St. Cloud Times: Manufacturers struggling to find employees turn to robots, automation

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5 Dec 2022


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A new DEED grant intends to help labor-strapped manufacturers employ more robots in their companies.

Central McGowan Vice President and General Manager of Automation Pete Rogers said automation implementation has been undergoing a big shift; previously, it was mainly large manufacturers with the resources to automate, but that has tricked down to small facilities. For example, Central McGowan has provided automation to a husband-wife team whose first employee was a robot.

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