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Manufacturing Systems Services at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) include advanced automated manufacturing systems and solutions - from "clean-sheet" feasibility studies to sophisticated "turnkey" systems - to help commercial and government clients achieve increased productivity and profitability and improved product quality.

Today's industrial processes combine diverse technologies that must be customized for each application. With an experienced staff and extensive facilities, SwRI integrates technologies to reduce costs, increase throughput, and provide consistently high-quality products. Specific areas of expertise include:

• Robotics, End-Effectors, & Controls

• Machine Vision

• Optical Sensing & Control

• Machine Design & System Integration

• Automated Surface Processing

• Lean Manufacturing

Customers choose SwRI for their industrial automation needs because...

• Our world-class laboratories and staff of 3,100 provide the most comprehensive design, development, and testing resource in the world

• We are independent and nonprofit - we want to help the customer find solutions and achieve their vision

• As part of a long-held tradition, patent rights arising from sponsored research at the Institute are often assigned to the client. SwRI generally retains the rights to Institute-funded advancements.

• Customer service is a priority - 85 percent of our business is return business

• We utilize cutting-edge research and development, driven directly by client needs and input, to provide unique and innovative solutions

• Project details, status, and results may be kept confidential to protect the client's investment.

For more information about manufacturing systems services capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Paul T. Evans at pevans@swri.org or (210) 522-2994.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

June 18, 2008