Globe Machine Manufacturing

06/18/2026

Ready to eliminate your plant's production bottlenecks and maximize throughput?

The Globe Machine Manufacturing team is heading to Atlanta for the IWF Tradeshow!

Stop by Booth A9946 to discover how our 100-year heritage of custom-engineered solutions combines with state-of-the-art FANUC America Corporation robotics to drive game-changing factory automation.

From high-speed wood finishing lines to advanced assembly, we build the systems that protect your uptime.

Our schedule is filling up fast. To secure a 1-on-1 optimization consultation at the show, contact Ron Jacobsen, Vice President, directly at 253.732.7103 (Mobile) or email [email protected].

06/15/2026

A single hour of unexpected downtime can cost a manufacturing facility thousands in lost throughput. Why wait for a critical component failure to disrupt your production schedule?

For over 100 years, Globe Machine has been the foundational partner keeping global industrial operations moving.

Our Technical Inspection & Maintenance Program is specifically engineered to protect your bottom line, optimize performance, and extend the lifecycle of your machinery.

What’s Covered in Our Comprehensive Audit:
▶ Mechanical & Electrical Inspection: Deep-dive evaluation of everything from drives, bearings, and PLCs to control panels and structural integrity.

▶ Safety Compliance Verification: Rigorous testing of light curtains, emergency stops, and lockout points to drastically mitigate risk.

▶ On-Hand Spare Parts Audit: We identify obsolete or long-lead parts and flag inventory shortages so you are never left stranded.

▶ Proven Performance: Eliminate unnecessary repair costs, decrease downtime, and ensure your facility is fully prepared for governing body compliance inspections.

⚠️ Secure Your Q3 Schedule: Our field engineering teams are booking up fast for summer and fall factory turnarounds. Don't leave your operational efficiency to chance.

Protect your uptime today.
👉 https://www.globemachine.com/parts-and-service/

06/12/2026

Just our amazing team doing what they do best. 🛠️ Seriously, is there anything these guys can’t build?!

Happy Fridaay and hope everyone has the best weekend! 🙌🎉

06/08/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Adam Schmidt has officially joined Globe Machine Manufacturing Company as our new Director of Robotics & Industrial Automation!

Adam joins our leadership team with a powerhouse track record of 25 years in industrial sales and business development, including a dedicated 15-year focus on advanced robotics, physical AI, and scaling complete automated palletizing systems across the Americas.

At Globe, Adam will leverage his commercial expertise to collaborate directly with our customers, helping facilities deploy results-driven automation that solves complex floor challenges, improves safety, and maximizes long-term profitability.

When he’s not revolutionizing production lines, you’ll find him moving in the mountains, skiing in the winter and mountain biking in the summer. Originally from New Jersey, he now proudly calls Bend, Oregon home.

👉 Please join us in welcoming Adam to the team!

Want to discuss how next-gen robotics can optimize your facility’s footprint? Reach out to Adam directly at [email protected] or call 253.620.4715.

06/05/2026

Heading to the Automate Show in Chicago this month? Let’s skip the crowded exhibition booth lines and talk real shop floor ROI.

Globe Machine Manufacturing is on the move at Automate 2026. While we are bypassing a static floor footprint to evaluate new technologies, our leadership team is on-site and ready to help you solve your toughest operational challenges.

Backed by over 100 years of industrial heritage and 20 years of advanced FANUC America Corporation robotic integration, we custom-engineer factory automation solutions built to:

▶️ Eliminate Downtime: Protect margins with rugged systems and 24/7 support.
▶️ Maximize Throughput: Optimize CNC lines and heavy presses with high-speed machine tending.
▶️ Streamline Material Handling: Automate pick, pack, palletizing, and substrate processing.

Let's discuss how a phased, budget-flexible automation plan can unlock your facility's next efficiency horizon.

📉 Book a Floor Strategy Session: Slots during the show week are limited. Reach out directly to our Director of Robotics and Automation, Adam Schmidt, at (253) 732-5236 to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting.

🔗 Read our full event brief and watch our latest automation line video here: https://www.globemachine.com/automate-chicago-2026-factory-automation/

06/01/2026

Moving 100 pounds is material handling. Moving multi-ton structural panels at peak line speed is a masterclass in physics. 🏋️‍♂️📦

If your factory floor processes engineered wood, structural composites, or heavy building materials, you already know the high stakes of handling heavy payloads. Traditional conveyor hand-offs are where boards get scuffed, legacy mechanical drives suffer sudden breakdowns, and safety risks skyrocket.

So, how do you actually automate a heavy payload conveyor line without tearing down your whole facility or stalling your throughput?

It comes down to three foundational integration pillars we have perfected over a century of engineering:

1️⃣ Synchronized Variable-Speed Conveyance: We don’t just slam heavy materials onto a belt. Our systems use intelligent, centralized control networks that auto-adjust drive speeds upstream and downstream to eliminate friction damage and structural shock.

2️⃣ Heavy-Duty Robotic Tending: For 20+ years, we’ve integrated robust FANUC robotics to take over the dangerous, manual labor of heavy panel handling, veneer layup, and stacking. The robot does the muscle work; your team manages the system safely.

3️⃣ Predictive Mechanical Integrity: Moving massive weight causes rapid wear. Our systems are built with structural toughness and paired with advanced electrical and mechanical inspection modeling to prevent sudden equipment failures before they happen.

Stop letting heavy material transport slow down your continuous presses or eat your margins.

Learn more here www.GlobeMachine.com

05/27/2026

Is your cure cycle holding back your factory's throughput?

Traditional autoclaves have always forced a compromise: production speed versus material performance. High energy costs, slow thermal ramp rates, and rigid scheduling are the enemies of your growth.

At Globe Machine Manufacturing, we engineered a way out.

Our patented RapidClave® system delivers elite "Out-of-Autoclave" cure and consolidation without the traditional bottleneck. Whether you’re light-weighting automotive components or fabricating critical aerostructures, you get precise thermal management and significantly faster cycle times.

SWIPE through the carousel to see how we bridge 100+ years of engineering heritage with evolutionary tech.

Ready to see it in action? Test your specific material in a confidential environment at our UDRI partner lab.

DM me or reach out directly to Jim Martin, Director of Advanced Composites Equipment: 📱 518.369.5701 ✉️ [email protected]

05/25/2026

Honoring a Legacy of Sacrifice and Service This Memorial Day

As a company with over a century of roots in the Pacific Northwest, Globe Machine Manufacturing pauses this Memorial Day to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our nation’s freedom.

Operating right here in Tacoma, alongside communities like Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the reality of that sacrifice is close to home. Over our long history, Globe has been profoundly shaped by the leadership, integrity, and dedication of the many veterans who have transitioned into our engineering and manufacturing teams.

Today, we reflect on the true cost of the freedoms we enjoy. We express our deepest gratitude to the families of the fallen, and we reinforce our unwavering commitment to supporting our defense communities.

Wishing our partners, clients, and neighbors a peaceful and meaningful Memorial Day.

05/20/2026

We are incredibly proud to see our partners at America Corporation feature our latest custom integration across their global channels!

Our collaboration with InventWood is a masterclass in redefining what’s possible in the construction landscape. InventWood’s proprietary "Superwood" (MettleWood) is a game-changing, sustainable material. However, scaling production for such a dense, high-value product required a total reimagining of material handling.

Off-the-shelf equipment simply wasn’t an option. 🛠️ The Solution: Precision at Scale

The Globe Machine Robotics & Automation team engineered and integrated a custom, multi-robot workcell specifically designed for InventWood’s complex chemical delignification and densification workflow.

This world-first system includes heavy-payload FANUC M-900iB/400 and M-410iC robots equipped with:
▶ Advanced Vision Guidance: FANUC $iRVision^\circledR$ 3DV sensors mounted on the robots accurately detect highly variable boards, wire mesh, and metal plates within mixed stacks.

▶ Custom End-of-Arm-Tooling (EOAT): A dual-servo fork tool and custom vacuum systems allow flexible, gentle handling of diverse part geometries without needing a single moment of manual retooling.📈

▶ Measurable Impact & ROICommercial-Scale Production: Unlocking the ability to produce over 1 million square feet of Superwood annually.

▶ Safety & Labor Optimization: Dramatically reducing the manual handling of heavy, awkward materials.

The Globe Advantage: Bringing together our 100+ years of wood processing heritage and our authority as a Certified FANUC Integrator to turn an "unsolvable" factory bottleneck into an efficient, repeatable reality. 👏

A Huge Congratulations & Thank You!

A project of this magnitude requires deep technical persistence. Immense credit goes to Jerry North (Business Unit Manager, Robotic Automation) and our incredible on-site engineering team for navigating this breakthrough integration.

We also extend a massive thank you to the InventWood leadership and engineering teams. Your vision for sustainable building materials is exactly why we continue to push the boundaries of custom factory automation.

👇 Watch the full breakdown video on FANUC’s YouTube channel to see the workcell in action: https://youtu.be/Xzt1a3HJbkQ?si=cM87X5DcT5AoKalP

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05/19/2026

ZAP. CLANG. BEEP. Just another day writing the ultimate industrial graphic novel.

Swipe through today’s panels to see our crew orchestrating sparks, heavy alignment, and high-speed algorithms into one beautiful, automated masterpiece.