Hurco Companies, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana, has anounced it is partnering with BMO Automation in order to better help manufacturers increase productivity and profitability.

“Our customers tell us that ‘finding qualified machinists’ is the primary impediment to their company’s growth,” said Paul Gray, Hurco vice president of R&D and Product Development. “The formation of this preferred partnership with BMO is another way we can help our customers identify meaningful technologies and automation packages to solve the problems they face on a daily basis.”

According to Hurco, the partnership with BMO Automation provides customers with a tested automation solution that requires minimal integration, and provides them peace of mind that the BMO Automation packages will immediately increase productivity without disruption.

BMO Automation, based in the Netherlands, has been engaged in automation and digitization of the machining industry since 2008. Its focus is on high-mix/high volume production to help manufacturers deal with the current skills gap and labor shortage, and increase productivity of their CNC machines, according to the company.

“We are excited to partner with Hurco to bring automation to their customers. The BMO Automation engineers collaborated extensively with the Hurco engineering team to ensure customers experience a seamless integration with the interactive operation of the robot and CNC machine. Our goal is to ensure customers are up and running as soon as it hits their floor,” said Frank Biemans, managing director of BMO Automation.

Hurco is exhibiting at PRI 2019 in booth #5449.