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This Week in Manufacturing

Business experience can come from nearly anywhere and that diversity helps power continued innovation. This week’s feature company is looking to the future driven by their veteran experience and strong partnerships.

Our feature company is RKL Technologies of Corona, California. As the organization approaches a change in leadership, it can highlight veteran roots. However, their commitment to customer service will stay strong, along with efficient cobot partnerships.

This week’s podcast episodes approach business from two different angles: cutting-edge and historical entrepreneurship. Enjoy perspectives from The Manufacturing Executive and Founders.

This week’s Social Video showcases one of the many uses of cobots within manufacturing, just like RKL Technologies.

Finally, this week’s headlines detail partnerships across military and civilian lines, sustainability, 3D printing, and more.

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⚙ Manufacturing Headlines

• Debut of sustainable polyurethane binders for playgrounds [Fibre2Fashion]

• TI to Get $1.6 Billion in Federal Funding for US Chip Plants [PC Mag]

• Veteran experience drives customer growth in CA [CompanyWeek]

• BD Celebrates 75 Years of U.S. Manufacturing Excellence in NE [PR Newswire]

• Jamco + Airtech Collaboration Enhancing 3D Printing for Aerospace [3D Printing.com]

• ZymoChem Awarded $1.57M U.S. DoD Contract For Bioindustrial Manufacturing [Textile World]

INDUSTRIAL & EQUIPMENT

♨️ RKL Technologies

RKL Technologies continues to build on its reputation for quality and service in contract machining as it undergoes a generational change.

The company began as a two-person shop with one mill in a garage-sized space, but now employs 24 people in the 17,000-square-foot facility it moved to in 1994.

As the company’s founders prepare to retire, two college best friends are taking RKL into the future with expanded industry focuses, cobots, and more!

Upshot: “We have skilled people that can now run six machines instead of one because the Cobots are doing all the work operating the machines.”

FROM THE FEED

📱Cobot programming + welding

 🤨 Did You Know?

The cobot market is expected to grow from $475 million in 2020 and reach

 $8 billion

by 2030.

^{Source: Statista}

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