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Today’s manufacturers are navigating a perfect storm of challenges: labor shortages, rising input costs, increasing demand, and mounting pressure on profitability and safety. Typically, manufacturers address these challenges with temporary labor, lean manufacturing, product diversification, and traditional automation. Unfortunately, many of these tactics serve as temporary band-aids rather than long-term solutions. A more permanent solution to closing the productivity and...
Read MoreWhen James Shutts took over as the CEO of Bakery on Main nearly two years ago, he stepped into a company with decades of history — and decades of operational inertia. He immediately recognized the opportunity for the Connecticut-based granola company to scale its business while simultaneously cutting back on inefficiencies, and he made a to-do list. “Manufacturers often get...
Read MoreAt Formic, we’re not just making automation easy, accessible, and risk-free for U.S. manufacturers — we’re also helping build the next generation of manufacturing talent. There are 500,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs right now, and robots are key to closing the gap, but we need curious minds ready to take on the creative and complex roles that drive modern manufacturing forward....
Read MoreWhen you’re shipping more than 128,000 pounds of meat daily, inefficiency isn’t an option. At Land O’Frost’s bustling Lansing, IL, facility, the pace is relentless, and automation is now central to keeping it all moving. Land O’Frost, an 84-year-old manufacturer of deli meat and sausage, has long been a staple in the food industry. Across the sector, labor shortages and...
Read MoreFormic rounded out its summer tradeshow season at Automate in Detroit, Michigan, this week, where attendees stopped by our booth for live robot demos and to learn how easy automation can be with Formic. But this show wasn’t just about demos, we also marked a major milestone: Formic has officially surpassed 300,000 robot production hours. When we launched in 2020,...
Read MoreA few weeks ago, a Formic customer reached out with a familiar challenge: demand was surging as customers scrambled to secure domestic supply in anticipation of new tariffs, but their capital projects had been frozen. They were stuck between opportunity and uncertainty, unsure how to move forward without overcommitting budget in a volatile market. But this customer wasn’t left standing still. Thanks to Full...
Read MoreWhile much of the focus in robotics has been on making machines smarter, there's a much bigger challenge hiding in plain sight: getting robots into factories. Robots aren't being deployed at scale because many manufacturers — especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — face significant barriers to adoption. These challenges include high costs, time-intensive integration, and a lack of in-house...
Read MoreOn April 30, Formic hosted its second in-person Automation Community event at Land O’Frost’s production facility in Lansing, IL. Land O’Frost (LOF), an 80-year-old manufacturer of deli meats and sausages, opened its doors to attendees from a wide array of industries for a tour of its production lines. This event showcased how Formic’s Full Service Robotic Palletizers are boosting efficiency,...
Read MoreIn a world where American factories are running with 30% unfilled positions, how can we expect to meet rising demand? The answer might lie in robotics, but not in the way you might think. In March, Formic’s Founder and CEO, Saman Farid, joined John Furrier for theCUBE + NYSE Wired’s Robotics and AI Media Week to discuss the growing robotics...
Read MoreAs a 106-year-old family-owned company, Rumiano Cheese is no stranger to thinking outside the box and experimenting with ways to constantly improve business processes and employee well-being. Founded in 1919, the dairy manufacturer has continually evolved — from supporting the Apollo crew in the first lunar landing in the 1960s to becoming the first plant on the West Coast to...
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