London, Montreal & Quebec City.
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Kaman Corporation announced today that its subsidiary Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (Kaman) has acquired the assets of Target Electronic Supply, Inc. (Target), of Westwood, Massachusetts.
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Bosch Rexroth exhibits the newest developments in packaging equipment automation technology in booth 5007 at PACK EXPO 2011, September 26-28 in Las Vegas.
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Machine vision sales grew 16% in North America in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter one year earlier.
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Statistics of the Motion Control Association (MCA) for second quarter 2011 indicate a continuation of the recovery in the motion control market.
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Rockwell Automation today announced the availability of a 75-page addition to the “Converged Plantwide Ethernet Design and Implementation Guide” to help machine builders and manufacturers deploy integrated motion using EtherNet/IP networking technology.
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Siemens Industry, Inc. is celebrating the production of its SINVERT solar inverters at its recently-updated manufacturing plant located in West Chicago, Ill.
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Spectra-Physics®, a division of Newport Corporation, announces the issuance of U.S. patent 7,962,046 for its DeepSee technology for multiphoton imaging.
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SICK announced it has appointed Craig S. Smith as president of SICK Ltd. in Canada.
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Kollmorgen will be on hand to discuss its family of motion systems and components, and co-engineering services at the Converting & Package Printing Expo Pavilion co-located with PACK EXPO from September 26 – 28, 2011, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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National Instruments today named NI veteran Ajit Gokhale as a new vice president of product marketing effective Aug. 1, 2011.
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Robert McCurrach has joined the Automated Imaging Association (AIA) as Director, Standards Development.
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National Instruments announced that it is donating design tools to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help expand the use of NI software and hardware in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering via 10 mechatronics, robotics, manufacturing, control and design courses over the next five years.
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Parker Hannifin Corp. said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 32 percent led by better international industrial unit sales.
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Siemens achieved strong growth again in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. New orders climbed 20 percent year-over-year. Revenue rose two percent.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by Parker Hannifin for structural development, assembly and test of the aft strut fairing hydraulic module for use on the Boeing 787 airplane.
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Kollmorgen Corporation has retained American Business Development Group (ABDG) to help bring the company’s new Power Generation System to the Defense market.
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Powertec will be exhibiting at the Test Stand Expo 2011. Stop by Booth # 12044 to discuss your motor application with Ed Lee, Bob Lordo or Andy Martin.
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Newport Corporation reported it has entered into an agreement to acquire High Q Technologies GmbH (“High Q”), a leading developer and manufacturer of ultrafast lasers under its High Q Laser® brand.
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Spanning nine time zones and over 17 million square miles, Russia is not only the largest country in the world, geographically, but also the richest on a per capita basis of the so-called “BRIC” countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
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Newport Corporation today reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional
(“3D”) non-contact measurement equipment.
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Newport Corporation announces the new Newport Resource, a catalog for photonics research products and related applications.
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Both are responsible for driving forward Kollmorgen's course of continued growth on global and European levels, respectively.
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Information about the National Robotics Initiative and how to submit a proposal
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Announcement today of a $500 million Advanced Manufacturing Partnership featuring $70 million for a National Robotics Initiative
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President Launches Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a Key Recommendation
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Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing
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The Motion Control Association (MCA) has released statistics for first quarter 2011 showing year over year growth for the fifth consecutive quarter.
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Animatics, founded in 1987, is a leading supplier of SmartMotor™ servo motors and linear actuators used in industrial applications.
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With effect from June 1, 2011, Eckard Eberle (45) will take over as CEO of the Industrial Automation Systems Business Unit, which is headquartered in Nuremberg and is part of the Siemens Industry Automation Division.
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Outstanding presentations from global experts are featured in the Automate 2011 / 42nd International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) Conference proceedings that are now available from Automation Technologies Council (ATC).
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Pro-Dex, Inc. announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2011.
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Rexroth is helping customers build equipment faster by adding more options to its GoTo focused delivery program.
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SICK announces the launch of its new A3M encoder with integrated Profibus output.
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Bosch Rexroth returned to a growth course in 2010 and will make considerable gains again this year.
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Plastic injection molding for the medical industry is a hot application for robots and machine vision, and Automate 2011 had many from that sector including Pat Shelly, Project Engineer from West Pharmaceutical Services who won the iPad giveaway from the Show.
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Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. hosted 12 delightful young ladies and their troop leaders from the 3rd grade Girl Scout Troop at Lombard Madison Elementary School for a plant tour.
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Electromate is pleased to announce it will be hosting two ‘How to Design & Build a High Precision Positioning System' Seminars on Tuesday May 17th in Toronto, Ontario and on Wednesday May 18th in Montreal, Quebec.
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Nexen Group Inc. announces they have entered into a national distribution with Minarik Corporation (Minarik) for Nexen’s line of Precision Motion Control components. Minarik is a national leader in value added motion control distribution with 16 locations covering 30 states.
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Thomson Industries, Inc. has expanded its Online Thomson Education Center with four new technical training videos to help machine builders properly select and apply industrial linear actuators, square rails, round rails, ball screws, gearheads, clutches and brakes.
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Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation announced today that it’s subsidiary, Minarik Corporation, has acquired the assets of Automation Technology, Inc. with locations in Salt Lake City, Utah and Boise, Idaho.
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Developed with lean manufacturing expert Dan Fleming, Rexroth’s lean manufacturing podcast episode 16, “Lean in Assembly Operations” discusses how to apply lean concepts to automation.
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Kollmorgen’s Power Generation System has been named a 2011 Golden Mousetrap best new product finalist by the editors of Design News magazine.
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Attendance surged at the recent Automate 2011 Show and Conference in Chicago (March 21-24) as three major trade associations combined to lift interest in automation.
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AquaTRUE gearheads from Thomson provide robust performance in harsh washdown and corrosive environments.
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Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., a leading manufacturer of factory automation, motion control and process control systems, has selected Gibbs & Soell Public Relations to provide strategic direction and implementation of a comprehensive employee communications campaign.
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Kollmorgen and GENCO ATC, North America’s second largest third-party logistics supplier, have agreed to a pilot Pick-n-Go® installation for two automated Crown SHR5500 forklifts at a GENCO-managed distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Automate 2011 is expected to fuel investments in robotics, machine vision, motion control and related automation technologies, according to sponsors of the event taking place March 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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The robotics integrator program will be formally announced at a talk on the show floor.
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An emerging robotics pavilion focused on the future of robotics will be featured at Automate 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24.
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Advances in motion control technology will be explored at the Automate 2011 trade show and conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, March 21-24.
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The robotics industry is in the midst of a major upturn, with global sales up more than 50% last year.
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Among the factors driving the rapid growth in the application of machine vision technology is the creation of new industry standards, according to industry leaders.
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The 50th anniversary of the installation of the first industrial robot at a General Motors plant in Trenton, New Jersey in 1961 will be honored with a special pavilion at the Automate 2011 Show, Mach 21-24, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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A wide range of automation solutions designed for companies in every industry will highlight the Automate 2011 show in Chicago, March 21-24, according to Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), two of the sponsors of the event.
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Gains were particularly strong in the fourth quarter, rising 42% over the same period in 2009.
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Dynapar announces the launch of their newly revamped website, Dynapar.com.
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The world’s most prestigious annual robotics conference, the International Symposium on Robotics (ISR), will be held in the United States for the first time in four years as part of Automate 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago, March 21-24.
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Show and Conference will focus on practical automation solutions for manufacturing as well as non-manufacturing companies, according to the event sponsors.
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To grow jobs and have competitive factories requires aggressive automation. Automate speaker Greenblatt reveals secrets of success.
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Kollmorgen will be exhibiting its highly flexible Pick-n-Go® order picking system at ProMat 2011.
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This half-day seminar provides the practical information you need to successfully select the right DC motor – be it brushed or brushless servo – for your application.
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The premier automation and power technology event, takes place April 18-21, 2011, at the Marriott World Center, Orlando, Florida.
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