Manufacturing

Google Health, the company’s newest product area, has ballooned to more than 500 employees Google’s health care projects, which were once scattered across the company, are now starting to come together under one team now working out of the Palo Alto offices formerly occupied by Nest, Google’s smart home group, according to several current and former employees. Google Health, which represents the first major new product area at Google since hardware, began to organize in 2018, and now numbers more than 500 people working under David Feinberg, who joined the company in early 2019. Most of these people were reassigned...

Premier Automation Brings Manufacturing Jobs To Forsyth Premier Automation opened a new facility in Forsyth County manufacturing customized electrical control panels for regional customers. An official grand opening of the new facility will be held this spring. The new address of Premier Automation’s Georgia location is 3010 Engineering Pkwy., Alpharetta. (Shutterstock) FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — Premier Automation, a nation-wide leader in industrial programming and controls, automation solutions and robotics has expanded operations into Forsyth County. To better serve customers in the Southeastern United States, the Premier Automation team worked diligently with local and state officials for nearly a year before...

Industrial Automation Technology Trends, Revealed by GlobalData Modern vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) features are networked supercomputers on wheels. Automation promises to bring down operational costs, improve process efficiencies, and enable the development of new digital services for customers, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report, ‘Tech, Media, & Telecom Trends 2020 – Thematic Research’, reveals that implementing a digital twin approach to data management will be critical for an enterprise-wide approach to automation. Listed below are the top industrial automation technology trends, as identified by GlobalData. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 is the digitisation...

EcoFarm panel looks at supply chain challenges ( EcoFarm ) PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — Organic farming and marketing is not getting any easier, and a panel of organic supply chain experts at EcoFarm 2020 said the causes include regulations, competition and escalating consumer expectations. The Jan. 24 panel, moderated by Thomas Nelson, regional director with Kitchen Table Advisors, Guinda, Calif., featured two organic suppliers, a wholesale distributor and a retailer. Panelists said there are several challenges for their businesses. Qiana Cameron, buyer with Veritable Vegetable, San Francisco, said Department of Transportation hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers, amplified by electronic logging...

California Giant collaborates on sustainability ( File photo ) California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, was busy in 2019 with sustainability programs, but the origin of those efforts came many years ago, according to the company. California Giant partnered with Measure to Improve in January 2019 to advance its agenda to become a True Zero Waste Certified company, according to a news release. The company eliminated wax in corrugated packaging in 2009 to enable the berry trays to be recyclable, and later cut the amount of paper used in strawberry trays by 12% and paper for pallet stability tie sheets by...