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View this email online. Technologies | News | Articles | Infocenter | Newsletters | Events | About Us | Suppliers | Advertise March 27, 2024 Technology Focus: Shop-Floor Robotics/Automation MetalForming brings you the March installment of our monthly Technology Focus newsletter, this month highlighting Shop-Floor Robotics/Automation. Collaborative Pressroom Automation Collaborative automation is changing the automation paradigm with a human-centric approach. Automated material handling and cobots that enhance worker safety, ease discomfort and improve pressroom productivity may be the key to attracting the next-gen workforce. Sponsored Experience the Latest Trends in Stamping Technologies Explore cutting-edge stamping technology at BRUDERER TechXpo 2024. Immerse yourself in their stamping machines that seamlessly blend decades of practical experience with state-of-the-art, superior patented technology. Register today! 10 Questions: How to Determine Which Type of Control to Outfit to Your Press A stamping press’s basic function and methodology have not changed much over the years, but the way that the press is driven and controlled has. Press controls have advanced over the years, and their features and options have proliferated. Sponsored Register Now! Attend the 2024 PMA Cleveland District Suppliers Night PMA's longest-running district suppliers night returns to Embassy Suites, Independence, OH on April 25. Connect with more than 100 exhibiting companies, showcasing hundreds of solutions for tool and die, metal stamping, forming and fabricating. Admission is free and includes hors d'oeuvres, raffle drawing entry and cash bar. Register here ABB Opens Refitted U.S. Robotics Manufacturing and Training Facility in Michigan     ABB cut the ribbon on its $20 million refitted U.S. robotics headquarters and manufacturing operation, which includes a 30% increase in facility space. The facility will develop and manufacture robotic solutions in the United States, for the United States and the Americas. Sponsored PMA Membership Position your company as an industry leader when you utilize PMA resources—ITR Econ Trends reports, trade publications, One Voice and FABTECH trade shows. A PMA membership will provide your company and all of its employees with a range of valuable industry resources that are designed to help you become more connected, more informed, more efficient, more competitive and, ultimately, more profitable. Servo-Press Quartet Plus Zig-Zag Feeds Yield Impressive Results Hubbard Spring Co. recently overhauled its stamping operations. On board: four new servo presses, equipped with zig-zag feed lines, that have enabled the firm to reduce its number of inventoried raw materials by as much as 90%. Coming in April: Mexico Stamping Technology Webinar Series Save the dates—April 9, 11, 16 and 18—for the 2024 Mexico Stamping Technology Webinar Series, presented by the Precision Metalforming Association and MetalForming magazine. Conducted in Spanish, the series is designed to provide senior Mexico business leaders and their key technical staff in Mexican facilities with the most current information on numerous technology trends in the metal forming industry. WATCH: Tour of Volvo’s New Virginia Truck-Manufacturing Plant     Volvo is marketing its new VNR series as “versatile regional-haul tractors designed and developed for the modern professional truck driver and the rapidly evolving demands of goods delivery.” Here’s a detailed video tour of the 1.6-million-sq.-ft. facility in Dublin, VA, providing up-close looks at frame and chassis assembly lines, the cab welding and paint shops, final assembly, crash testing, and more. Hot Off the Press BLM Group USA Appoints Northeast Regional Sales Manager Survey: North American Metals-Industry Outlook Profile Metal Forming Installs 630-Ton Aida Press Rockford Toolcraft to Add 33,330 Sq. Ft. From the March Issue of MetalForming Automation and Humans: Replacement or Enhancement? A dichotomy of messaging is being transmitted from the manufacturing industry concurrently. One: Manufacturing employers are desperate and clamoring for new employees to perform important tasks. The other: Manufacturing leaders are buying robots and automation to replace employees as fast as they can. MetalForming Live on the Shop Floor 2024—Virtual Event: Automation Case Studies Tune in on April 24 for a free, 90-min. live presentation covering innovative projects at Clover Tool Mfg. and Nelson Steel Products. And, get your questions answered by automation experts. New Products Customized AMRs Robotic Cell for Beam Cutting Upcoming Issues April Hydraulic Presses Stamping Advanced Steels Tooling—In-Die Technology PREVIEW: FABTECH Mexico CNC Punching Arc Welding Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Industry 4.0-Additive Manufacturing April 24 Webcast: MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor: Automation Case Studies May Mechanical Presses ERP Technology Roundup Coil/Blank Feeding Bending/Folding Material Handling Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Manufacturing Software Subscribe to this enewsletter MetalForming magazine is the official publication of Precision Metalforming Association. PMA Services Inc. 6363 Oak Tree Blvd. | Independence, OH 44131-2500 | USA 216-901-8800

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