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Jun 05 2025
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RoboClip & RoboTape: Standardized Automation at Automate 2025

In May, our team exhibited at Automate 2025 in Detroit, Michigan, where we had the opportunity to demonstrate two of our latest automation technologies: RoboTape, our established...
Trudy Pogue and Michael Bayley from Innovative Automation attend and speak at Epicor Insights 2025
May 07 2025
News

Taming Dashboard Dragons at Epicor Insights 2025

Our very own Trudy Pogue and Michael Bayley took the stage in Las Vegas to lead a customer-driven session titled “Taming the Dashboard Dragons of Application Studio.” Drawing...
RoboClip Automated Clipping Machine - 2 Feeders
May 01 2025
News

Innovative Automation Launches RoboClip™

 BARRIE, ON, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Following the success of RoboTape™ — the industry's most advanced robotic tape installation system and a strategic collaboration with 3M™...
Automate 2025
Apr 24 2025
News

Returning to Automate 2025

We’re excited to announce that Innovative Automation will be back on the show floor at Automate 2025, taking place May 12–15 in Detroit, Michigan. As a long-time attendee and...
Autonomous mobile robot docking
Apr 24 2025
Articles

The Benefits of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)

The Future of Automation: Exploring the Benefits of AMR Technology In the constantly evolving landscape of technology and automation, AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) have emerged...
Mar 21 2023
Articles, News

Medical Device Assembly and Automation

Medical device manufacturing is a critical industry that produces a wide range of products, including diagnostic equipment, prosthetics, surgical instruments, and implantable...
Aug 31 2022
News

RoboTape At FoamExpo Adhesives & Bonding Expo

This week you’ll find Innovative Automation at FoamExpo Connect | Adhesives & Bonding Expo Connect 2020. We’ll be introducing RoboTape, our patent-pending automatic tape...
Aug 31 2022
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What Lies ahead for the automotive industry?

Automotive industry trends for 2021 and beyond can pave the way to an optimistic future for the industry in Canada, but a strategic combination of resilience and collaboration...
Apr 27 2022
Articles, News

3M and Innovative Automation Collaboration Announced

Press Release 3M and Innovative Automation collaborate to help customers automate key bonding applications with Robotic Tape System Solution automates tape applications to...
Aug 25 2021
Articles

How Electric Vehicles are Driving Automotive Interior Trends

Without the restriction of a cumbersome internal combustion engine or fuel tank, electric vehicles have begun a new trend in automotive interiors. Of course, there needs to be...
Jul 09 2021
Articles

Automating Industrial Tape Application Processes

Historically, applying adhesive tape has had to be a manual process due to the difficulty of feeding and managing continuous level-wound spools. As more tape is designed into...
Jun 24 2021
Articles

Designing for Tape Automation: Selecting Industrial Tapes

Uses & Types of Industrial Tape  Foam and felt adhesive tapes are utilized in a variety of industries, including automotive, aviation, consumer goods, medical, appliances,...
May 06 2021
Articles

What Is Plastic Vehicle Cladding and Why Do We Need It?

The Automotive Dictionary defines cladding as decorative elements applied to a vehicle. While this is true, vehicle cladding offers more than just making your vehicle look...
Apr 14 2021
Articles

What Lies Ahead For The Automotive Industry?

Automotive industry trends for 2021 and beyond can pave the way to an optimistic future for the industry in Canada, but a strategic combination of resilience and collaboration...
Mar 06 2021
Articles

Robotics In Automotive Manufacturing

As technology advances, automation continues to improve manufacturing processes in the automotive industry. We’re seeing advantages including improved quality, increased...
Sep 11 2020
Articles

Exploring Tesla’s Unique Electric Vehicle Drivetrain

How is Tesla’s drivetrain different when compared to other electric vehicles? Even though electric vehicles account for a mere 2% of car sales worldwide, there is stiff...
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The Future of Automation Engineering

Advanced manufacturing is a type of manufacturing employed by the leaders of industry. It incorporates automation to produce high quality components as efficiently as possible. From automation in building cars, to medical devices and consumer products, there is a...

Innovations in the Medical Device Development Process

What Drives Innovations? New ideas, new scientific discoveries and changes to manufacturing technologies often drive innovative medical device development. The regulatory process heavily affects the device development pathway. Globally, there are many changes...

The Future of Jobs: Effects of Automation on Jobs

It is natural to assume that if a machine (or robot), displaces a human in an effort to automate a process, a machine has taken that humans job. This is simply not true. In this article we investigate why we believe that automation in the workplace is not only...

Linear Transfer Systems & Automation

Linear transfer systems have been the backbone of the automation industry landscape for a long time. Or should we say, the back saver, as linear transfer automation has removed a lot of heavy lifting in the assembly industry as products are transferred from the...

Our Action Plan for Reducing the Stigma

Innovative is pleased to announce the following 2017 Mental Health Program aimed at addressing all 4 “pillars” of Mental Health in the workplace: 1. Anti-Stigma: One of the biggest hurdles for anyone suffering from mental illness is overcoming the stigma attached to...

Incredible Robotic Welding Advancements in 2016

Robotic welding has brought tremendous advancements to the welding and automation industry. In this article, we explore the different facets of robotic welding. What is robotic welding? Welding has always been the number one application for industrial robots since...

How it’s Made: Mechanical Design and Engineering

What is a Mechanical Engineer? Exactly what a mechanical Engineer is can vary based on industry, perspective and project. Formally, Professional Engineers Ontario reserves the title for Professional Engineers with a specialization in Mechanical Engineering. However,...

Incredible Innovations in Automated Medical Device Assembly

Incredible Advancements in Medical Device Automation As new technologies and process are developed in the manufacturing industry, the types of medical devices that can be assembled are ever expanding. Devices from simple medical instruments to surgically implanted...

10 years with No lost time injury

On May 12 Innovative celebrates 10 years with no lost-time injuries. This is a major safety milestone and we couldn’t have done it without our employee’s contributions to Health and Safety.  This proves that all Innovators are committed to creating a Safe and...

A New Place to Call Home

As of May 6th, Innovative is now the proud owners of 4+ acres of land at 625 Welham Road in Barrie.  We will be ready to start the building construction early 2017 and the scheduled completion date is December 2017.  We are one step closer to having all...

Lead Globally…Lead Industry…Lead Locally

We have launched a new website that includes a new Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Corporate Responsibility Statement. After 26 years, Innovative welcomes a new logo and new a tagline, “Lead Globally”, which supports our new Mission Statement.  All...

Automate 2015

Innovative Automation Inc., in co-operation with the Ontario Government and other Ontario businesses, will be participating in Automate 2015 in the Ontario Pavilion (Booth 588). Automate is the largest solutions-based showcase of automation technologies in North...

We’ve Expanded!

We've expanded! We now have an additional location at 41 Saunders Road in Barrie, Ontario. This new location adds an additional 20,000 square feet of manufacturing space.

Innovative Receives Silver at Canada’s Safest Employers Award Gala

Innovative Automation Inc. is the proud new recipient of a Silver Award for the Manufacturing category of “Canada’s Safest Employers”, presented on October 30, 2013 at a gala in Toronto. Canada's Safest Employers Award is presented by Canadian Occupational Safety...

Take our Kids to Work Day

Innovative Automation is pleased to welcome Katrina, Emmitt and Andrew, three Grade 9 students who will be working with us on November 6 as part of “Take Our Kids to Work Day”, a national learning initiative to provide Grade 9 students with exposure to a variety of...

100K for the United Way

Innovative Automation is pleased to partner with TD Bank as a co-sponsor of the “100K for United Way…

Innovative wraps up Movember

Innovative Mo'vember wrap-up! Here is a final picture of some of the team sporting our Mo's! This year we raised over $2,200 for the cause. You can find out more about "Mo'vember" here.

Innovative Mo’vember Update

Innovative Mo'vember update! Here is a picture of some of the team, sporting various mustaches in support of a great cause! You can find out more about "Mo'vember" here.