Kenson Plastics is a family-owned business that has been manufacturing and assembling custom-made, precision pressure-formed plastics since 1972. You’re likely familiar with their work because they make the plastic seat backs for airplane seats, as well as the panels used in first class and business class.
Kenson was looking at how they could become more effective at doing high precision assemblies for their high mix, low volume production. With increased demand from their customers, Kenson thought that robotics may be able to help but didn’t know how to get started. This is a common problem faced by manufacturers of all sizes who need a proven solution and have limited capacity for operational and business risk.
They were able to answer this question after attending the ARM Institute’s free manufacturer educational workshops where they learned that they could leverage the ARM Institute to develop a proven, customized robotics solution without the pressure to purchase equipment. This eased the pressure on their team and provided a path forward to get started with robotics with the backing of both the ARM Institute’s internal team of experts and our expert consortium.