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  • North America industrial robot orders drop for second quarter

    North America industrial robot orders drop for second quarter

    A slow US economy and high interest rates have taken a toll on robot orders in North American, resulting in a decline for the second quarter in a row after record purchases in 2021 and 2022. According to the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), companies ordered 7,697 robots valued at $457…

  • Korea Association of Robot Industry to operate Korea Pavilion at Automate Show

    Korea Association of Robot Industry to operate Korea Pavilion at Automate Show

    The Korea Association of Robot Industry (KAR) says it will be operating a “Korea Pavilion” at the Automate Show, which starts in a couple of days. Nine Korean companies will feature their products in Korea Pavilion located in booth number 3250 and 3452. KAR has participated in many trade shows held in Europe and East…

  • Kollmorgen Automation partners with Spanish Association of Mobile Robotics

    Kollmorgen Automation partners with Spanish Association of Mobile Robotics

    The Spanish Association of Mobile Robotics (ARME) and Kollmorgen Automation have entered into a strategic partnership to offer high quality integration solutions for AGVs and mobile robots, based on the NDC8 platform. With this union, ARME aims to strengthen the position of AGVs and mobile robots at the Spanish market. Tobias Byfeldt, vice president, Kollmorgen…

  • Global semiconductor equipment sales grow 5 percent to $25 billion

    Global semiconductor equipment sales grow 5 percent to $25 billion

    Global semiconductor equipment billings grew 5 percent year-over-year to $24.7 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according industry association SEMI. The figures were revealed in SEMI’s Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics Report. Quarter-over-quarter billings in the seasonally soft first quarter declined 10 percent. Ajit Manocha, SEMI president and CEO, says: “Year-over-year first quarter equipment…

  • Automatica event right back on track, say organisers

    Automatica event right back on track, say organisers

    Organisers of Automatica, one of the world’s largest industrial robotics and automation trade shows, say the event is “right back on track” after a terrible pandemic which virtually destroyed the entire events sector. In a press release, Automatica organisers say: “The indicators for automatica 2022, which will be held at the Munich exhibition grounds from…

  • American Manufacturers ‘ready to help’ cope with disruption caused by coronavirus

    American Manufacturers ‘ready to help’ cope with disruption caused by coronavirus

    American Manufacturers say they are “ready to help” cope with the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. CEOs of companies facing global supply chain challenges can find local solutions with US suppliers, declared five American manufacturing trade associations in an open letter to CEOs. US trade associations representing more than 3,500 companies in industries that…

  • Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales jump 12 percent

    Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales jump 12 percent

    Worldwide semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted third-quarter 2019 billings of $14.9 billion, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 12 percent but down 6 percent from the third quarter of 2018. This is according to data collated by SEMI, the global industry association representing the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, reported today. The data are gathered jointly with…

  • US manufacturing output reaches ‘all-time high’

    US manufacturing output reaches ‘all-time high’

    Manufacturing output in the US has reached an “all-time high”, signaling the industry’s strength, according to the National Association of Manufacturers. For the past two years, manufacturers have been setting new records when it comes to manufacturing output, and through the first quarter of 2019, the industry has continued to reach new heights. Four out…

  • JMP Solutions earns new control system integration certification

    JMP Solutions earns new control system integration certification

    JMP Solutions, industrial technology partner to Fortune 1000 companies, has earned CSIA Certified status in the Control System Integrators Association “Best Practices and Benchmarks” certification program. This marks the 13th year JMP has held this coveted certification with CSIA, after receiving its initial certification in 2006. JMP is one of only 83 companies in the…

  • North American robotics market growing and creating new types of work, says A3

    North American robotics market growing and creating new types of work, says A3

    The fast-growing North American robotics and automation market is creating new kinds of jobs, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3.  The association says new technologies, such as collaborative robots and advanced vision systems are driving growth and diversity of employment in the sector. Jeff Burnstein, who has a number of roles in…