Ep7: The truth behind robot integration | Peter Shafe

Manufacturing Uncensored: Ep7

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This episode: The truth behind robot integration

Peter Shafe is Director of OmanTec, a robot and automation integrator based in Guildford, England. He has decades of manufacturing experience and opens up about everything from barriers to entry to what keeps him up at night.

We get into:

- Difficulties SME's face

- Accessing finance

- Realities of owning a business

- How do we change the perceptions of automation

- How trade associations can help

and lots more!

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Hosts

Tom Flude, Co-Founder Engineers Insight, Chairman UK Automation Forum:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/

James Causebrook, MD Grunwald & Chairman Automate UK:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-causebrook-b8701161/

Guests

Peter Shafe, Director, OmnaTec:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-shafe-automation-robotics/

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