Motion Plastics Manufacturer igus®: Focused on Customers, Innovation, and Sustainability for Almost 60 Years
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Motion Plastics Manufacturer igus®: Focused on Customers, Innovation, and Sustainability for Almost 60 Years

Around the world, 1964 was a pivotal year: Beatlemania was taking hold, Tokyo hosted the 18th Summer Olympics, humankind was preparing for space travel, and the World’s Fair in New York offered a peek at amazing innovations. That’s also the year when Günter Blase founded igus® – a complex technical polymer components supplier – in…
Supplier Profile: Peninsular Cylinder, Co. | Superheroes of Cylinders
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Supplier Profile: Peninsular Cylinder, Co. | Superheroes of Cylinders

The Marvel Cinematic Universe™ is full of superheroes with incredible powers and abilities. But even superheroes need the right tools and equipment to get the job done. Just like how Iron Man’s suit is equipped with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, Peninsular Cylinder Co.’s cylinders can provide the necessary power and precision for your machinery to…
Supplier Profile: Klemsan
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Supplier Profile: Klemsan

If you aren’t familiar with Klemsan, take a few minutes to learn about this impressive 49-year-old Turkish company that manufactures and sells low voltage connectors and accessories and energy management systems to customers throughout the world. The company was founded in 1974 and entered the market with terminal block products. Through the years, Klemsan has…
Supplier Profile: Gefran Pushing Beyond Technology
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Supplier Profile: Gefran Pushing Beyond Technology

With over 50 years of success, Gefran strives to push beyond technology boundaries to thrive not only in the area of product advancement but also in customer satisfaction, human development, and sustainability. From the beginning, Gefran has differentiated itself from the competition by understanding and producing exactly what customers are looking for to solve their…
Student Spotlight: OSU Students Save Dying Fish
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Student Spotlight: OSU Students Save Dying Fish

A team of engineering students from Oklahoma State emailed Automation Direct last year with a disturbing problem: Fish were dying! These engineering students had been contacted, in turn, by students in the nearby Culinary Arts program who run an aquaponics farm.  Aquaponics combines aquaculture (raising fish and other marine life in tanks) with hydroponics (growing…
Supplier Profile: R. Stahl
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Supplier Profile: R. Stahl

Companies and industries around the globe use R. Stahl’s superior explosion protection equipment and systems to protect against deadly explosions in hazardous locations that can occur if flammable gases, vapors, mists, or dusts combine with oxygen and an ignition source. R. Stahl is the global leader in explosion protection, and its innovative designs have made…
Supplier Profile: FATH
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Supplier Profile: FATH

FATH GmbH was started as a family operation in 1989 by Werner Fath and sons Mirko Jan and Wido. Now, still managed by Mirko Jan and Wido, FATH has evolved into an international group with worldwide production and 350 employees. FATH is the global innovation driver of intelligent system solutions in the production environment and…
EMMA wins Design Competition at Georgia Tech
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EMMA wins Design Competition at Georgia Tech

By Michael Probst, BSEE ’22 The Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Department requires two semesters of design experience, with a course known as “senior design”. Students divide themselves into teams of 4-6 students, often comprised of members from within a single department, or students can form interdisciplinary teams. The projects themselves come from three sources:…