The ringing of the closing bell on October 17th at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was performed not by a human, but by a robot arm. The bell ringer, Universal Robots’ UR5e is a collaborative robot.
Motion Industries Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, has acquired Hydraulic Supply Company, a full service distributor, offering customers a selection from over 8,000 hydraulic, pneumatic and industrial products.
Beckhoff Automation further strengthened the company’s sales and application engineering presence on the West Coast by opening a 2,000-sq. ft. sales office in Carlsbad, Calif.
In preparation for full scale launch of TVI for the U.S. in early 2019, MULTIVAC US has hired Chris Mason as sales director for the newly formed Processing Division.
The four-sided, tetrahedron-shaped E-Z SnackPak pouch, in partnership with PepsiCo Mexico Foods for the Doritos Icognita brand, has won two industry awards.
Cassaretto will be responsible for all commercial activities throughout the region, as well as manage the entire Latin American sales force for Dorner.
Petruch assumes leadership of Sun Chemical after serving as president of Sun Chemical Performance Pigments and general manager of the Pigments Products Division since 2008.