A top-ranked shop has grown through the automation evolution, and has found a home for the early implementations of automation as well as the latest. Every step has been scrutinized and purchased with care.

Now we’re starting to see the promise of cloud computing for fabricators: the goal of this software company is to take the burdens of coordinating ERP out of the hands of the users.

Among our many reports on advanced fabricating technology, we have given little attention to…suction cups. This oversight will now be corrected, and for good reason: There are big chunks of cycle time involved.