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HUBO Automation’s headquarters in Civate (Lecco), an example of bio architecture.
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HUBO Automation: Innovation and Sustainability in Coating Automation Edited by ipcm®
HUBO Automation, a company specialising in the production of complex automation systems and automatic lines with robots, told ipcm® about the secrets of its success, from the design of simple machines to the care of its staff.
HUBO Automation was established over
of Northern Italy, HUBO has been able to
systems such as Cartesian robots with three or
thirty years ago based on an idea of Antonio
develop technologically advanced, reliable,
more controlled axes and efficiently program
Castagna, forerunner of the thermo-setting
and efficient solutions in the coating, welding,
the robots of the world’s major manufacturers.
powder coating technology and the father
and assembly sectors for a wide variety of
It also supports management operations with
of Sergio and Luigi, who later took over the
industries; these include automotive, railway,
its RFID® detection technology.
company and became its current owners.
packaging, mechanics, and medical. Thanks to
“With the emergence of the need to switch from
Based in Civate, near Milan (Italy), in the
the considerable experience gained over the
manual to automated processes also in the
middle of one of the major industrial hubs
years, HUBO can now supply special handling
coating sector, HUBO started manufacturing
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