Craig Salvalaggio

Applied Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. provides flexible automation engineering services. It offers risk management, advanced manufacturing engineering services, consulting services, automation simulation, controls design, robot programming, technical training and documentation, project management, and vision guided three-dimensional (3D) bin picking. The company was founded by Michael P. Jacobs in 1989 and is headquartered in Orion, MI.

The Association for Advancing Automation is a group that advocates for the benefits of automating and promotes automation technologies and ideas that transform the way business is done. The private company is based in Ann Arbor, MI, and hosts a number of industry-leading events, including the new virtual Automate Forward and the Automate Show & Conference. The organization is the umbrella group for Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA - Advancing Vision + Imaging, Motion Control & Motor Association (MCMA), and A3 Mexico, which combined represent over 1,275 automation manufacturers, component suppliers, system integrators, end-users, research groups, and consulting firms from throughout the world that drive automation forward.