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Investing in People: How Workforce Development Is Building the Future at SMA
Manufacturers across the country continue to face a difficult workforce challenge. Finding qualified employees is only part of the equation. Companies must also create opportunities for people to grow, develop new skills and build careers they want to stay in.
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Built for the Tower: Why Cooling Tower Gearbox Standards Matter
At Sumitomo Drive Technologies, we know that selecting a cooling tower gearbox requires more than matching horsepower, ratio and service factor. The entire drive system must be evaluated for the conditions it will face.
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Powering the Production of Classroom Essentials
Where can you find Sumitomo gearboxes in the processes for making school supplies?
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Another Grand Slam for Sumitomo at T-Mobile Park!
Safeco Field, now known as T-Mobile Park and the new home of the Seattle Mariners, was designed with a retractable roof, which allowed fans to watch the game even in inclement weather. The retractable roof was driven by 96 Sumitomo BBB gearboxes, and after 24 years of service, the gearbox's...
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Sumitomo Drive Technologies Expands Domestic Precision Gear Manufacturing with Riverside Spline & Gear Acquisition
Acquisition of Riverside Spline & Gear brings vertically integrated domestic production capability to customers facing total cost of ownership pressure from offshore supply chains.
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Why Manufacturers Are Comparing the Wrong Number
Offshore sourcing often looks like a cost advantage—right up until it isn’t.
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It Takes All of Us: SMA's Commitment to Closer, Stronger Partnerships
National Supply Chain Day is a chance to step back and appreciate the networks that keep industries moving. For those of us at SMA, it is also an opportunity to reflect on the work we have been doing to make those networks stronger.
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Sumitomo On The Manufacturing Happy Hour Podcast
In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, Chris sits down remotely with Tony Barlett and Shawn Lambert from Sumitomo Drive Technologies for an inside look at a live warehouse automation project underway at their Chesapeake, Virginia headquarters.

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