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Why manufacturing’s AI-lag is a good thing
/in General/by Bart TaylorIt’s no secret that across US industry, adoption rates of AI, and technology in general, differ. Consider service giant Amazon. Insiders now forecast the company to jettison 500,000 employees in the coming years because of AI, on top of tens of thousands already sent packing. Manufacturers have no such luxury – or inclination. People are […]
Why Cobot Welding is Breaking Through in a Big Way
/in General/by Bart TaylorDoug Rhoda and team launched Vectis Automation at FABTECH in 2019, after deciding a year earlier the timing was probably right. “I walked FABTECH in 2018, asking myself, ‘is this (cobot welding) going to make sense or not?’” Six years later, with over 700 units now installed throughout North America, the answer is evident. But […]
CEO Nubia Perez’s LinkedIn videos are an HR home-run. Will new customers follow?
/in General/by Bart TaylorNubia Perez joined the family business full-time in 2012 and became CEO of Gretna Machine in 2023, a decade to ‘season’ and learn the ins-and-outs of operations. Right? Well, sort of. “During that time I wasn’t in a business development role, more behind the scenes,” says Perez. “For example, getting us into aerospace, leading the […]
Here’s why OEMs are investing in US manufacturing, and why they’re not
/in General/by Bart TaylorLast month we reviewed Reshoring Initiative’s (RI) 2024 Annual Report that summarized announced plans by US companies to reshore manufacturing jobs. RI followed up the ‘24 Report with a 2025 survey of US manufacturers “to determine where U.S. manufacturers are with respect to reshoring and the key factors influencing those decisions.” Participation was high: over […]