I am happy to welcome John Burg from Acieta LLC. If you haven’t heard about Acieta they are a 38 year old robot automation integration company located in Council Bluffs, IA, and Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Along with his father, John founded Automated Concepts, Inc., which would eventually grow into Acieta LLC. For nearly 40 years he's devoted most of his time to this passion by helping customers find better ways to manufacture their products, by lowering their part costs and increasing their productivity.

In the pod, we talk about:

The greatest challenges for manufacturing in the United States todayWhat steps can manufacturers take to deal with the labor shortage and retain good employeesThe trends that you are seeing in automated welding?Today's robotic automation includes tools that help get a consistently good part. Are they too complex for a company with no robotic experience? Can robots do all of our weldingAre systems getting bigger and more complex, or are they getting leaner and decentralized?

What does success look like in automation systems design and build.

If you would like to get in touch with John you can find him here https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnburg/ or if you have a conveyance need, and want to get in touch with the staff Acieta, you can find them at https://www.acieta.com/contact-us

Thanks to our John, and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot.com

Enjoy the podcast,

Jim / Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast

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Key words and terms for this podcast: Acieta, automated welding, robotic welding, John Burg, Automated manufacturing of metal components