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