While it might not be the industry that you see taking up the sensationalist, there’s no arguing against the importance of the manufacturing industry. It’s something that is the backbone of many cornerstones of the societal landscape you know today. As a result, the technology that goes into this is something that will be transformative
ANN ARBOR - Neil Balduc, the owner of Tritegrity Machine, a small Tier 2 CNC manufacturer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, was ecstatic when he got word from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. that he was awarded a matching grant of $25,000 from the Industry 4.0 fund. The money allowed him to buy a co-bot for
DETROIT - Smart manufacturing and the rise of Industry 4.0 technology, which involves the integration of digital tech, automation, and data exchange, have been strongly adopted by General Motors. Former Manager of Advanced Technology and Smart Manufacturing at GM, Andy Buckland, in an interview with MITechNews.Com, emphasized the company's efforts to incorporate these advancements, from
TROY – Integr8, the annual Industry 4.0 conference hosted by Automation Alley, is shifting from a one-day event to a year-long exploration into the digital transformation of manufacturing. The new format will include up to a dozen invite-only roundtable sessions where leaders from industry, academia and government will meet to discuss the opportunities and challenges
DETROIT - The world around us is changing at blistering speed. Welcome to the ‘Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’. We are smack dab in the middle of incredible changes that are causing our physical, digital, and biological worlds to merge. In this vastly altered reality, age-old rules no longer apply, especially when it
TROY - Tom Kelly, the new executive director of Automation Alley, is developing a new strategy to make the technology business association an expert on what he calls Industry 4.0 - the fourth industrial revolution fueled by dramatic changes in the digital world transforming manufacturing - still Michigan’s biggest business sector. “My job is to
