NEWS and insights

Optimized In-Line Work Cell for Clip Assembly and Inspection

June 10, 2025 No Comments

Optimized assembly with automation, real-time rework, and traceability for the automotive industry. […]

Agile? Are we still doing that?

May 6, 2025 No Comments

The concepts of Agile are applicable to Automation, now more than ever! […]

Orka Automation in the News – February 2024

February 5, 2024 No Comments

Orka Featured in Crain’s grand rapids business Excerpted below: Manufacturing Local automation executives confident in 2024 demand, growth Kayleigh Van Wyk – January 4, 2024 […]

Orka Automation In the News – November 2023

January 8, 2024 No Comments

THE RIGHT PLACE ASSISTS ORKA AUTOMATION WITH WYOMING EXPANSION November 22, 2023 Today, The Right Place, Inc., in collaboration with the City of Wyoming, announced […]

Why Automate?

January 19, 2023 No Comments

Why Automate Your Manufacturing Process? Automating manufacturing processes improves quality, increases efficiency, and reduces risk in your operation. It’s good for your customers, your business, […]

Why Automated Inspection?

January 5, 2023 No Comments

Why transition to an Automated Inspection system? It’s simple – delivering consistent quality parts on time is essential to your business and your brand. With […]

Worth A Read…

July 8, 2022 No Comments

Links to articles that caught our attention this week. INDUSTRY TRENDS 3 Must-Know 2022 Automotive Industry Trends – 1). Focus on Green; 2). Growing Popularity […]

Unfortunately, Failure Can Be An Option

April 19, 2022 No Comments

FAILURE HAPPENS We’ve all heard the saying, “Failure is not an option”. However, in a disturbing percentage of industrial automation implementations, failure definitely happens. Searching […]

Considerations for Evolving your Smart Factory in 2022

January 10, 2022 No Comments

Let’s be honest. The past almost two years have been crazy. A global pandemic, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and murder hornets. We may have […]

Orka In the News | 12.10.21

December 10, 2021 No Comments

ORKA IN THE NEWS Orka was featured in a recent article from MiBiz on Automation Industry activity. In short – there’s a lot of automation […]

Supplier Relationships = Innovation

October 18, 2021 No Comments

Supply chain difficulties lead headlines in all major publications – manufacturing and otherwise. In addition to pent-up demand, manufacturers continue to experience challenges getting components […]

Orka In the News | 7.1.2021

July 9, 2021 No Comments

ORKA IN THE NEWS Check out Orka Automation leaders Michael Ramirez and John Amrhein’s input into part 1 of a series on Industry 4.0 at […]

Orka In the News | 7.9.2021

July 9, 2021 No Comments

ORKA IN THE NEWS Check out Orka Automation leaders Michael Ramirez and John Amrhein’s input into part 2 of a series on Industry 4.0 at […]

Automation Headlines | 7.6.2021

July 6, 2021 No Comments

Welcome to a new series featuring articles, resources, and events we’re reading or visiting to inspire, inform, and ignite new ideas around using automation to […]

How to get the Bean Counters to Approve Your Capital Request

February 2, 2021 No Comments

As a former Finance leader for several large manufacturing companies, I’ve seen my fair share of capital requests – both well prepared, and not so […]

Automating 2021

January 12, 2021 No Comments

Happy New Year, and congratulations on surviving 2020. This past year has been difficult for everyone – especially small businesses looking to compete in a […]

Automation Is No Longer Optional — It’s Inevitable

November 30, 2020 No Comments

This year has been unusual, to say the least. From lock-downs to masks, toilet paper shortages to daily temperature checks, a lot has been asked […]

Moving, Slicing, Sorting and Simplifying

September 10, 2020 No Comments

Challenge A global manufacturer of custom-engineered foam-based components, products and packaging was looking to automate a fully manual process for slipping foam “buns” into standard […]