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Manufacturing
“ I’ m constantly learning about new trends, industries, and opportunities, leveraging a network I’ ve built throughout my career to identify where the market is heading. For instance, we know that the world’ s population is aging, and research suggests the average person will need two medical implants in their lifetime. We’ ve been servicing the medical device industry for more than 35 years, but we know the market is constantly growing because of global demographics. As a smaller company, we can quickly adapt our processes to respond to this increased demand.”
Elaborating on Acme’ s success, Fritz is keen to share the partnerships and projects that have been crucial to the company’ s evolution.“ We have an extensive ecosystem of companies that we’ ve worked with for decades, such as FANUC, who have been one of our strategic partners for more than 40 years,” he says.“ It’ s crucial that we maintain strong partnerships as our integrated robotic systems depend on integrating world class products and components manufactured by other companies, into our systems.
“ We’ re fortunate to have completed some incredible projects, and what’ s great about Acme is our ability to take on small as well as very large projects where we can partner with other suppliers to bring greater value to the customer. We’ re incredibly proud to have worked on one of the largest projects in our industry, which saw us install more than 200 robots for finishing applications in multiple plants in Asia over a four-year period. We’ ve recently completed a large, three-year contract for approximately 40 robotic cells for a privately held, family-owned business that was looking to reshore its products from Asia to North America.”
With Fritz’ s leadership, Acme is sure to experience continued success, and as our conversation draws to a close, Fritz shares his vision for the future.“ 2026 appears to be a very solid year for Acme, and we have a healthy backlog across multiple industries as we head into the new year,” he concludes.“ We’ ve seen more certainty in the market in the second half of 2025, and we’ re optimistic that the material removal industry is heading for explosive growth. With many manufacturing companies facing labor shortages, automation is a key strategy for navigating this issue. Demographics drive the global economy, and as companies adapt how they evaluate return on investment, automation is changing the manufacturing landscape. With the market changing so rapidly, it’ s crucial that we constantly explore new technologies as automation evolves, including the implementation of AI into Acme’ s business and our offerings. This better positions us for the next 115 years.” ■
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