Summer OEM 2026

OEM Magazine Summer OEM 2026

Meet Digital Dennis! Capturing Decades of Expertise with AI

Spee-Dee’s first AI win didn’t start with a strategy deck. It started with a 40-year veteran, a digital recorder, and a SharePoint list—and grew from there into field service and quoting.

May 11, 2026

Sales & Marketing

The Marketing Challenge: What's Holding Teams Back

Marketing teams at packaging and processing OEMs are running fuller calendars across more channels, with more pressure to tie it all back to revenue. The missing piece isn't effort—it's shared definitions and shared context.

May 7, 2026

Marketing teams are juggling multiple tasks, but despite being stretched thin, opportunities arise when marketing, sales, and measurement align on a shared goal.

Intelligent End Plates

Festo's intelligent end plates for remote I/O system expansion extend system flexibility across zones, simplifying hybrid layouts and speeding commissioning.

May 4, 2026

With Festo intelligent end plates, machine builders can scale remote I/O systems across independent machine sections without redesigning controls or duplicating power and networking connections.

Sales & Marketing

You Sold the Equipment. Did You Train Them to Run It?

What every OEM knows about equipment operation that nobody applies to their sales team

May 4, 2026

Retrofit or Replace: Making the Call When Machines Break Down

OEMs should guide customers through cost, time, and risk when performance or obsolescence forces a decision.

April 30, 2026

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Eight Years After “A New Era of HMI,” Has the Era Arrived?

Why machines still lack modern interfaces: it's not technology, it's how OEMs apply it that creates competitive advantage.

April 22, 2026

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Machine components

Roller Guides

Rollon integrates its roller guides range into the myRollon Configurator tool, which now also features an enhanced personal area interface and optimized search bar.

April 21, 2026

The range of roller guides is now available on the Configurator tool within myRollon.

From Experimentation to Execution: AI's Real Manufacturing Impact

At PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference, leaders discussed how AI is moving into real-world use, offering a clearer view of where OEMs can apply it today and where challenges remain.

April 14, 2026

Jorge Izquierdo, PMMI, moderated an ELC discussion on how companies are operationalizing AI with Rob Cartia, ProMach; Dave Navin, Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery; and Eddy Saad, Microsoft.

Automation Support with Enhanced AI Capability

Emerson's Guardian Digital Platform expands artificial intelligence and customizable experiences to empower and upskill the digital workforce.

April 13, 2026

Emerson’s Guardian Digital Platform now delivers new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and more robust customization to help organizations improve visibility, accelerate workforce productivity and strengthen operational performance.

Specialty Conveyor System

Dynamic Conveyor's Hybrid Specialty Conveyor System is a customizable solution that addresses diverse industrial challenges with focus on efficiency and adaptability.

April 9, 2026

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Machine components

Metric Helical Gears

This line of metric helical gears from KHK USA Inc. includes a large selection of quiet, strong, compact, and economical products for high-speed rotation.

April 9, 2026

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Drives & Motors

Hollow Core Linear Motor

Moticont's vacuum-compatible HVCM-095-051-051-01VAC has a peak force of 50.8 lbs.

April 7, 2026

Moticont's HVCM-051-051-01VAC Vacuum Compatible Hollow Core Linear Motor

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