Host role: The event is hosted by SMW Autoblok’s Larry Robbins, President and CEO of SMW Autoblok.
- Core topics: The event will cover the future of workholding and rapidly advancing automation technology.
- Experience base: Robbins has over 40 years in the machine tool industry and manufacturing and owned a manufacturers’ rep company for 13 years before SMW Autoblok.
Event focus
The session will cover the future of workholding and what shops should watch as rapidly advancing automation technology continues to move into production environments.
For manufacturing professionals, the value is not abstract trend-watching. Workholding sits at the intersection of fixturing, repeatability, spindle uptime, and robot-ready processes; the event’s stated focus puts those issues on the same agenda.
Speaker background
Larry Robbins is the President and CEO of SMW Autoblok. He joined SMW Autoblok in 2007 as National Sales Manager, was appointed President of SMW Autoblok’s Commercial Division in 2019, and became CEO of SMW Autoblok in 2024.
Robbins has over 40 years of experience in the machine tool industry and manufacturing. Prior to joining SMW Autoblok, he owned a successful manufacturers’ rep company for 13 years.
Product context
SMW Autoblok oversees international products and global product launches, including SMW Electronics. In the allowed facts, SMW Electronics is described alongside the phrase wireless connectivity company, tying the product launch context to connectivity rather than mechanical hardware alone.
That matters for the August 20 discussion because the event pairs workholding with rapidly advancing automation technology.
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