Case Studies

Ready for the Future

Industry 4.0 technology adoption is helping Indiana’s makers meet the challenges of a rapidly changing economy. Explore their stories.

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Tactile Engineering

Tactile Engineering

County
Tippecanoe

Tactile Engineering staffers work at desks and electronics workstations, performing assembly and testing tasks. A robot arm moves a suction tube to position a tiny plastic dot in a tray with hundreds of holes. A rapidly spinning rod winds copper wire into a tight coil. Behind a green safety shield, a laser beam flashes over metal parts.

Accutech Mold & Machine

Accutech Mold & Machine

Grant Amount
$175,000
County
Allen

Accutech Mold & Machine Paired two Manufacturing Readiness Grants (MRGs) to support Autonomous Robotics, Sensor Technology Adoption and Digitizing Machine Operations

Jasper Group

Jasper Group

Grant Amount
$98,000
County
orange

Jasper Group Makes Bold Leap into Industry 4.0 with Adoption of Autonomous Mobile Robots in its Orleans, Indiana, Plant

Complexus Medical

Complexus Medical

County
Marion

Manufacturing Readiness Grant Spurs Growth for Complexus Medical and Opportunities for its Workforce

Batesville Tool & Die, Inc. (BTD)

Batesville Tool & Die, Inc. (BTD)

Grant Amount
$184,000
County
Ripley

Batesville Tool & Die Invested its Manufacturing Readiness Grant in Advanced Robotics with Integrated Machine Vision to Significantly Grow its Manufacturing Capacity

Chiyoda USA

Chiyoda USA

County
Putnam

A Fully Integrated Automation Line Becomes Reality at Chiyoda USA with Support from a Manufacturing Readiness Grant

Oscar Winski Company

Oscar Winski Company

Grant Amount
$183,750
County
Tippecanoe

Oscar Winski’s manufacturing story began with opening his first scrap metal business with his son, Louis, in Lafayette, Ind., in 1907. Today, that company retains its original entrepreneurial spirit, with […]

Soil-Max Inc.

Soil-Max Inc.

Grant Amount
$184,000
County
Vigo

Soil-Max Implements an Innovative Robotic Welding System to Create a Dynamic Manufacturing Process