The Qualification Bar Just Moved for South Carolina Aerospace and Defense Suppliers August 11, 2026 - By Chris Urban, Founder, Forged Path Automation South Carolina spent the spring formalizing something its supply base already felt coming.… Continue Reading
The Order Book Is Outrunning the Factory: Upstate South Carolina Energy Manufacturing in 2026 August 11, 2026 - By Chris Urban, Founder, Forged Path Automation GE Vernova closed the second quarter of 2026 with 116 gigawatts of gas… Continue Reading
South Carolina’s Factory Boom Is Outrunning Its Workforce — and the 2026 Numbers Prove It August 11, 2026 - By Chris Urban, Founder, Forged Path Automation South Carolina keeps announcing production capacity faster than its factories can add people.… Continue Reading
Reshoring Is Colliding With an AS9100 Quality Squeeze — Where Robotic Cleaning and Surface Prep Come In July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Cleaning and Surface-Prep Systems for Reshored, Quality-Critical ManufacturingAmerican manufacturing is coming home, and the numbers are… Continue Reading
Aerospace’s Additive Boom Has a Post-Processing Problem — Robots Are the Fix July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Deburring, Support Removal, and Surface Finishing for Additive Aerospace PartsMetal additive manufacturing has grown up. What… Continue Reading
Gas Turbine Lead Times Just Hit Five Years — and Hot-Section Finishing Is Part of the Bottleneck July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Robotic Finishing and Surface-Prep Systems for Turbine Manufacturing and MROThe gas turbine market has entered territory it… Continue Reading
Why the Skilled-Labor Shortage Is Turning Robotic Finishing Into a Production Necessity in 2026 July 13, 2026 - Forged Path Automation: Turnkey Robotic Finishing and Material-Removal Systems for Critical Manufacturing Two forces are colliding on American factory floors, and… Continue Reading
Robotic Automation ROI: How to Build a Business Case That Actually Holds Up June 9, 2026 - Most robotic automation projects do not stall because the technology cannot do the job. They stall in the budget meeting.… Continue Reading
End of Arm Tooling: Why It Makes or Breaks Your Robotic Cell June 9, 2026 - When a robotic cell underperforms, the robot is rarely the reason. The arm hits its points, holds its speed, and… Continue Reading
Surface Preparation Before Coating: Why Inconsistent Cleaning Is Your Most Expensive Defect June 9, 2026 - A coating failure almost never starts at the coating. It starts one step earlier — at surface preparation before coating,… Continue Reading