From its Bay City, Michigan operation, RWC Inc. designs and builds custom automated assembly and welding equipment for high-tech manufacturing. Founded in 1945, the company combines 3D modeling, mechanical and controls engineering, and in-house manufacturing to create production systems tailored to a customer’s product and available floor space. RWC also supports those systems after installation with operator training, reconditioning, remote PLC assistance, and replacement parts.
Force Design, IncFor more than 25 years, Troy-based Force Design, Inc. has designed, built, and implemented custom robotic automation equipment for manufacturers. Its turnkey systems are tailored to each customer’s process, with the company also providing controls engineering, installation, and ongoing equipment support. Force Design’s work includes distinctive applications such as 3D-vision depalletizing and robotic welding, backed by a small-team approach that customers describe as trustworthy and responsive.TROY, OH
Taylor-Winfield Technologies, IncFrom its Youngstown, Ohio headquarters, Taylor-Winfield Technologies designs and builds industrial welding, material-joining and automated production equipment, including custom systems developed from concept through assembly and testing. The company traces its resistance-welding expertise back more than 135 years and its arc-welding experience back more than 75 years, while its patented linear-friction and coil-joining technologies extend that manufacturing legacy into newer applications. Taylor-Winfield also supports equipment throughout its service life with an R&D laboratory, worldwide field service and aftermarket parts, and builds machines in the USA to ISO 9001 standards.YOUNGSTOWN, OH
rpGatta incSince 1985, Aurora-based rpGatta inc. has designed, built, tested, and installed custom automated assembly and robotic equipment for manufacturing. The company is especially known for first-of-kind systems—about 80% of its projects are prototypes that must enter production when they reach the customer—and it engineers the mechanical, electrical, controls, and software work in-house. Its 81,000-square-foot facility supports fully simulated equipment runoffs before shipment, and the company holds seven U.S. patents.AURORA, OH
Automated Concepts & Tooling, IncSince its founding by owners Elizabeth and Craig in 2004, Waterford’s Automated Concepts & Tooling has designed and built high-speed assembly machines and turnkey automation systems, while also producing the precision-machined components those systems require. The company works across the project—from mechanical and controls engineering through installation, support, and contract assembly—and takes on jobs ranging from a few thousand dollars to more than $1 million. Its acquisition of Syst-A-Matic brought decades of additional precision machining and automation experience under one roof.WATERFORD, PA