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Manufacturers get creative to out-maneuver automation supply chain delays
When Shawn O’Farrell couldn’t find a standard turnkey component for an automation system, he shopped around for it on eBay as a last-ditch effort.
Automation companies sustain growth despite workforce, supply chain challenges
John Amrhein and his team at Orka Automation LLC are seeing newfound levels of demand from current and potential clients looking to leverage technology to fill gaps left behind by labor shortages.
Amid growth, Dematic shifts focus to automation as pandemic exposes new customer needs
GRAND RAPIDS — As an executive at a global company serving firms in the e-commerce, logistics and warehousing spaces, Mike Larsson has noticed the needs of his customers change dramatically over the last year.
St. Joseph automation manufacturer expanding, adding 20 jobs to support growth
ST. JOSEPH — Southwest Michigan company Edgewater Automation LLC is expanding as manufacturers across the state adopt automation to help ease workforce pressures.
MiBiz Growth Report: June 6, 2021
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Additive manufacturing grows from buzzword to key industry player
As owner of Forerunner 3D Printing LLC, Paul DeWys utilizes the evolving process of additive manufacturing to primarily produce short runs of complex parts for area businesses, or help them bring those same capabilities to the shop floor.
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Small and medium manufacturers lag behind in Industry 4.0 race
As a company that has operated for more than 70 years, Jenison-based Nu-Wool Co. Inc. certainly was not oblivious to the fact that higher levels of technology and automation could transform its production process, according to executives.
Pandemic pushes manufacturers to lean on, reconsider Industry 4.0 technologies
When the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic made life complicated for Eaton Corporation plc’s Vehicle Group, the company leveraged Industry 4.0 technology to wade through it all.
PE firm Concurrence Capital invests in Sparta telecom contractor
GRAND RAPIDS — Concurrence Capital Holdings LLC has closed on a deal to acquire a Sparta-based telecommunications contractor.
Buyers outnumber sellers as more PE firms, individual investors enter the market
When Alan Hartline purchased Kingma’s Market four years ago, he pivoted away from a corporate world in which he was at the “mercy of quarterly earnings and Wall Street.”
Technical knowhow: West Michigan evolves as hub for automation
Michigan’s role in improving manufacturing efficiency has come a long way since the invention of the assembly line.
MiBiz Growth Report: Oct. 16, 2017
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In first deal, PE firm Concurrence Capital invests in Holland automation firm
A West Michigan-based private equity firm closed on its first deal with an investment in Holland-based Mission Design & Automation LLC.