gt8963a@prism.gatech.EDU (MCCARTNEY,JEFFREY ELWOOD) (06/03/91)
I'm thinking about seriously looking into using Vedako and its robotic arm
products. Can anyone tell me about this Oakville, Ontario company?
Who calls the shots, Vedako or their owner, Agri?
What are their other products?
Are they making a healthy profit in these troubled times.
What are the people behind the product like?
What is their market share?
Are their products high, middle or low-end?
Are they a class-act company in general?
And anything else about the company in general.
Thank you.
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Internet: gt8963a@prism.gatech.edugreen@vis.toronto.edu (Anthony Thomas Green) (06/04/91)
gt8963a@prism.gatech.EDU (MCCARTNEY,JEFFREY ELWOOD) writes: >I'm thinking about seriously looking into using Vedako and its robotic arm >products. Can anyone tell me about this Oakville, Ontario company? (stuff deleted) From what I understand they were granted a huge NASA contract a few months ago. I heard it on the news a while back. They said that the contract involved building the "worlds largest robotics installation", whatever that means. Can anybody confirm this? Anthony Green green@vis.toronto.edu
gershon@vis.toronto.edu (Ron Gershon) (06/07/91)
Following up on Jefferey McCartney (gt8963a@prism.gatech.edu) request for info on Vadeko, and Anthony Green's (green@vis.toronto.edu) reply, here are the two cents I picked over the local newpapers recently: "Vadeko recently won a $20.4 million contract to supply robot systems to NASA for use in its Advanced Solid Rocket Motor facility, currently under construction in Iuka, Miss. Vadeko, part of the AGRA Industries group, will supply a complete case preparation facility, including three robots, which will perform various motor finishing operations. The robots will stand some 20m (60ft for the non-metric readers [RG]) high with a total process facility of 4000 cubic meters. The robots are set for delivery to NASA in late 1992 with production at the Iuka site slated to commence in late 1993. Vadeko is subcontracting $6.3 million of business to Cambrian Engineering, another AGRA company, for design and installation of structural and air handling facilities." -- Ron