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Nuro and Domino’s partner on autonomous pizza delivery

July 8, 2019 by Sam Francis

Nuro, a developer of driverless road-going vehicles, is partnering with fast-food chain Domino’s to deliver pizzas to customers at their homes.

A statement on Nuro’s blog says: “We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with Domino’s, the world’s largest pizza company, to deliver pizza autonomously.”

Nuro’s self-driving delivery service first launched in 2018 through its partnership with Kroger, one of the largest grocery chains in the US. [Read more…] about Nuro and Domino’s partner on autonomous pizza delivery

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: autonomous, company, deliver, delivery, domino, driverless, largest, nuro, partner, partnering, pizza, pizzas, stores

HP to acquire OneFlow Systems

July 8, 2019 by Anna

HP has announced an agreement to acquire OneFlow Systems, a provider of cloud-based print workflow solutions based in the UK.

The acquisition continues HP’s focus on delivering industry-leading solutions to customers and commercial printers using HP presses, HP Indigo and HP PageWide Industrial.

OneFlow Systems has been an important HP partner, working closely with the company to co-develop a suite of simple to use, innovative features designed to make online print ordering simple.

[Read more…] about HP to acquire OneFlow Systems

Filed Under: News Tagged With: designed, digital print, hp, oneflow, oneflow systems, print, printers, simple, solutions, systems

Kiwi automation company Aurora shows off its palletizing robot

July 8, 2019 by Mai Tao

New Zealand automation company Aurora demonstrates and describes its robotic palletizing system

Palletizing equipment is a critical component of many end-of-line processes. Without the right system in place, inefficiencies and production downtime can harm your bottom line.

One of Aurora’s popular solutions is the Fuji-Ace Robotic Palletizer. Often cited as the most advanced palletizer in the world, it is a high-capacity, energy efficient, easy-to-use machine that is streamlining the processes of packing and manufacturing facilities across the world.

In the words of one satisfied customer, site engineer Kendell Chapman of Seales Window: “The output of the system has improved capabilities over our last system. [Read more…] about Kiwi automation company Aurora shows off its palletizing robot

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: automation, energy, fuji-ace, palletizer, palletizing, process, production, speed, system, training

Ket-Met reduces machine costs by more than 40 percent, says Universal Robots

July 8, 2019 by Sam Francis

Ket-Met has been able to reduce machine costs by more than 40 percent through the application of collaborative robots, according to a case study by Universal Robots

Ket-Met is a Finnish subcontract machine tooling shop.

Until recently, the company had progressively lost its cost competitiveness – the main reason for this was that its traditional way of using CNC machines required too much manpower.

Machine hour costs were reduced by over 40 percent due to Universal Robots’ cobots.

This helped the company win new orders. [Read more…] about Ket-Met reduces machine costs by more than 40 percent, says Universal Robots

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: accurate, cnc, cobot, cobots, company, cost, costs, employees, finnish, growth, kalanen, ket-met, machine, machines, parts, percent, production, programming, robots, savonlinna

Hanwha Aerospace acquires US aircraft engine component manufacturer

July 8, 2019 by Anna

Hanwha Aerospace has signed a deal to fully acquire EDAC Technologies, an American aircraft engine component manufacturer. The deal is expected to be worth around USD 300 million, which will be finalised once negotiations are completed.

The Korean company made a preliminary bid for EDAC Technologies in April of 2019 and entered a period of due diligence before making a final offer.

EDAC Technologies is an aircraft engine component manufacturer based in Connecticut, with a workforce of 590 people. It recorded USD 150 million in revenue in 2018.

[Read more…] about Hanwha Aerospace acquires US aircraft engine component manufacturer

Filed Under: News Tagged With: acquisition, aerospace, aircraft, component, edac, engine, entered, expand, global, hanwha, manufacturer, revenue, technologies, usd, will

Apple unveils Mac Pro with new display

July 8, 2019 by Anna

 

 

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