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Items Tagged with 'smart manufacturing'

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A Look at How Smart Manufacturing Is Addressing Operational, Economic Challenges

For its 10th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report, Rockwell Automation surveyed 1,560 manufacturing leaders about the internal and external challenges they face and how they’re using technology to address them.
Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief
Alyse Thompson-Richards
September 18, 2025

For its 10th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report, Rockwell Automation surveyed 1,560 manufacturing leaders about the internal and external challenges they face and how they’re using technology to address them.


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ANKO Flatbread Integrated Production Line
Automation/Robotics

ANKO Unveils Flatbread Production Lines

July 7, 2025

The complete system integration covers every stage, with tooling flexibility designed to support regional variations and recipe-specific adjustments.


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Manufacturing plant

Costs, Knowledge Gaps and Skill Deficiencies Hinder Digital Transformation

Most food processors know the advantages of digital technologies, but implementation remains a challenge.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
April 8, 2024

Adopting automation on a modular basis may be a way to implement technology incrementally, making it more affordable and easier to learn and deploy.


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bread factory
Workflow

Increased Throughput Calls for New Productivity Tools

Which kind of productivity tool or platform is needed as companies take on continuous improvement projects, smart manufacturing upgrades or pilot programs?
Grant Gerke
Grant Gerke
January 18, 2024

Which kind of productivity tool or platform is needed as companies take on continuous improvement projects, smart manufacturing upgrades or pilot programs?


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GEMCO's smart powder processing equipment
Announcements

GEMCO to Attend Pack Expo 2023

September 6, 2023

The company will attend the convention and showcase its powder processing “smart” equipment.


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SME, CESMII work together to drive the adoption of smart manufacturing
Organizations - Industry 4.0

SME, CESMII work together to drive the adoption of smart manufacturing

When manufacturers need help in planning automated systems, these two organizations have aligned resources to educate and find talent
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 17, 2021
Smart manufacturing gets some help from SME and CESMII
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Gray Stone
Mergers & Acquisitions

Food Engineering exclusive: Gray Solutions acquires Stone Technologies

Merger agreement bolsters Gray’s digital services
Kristen Kazarian
Kristen Kazarian
February 16, 2021

Gray Solutions, a Gray company that provides automation, operations and information services to help food & beverage customers implement smart manufacturing, has reached a merger agreement with Stone Technologies.


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