A recent article posted by A3 (the Association for Advancing Automation) highlighted the 2022 record-breaking surge in robot sales in North America, demonstrating robotic manufacturing’s important role in the advancement of many industries. According to A3, “North American companies ordered 44,196 robots valued at $2.38 billion last year, representing increases of 11% and 18%, respectively, … Read More
2023 is here, and as we discussed in our post on The Future of Manufacturing, manufacturers can gain advantage through awareness of automation trends. By paying attention to these trends, manufacturers can improve processes and strengthen the health of their business. To that end, we’ve identified trends that are holding strong in 2023. Over the … Read More
Efficiency within your space can lead to higher profitability and return on investment. At Wes-Tech, our proprietary products have been designed and developed to seamlessly integrate into your manufacturing process. Our gantry product series is a game-changer for many applications, allowing you to increase the range of what you can manufacture within your available footprint. … Read More
With our sights firmly set on the successes to come in 2023, this is a good time to ensure we have also learned from past years. Wes-Tech is committed to continued innovation in manufacturing automation applications, and so we were drawn to this recent post from Visual Capitalist which maps the most innovative economies in … Read More
Industrial companies make products that shape our daily lives, such as clothing, food, and products used in the construction of the buildings and roads we use every day. According to Kim Borden, a Partner in the Chicago office of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, a wide variety of companies are leading innovation in manufacturing … Read More
Just as we have a wide range of equipment, we also offer a variety of consulting services to help keep your operation improving continuously. Our range of engineering and consulting services are designed to assist you in meeting your current and evolving needs. The Wes-Tech team has the capability to help you with an initial … Read More
Manufacturers are increasingly benefiting from greater efficiency, reduced risk, and opportunity for innovation made available by the automation revolution. In addition, as we discussed in our recent post about the rising cost of labor, the current environment in the U.S. has made it even more challenging to hire and retain the number of workers needed … Read More
Wes-Tech Automation Solutions will attend IMTS (The International Manufacturing Technology Show), the largest and longest-running industry trade show in the Western Hemisphere, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois from September 12-17, 2022 Wes-Tech is a “Top 100” system integrator that designs and builds factory automation for the automotive, appliance, medical device, DoD, and consumer products … Read More
In our first post on reshoring, we discussed the record-high rates of companies choosing to bring their manufacturing back to the U.S. to reap the benefits of making products where they will be sold. One of our recent case studies was on a company that was reshoring for this exact reason. You can view the … Read More
According to Investopedia, “Reshoring is the process of returning the production and manufacturing of goods back to the company’s original country. Reshoring is also known as onshoring, inshoring, or backshoring.” This is the opposite of the offshoring that many companies were doing over the past few decades to try to take advantage of a lower … Read More