NEWS & EVENTS

Please join us on June 29 as we open our doors to the Western New York manufacturing community. The Shift 2.0 program, operated by Buffalo Manufacturing Works, invites you to enjoy light refreshments, tour our new automation lab, meet our partners, interact with the...

Do your manufacturing, fabrication, or engineering teams ever need to create high quality 3D models from existing parts? How about getting precise measurement data on complex parts and comparing it to a quality spec or CAD model? Have you seen those grey and blue...

Thank you to Innosek and John Kappel for presenting at our Tech Tuesday event on April 11! Attendees were excited to learn about how they can incorporate 3D printing into their everyday operations.  

Registration is open for the next Robotics Basics: A Hands-on Training on April 18th. Automation can dramatically increase capacity, improve accuracy, and reduce turnaround times across many processes. Participating Shift Program companies can send two team members to...

Shift 2.0 held its first 1-day automation training class on March 15, 2023. Nine participants from five companies attended the class, including Astronics, ModPac, LiteLab, Tapecon, and Harper International. Most of the people in the class had never used a robot...

At our first ever Tech Tuesday held on March 7, 2023, we hosted representatives from MotionAi and LMI.  It was great to learn more about LMI's 3D inspection technologies, including how the Snapshot sensor can be integrated with a Universal Robots cobot. MotionAi is a...

We are thrilled to welcome the two newest members of our Automation Team here at EWI / Buffalo Manufacturing Works. Welcome to the team Ryan Gneiting and Daniel Vrana! The extensive robotics and digital fabrication skills you guys bring will be instrumental in helping...

The Shift team along with its partners at Sti-Co had an opportunity to show The Buffalo News business reporter, Matt Glynn, around the new Sti-Co facility and show him how they have made improvements in their operations thanks to the manufacturer's participation in...

Shift 2.0 Program Will Assist Manufacturing Companies with Technological Improvements and Innovation to Increase Productivity and Employment Empire State Development (ESD) today announced Buffalo Manufacturing Works, operated by EWI, will build on the success of the...

Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Deputy Assistant Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Dennis Alvord visited Buffalo to kick off the projects awarded under the Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The...