DB Schenker's new train service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou is about 20 days faster than ocean freight. Claimed to be for the first time ever, DB Schenker, together with the City and Port Authority of Zhengzhou (Province Henan), has started ...
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LASYS 2014 to see demo of high-power welding with online seam tracking; BMW-Mini already a fan. Laser positioning and deflection technology developer Scanlab and subsidiary Blackbird Robotics will be presenting their new robot-assisted 3D ...
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In April alone, Hiwin Technologies Corp. had consolidated revenue of NT$1.1 billion (US$37.6 million), increasing 4.3% from the previous month and 33.9% year on year, thanks to increased demand for industrial robots and intelligent ...
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Eric Chuo looks to promising 2014 for Taiwan's machine tool industry. (Photo courtesy of Hiwin) Hiwin Technologies Corp. has announced?Q1 consolidated revenue of?NT$3.01 billion (US$100.4 million), increasing 26.9% from NT$2.37 billion ...
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Hiwin leads Taiwan's machine tool makers in 2013 earnings. (Photo of company chairman and chief executive officer, Eric Chuo, courtesy of Hiwin) Hiwin Technologies Corp.,?a Taiwan-based maker of?precision components for machinery, has ...
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When robotics began, they were discrete pieces added into the packaging process. That introductory phase is over. ABB Robotics has transitioned into solutions that are complete systems. Now, the company's industrial robots are even more ...
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Epson announced the SureColor F2000 Series direct-to-garment (DTG) ink jet printers are now shipping. Poised to become the new benchmark in high-performance garment imaging, the SureColor F2000 White Edition and SureColor F2000 Color ...
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Having grown into the world’s factory through an abundance of cheap labor, China is now rushing to introduce industrial robots in response to rising wages and a worker shortage created by its one-child policy. The casting industry ...
China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
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Global automotive supplier DENSO is set to merge its DENSO WAVE Incorporated and DENSO ELECS Co Ltd divisions in January 2015. The consolidated company will be called DENSO WAVE. This move by the company is to improve its ...
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Think human relations can be tricky? Try human and robot relations. But that has not stopped European researchers from starting an initiative to take such collaboration even further in manufacturing settings—upping the automation ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received orders from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) of Korea for four Ultra Steam Turbine ...
Tags: MHI-MME, HHI, Ultra Steam Turbine, LNGC, PETRONAS, Malaysia
In 2012, although the growth rate of global demand for industrial robots has slowed down, the sales volume of robots worldwide set the record the second highest just after that in 2011 and arrived at 159,000 units. In particular, ...
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The Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America has announced that it has acquired all outstanding shares of Agile Planet, Inc. Agile Planet is a developer of intelligent robotics software and hardware products engineered to dramatically ...
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Global demand for robots is forecast to increase nearly 11% per year through 2016 to $20.2 billion, outpacing both the world’s economy and overall manufacturing activity. The United States is projected to grow at more than 15% per ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, robots