NEWS & Press Releases

Modern Manufacturing Initiative
December 21, 2021

Seize the Opportunity! MMI Grant – Round 2 Funding

A New Year brings new opportunities, and the Federal Government’s next round of Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) grant funding might provide a final incentive to bring desired projects online in 2022. The MMI is part of the Federa...

automation tech support
March 9, 2021

Tech Support: Nice to have, or now ESSENTIAL?

Colin Wells, managing director of Robotic Automation, takes a closer look at the evolution of tech support in Australia, and the critical decisions businesses need make to maximise the lifetime performance of their automation systems. Ha...

March 3, 2021

Timely automation takes TIME

There is an interesting theme developing currently within the Automation Systems Integrator (ASI) market; clients new and old are asking for delivery of automation systems in unrealistic time frames. So why now? The average time frame fr...

robotic palletiser
February 17, 2021

Not all automation systems are created EQUAL

Colin Wells discusses the importance of ensuring your investment in automation technology is not only the best value for money today, but also flexible enough to create viable options for your business well into the future, saving costs...

May 27, 2020

The Continuity Factor

Australia really needs to lift a gear in the field of industrial automation to avoid falling further behind. But it’s just not happening. Why? Personally, I think there are a number of factors, such as the lack of continuity of staff a...

May 27, 2020

Is Aussie & NZ Industry Up To Scratch?

By Colin Wells MD Robotic Automation pl Over the past 30 odd years I have seen some highly innovative and world class Robotic Solutions employed in Australian and NZ industry’s. Given the size of our manufacturing Ind our population of...