Good morning! Conair wants to help you start your new auxiliaries on the right foot. The company's latest service offering, SureLaunch, provides a technician for a day to get equipment running and to teach your workers how to use advanced features to maximum effect. 

Most of KraussMaffei's extrusion equipment is built in Germany, but the company is now assembling two large extruders at its facility in Florence, Ky., with plans to build more as they are ordered.

Mitutoyo has updated its QI-A vision measuring system, and Censco announced it is acquiring MuCell Extrusion Technology. From sister publication Control Design, we bring you a look at what tariffs on automation could mean to machine builders. And if you missed our podcast on making your plant future-ready, check it out below or on your favorite platform.

Lynne Sherwin, managing editor