Faced with difficulty finding skilled labor, Steelway Building Systems turned to AGT Robotics, a FANUC Authorized System Integrator, to better automate its beam welding operations—and saw immediate results. By implementing AGT’s robotic weld system, featuring dual FANUC Arc Mate robots, Steelway increased its welding capacity, streamlined four-sided welds on beams up to 60-feet long, and freed up welders for higher value tasks.
Growing fruits and vegetables in greenhouses is one of the most sustainable solutions to feed the world’s growing population at a time when available farmland is shrinking. However, Westburg Greenhouse in Grubbenvorst, the Netherlands, is facing significant labor cost increases, which are challenging sustainability of the process of harvesting tomatoes and delivering the produce to market. Enter Four Growers Inc., a Y Combinator–backed AI and robotics company based in Pittsburgh, PA, that developed the GR-200 robotic harvesting platform—powered by FANUC’s LR Mate robot arm—to help growers increase yield, control costs, and future-proof their operations.
Cripps & Sons Woodworking, a family-run cabinet-making business based in Nova Scotia, has built a reputation for delivering high-end residential cabinetry across the province. Founded in 2009 by Red Seal cabinet makers Sam and Jim Cripps and their father, the company has grown steadily, culminating in the opening of a new facility in 2022. As demand increased, so did the need for greater efficiency and consistency—especially in the labor-intensive sanding process.