Invio Automation

As students head back to campus, we’re taking a moment to recognize the eight university students who spent their summer with Invio Automation as interns. Throughout the summer, they brought their classroom knowledge into the real world, contributing to projects, supporting our teams, and helping turn ideas into tangible results. We’re grateful to the Invio leaders who shared their time, knowledge, and mentorship throughout the summer. Experiences like these are a great reminder of the impact that learning can have when it’s put into practice. Thank you and best of luck this semester to Karen Castillo, Claire Galatis, Kennady Hale, Ethan Ketelsen, Paola Magallanes, Jack Ruch, Lucas Thompson, and Joseph Valerio! We’re proud to have been part of their journey and can’t wait to see what they accomplish next. 

Repeatable accuracy on every weld. No exceptions. When you are welding complex, high-value parts, consistency is not optional. One bad weld on a structural weldment is not just a quality issue. It is a production stoppage, a rework cost, and a delivery risk all at once. At Invio Automation, we design and build robotic weld cells around your parts, your process, and your production goals. Not the other way around. A well-engineered weld cell does more than automate the process. It improves access to the part, reduces handling risk, and delivers the same quality result whether it is the first part of the shift or the last. From structural weldments in agriculture and construction equipment to precision components in forestry and mining, we build complete, production-ready solutions engineered to the demands of heavy-duty manufacturing. Heavy weldments. Precision fixtures. Robotic automation. Built around your parts. 

Smart manufacturers know that building the factory of the future starts with planning today. The right strategy—and the right partner—can help avoid common pitfalls, evaluate options, and maximize return on investment before implementation. The Invio Automation Factory of the Future team had a great week working with Caterpillar Inc. at their Mapleton facility! They spent the week onsite collaborating with the CAT team to identify automation opportunities, explore the best solutions, and develop plans to improve operational efficiency. It's always rewarding to work with a team committed to continuous improvement and innovation. A big thank you to Jeff Wells, MBA, Ben Graham, Kevin Marr, and Brock Bigelow for leading an engaging and productive workshop. Looking forward to seeing how these ideas continue to evolve.

AGV or AMR? It's one of the most common questions manufacturers ask when evaluating mobile automation. But it's often the wrong place to start. The reality is that the line between AGVs and AMRs is becoming less defined. Advances in navigation technology have made modern AGVs far more flexible, while AMRs continue to expand into applications once reserved for AGVs. The best solution isn't determined by the label. It's determined by your application. At Invio Automation, we help manufacturers look beyond the technology itself to evaluate the entire material handling strategy. Factors like material flow, payload, positioning accuracy, integration, safety, and future scalability all play a role in selecting the right mobile robot solution. That's why we created our latest guide, "AGV vs. AMR: Choosing the Right Mobile Robot Strategy". It explores where each technology excels, where they overlap, and the key questions to answer before making an investment.

Transformation does not happen by chance. It happens with a plan and the people willing to build it. Watching the Calvary Robotics sign become Invio Automation is more than a change of name. It is a symbol of what two teams can accomplish when they come together with shared purpose. For more than 30 years, the Calvary team built a reputation for engineering excellence and a performance-driven culture that puts customers first. That legacy does not go away. It becomes part of something larger. Since joining forces in February 2026, our combined team has been doing exactly what we set out to do. Deeper expertise. Broader capabilities. A stronger bench helping manufacturers solve their toughest automation challenges faster and more efficiently than before. To everyone who has been part of the Calvary Robotics story: Thank you. What you built made this possible. And what we are building together is only getting started. 

Do you know what an hour of downtime actually costs your operation?  Most manufacturers have a general sense of the number. Very few have calculated it. That’s why Invio Automation created a free downtime calculator for engineers, plant managers, or anyone on the floor. Find out what downtime is really costing your operation and ways to avoid the disruption all together.  Unplanned downtime due to missing or unavailable spare parts is one of the most preventable sources of lost production in manufacturing. Yet it happens every day across facilities that have the right automation in place but not the right parts on the shelf when it counts. The number is usually more than people expect. Use our free calculator to input your manufacturing capacity, revenue per finished good, and critical spare part details to see the true impact of a stoppage on your business. Calculate your time now:

When our customers invest in automation, they are not just buying equipment. They are buying confidence. Confidence that production targets can be met. That quality will remain consistent. That changeovers will be faster. That their teams can rely on the process. That their customers will receive products on time. A needle bending project for a major medical device company is a great example of what that confidence looks like. Our team was challenged to design a machine that could produce precise needle bends while adapting to variations in incoming product hardness. The solution required a new approach to automation. By combining programmable servo technology, vision inspection, and intelligent alignment, Invio created a flexible system that improved repeatability and simplified adjustments. The result was a modular solution that produced a bent needle every 8 seconds, saved the customer millions in equipment costs, and reduced lot changeover time. But the biggest outcome was trust. At Invio Automation, we understand that every system we build impacts our customers’ businesses, their teams, and their reputation. That responsibility drives us to create automation our customers can count on. 

By 2040, heat-related hospitalizations in the U.S. are projected to double.    For teams on the floor and on-site every day, that's not an abstract number—it's a daily risk. Extreme heat puts outdoor and on-site workers in real danger, and the trend is only getting worse.    That's why, this summer we added hydration stations stocked with electrolyte packets at every Invio Automation site. It's one part of a broader commitment to a safe, healthy, and strong workforce—because protecting our people comes before everything else we build.    How is your team prioritizing heat safety this summer? 👇    National Safety Council U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration National Association of Manufacturers - NAM

Today, Invio Automation had the pleasure of welcoming the General Motors team to our Webster, NY facility. As a Strategic Supplier to GM, visits like this one matter. They are an opportunity to strengthen the partnership, show what is being built, and have direct conversations that spur innovation and new ways of working. With the addition of Calvary Robotics, Invio expanded its engineering depth, integration expertise, and capacity to support partners from concept through lifecycle support. That capability is already accelerating manufacturing lines and delivering custom automation solutions that keep production moving safely, quickly and more efficiently. Thank you to the GM team for making the trip. Our partnership is something we do not take for granted, and we are excited about what we are building together. 

Invio Automation partnered with a leading medical device manufacturer to modernize a highly delicate process: wrapping suture over catheter balloon assemblies with precision, consistency, and speed. The tolerances are tight. The product is fragile. And the consequences of inconsistency go far beyond a rejected part. This is the kind of challenge our medical device and life science team was built for. Not every automation problem fits a standard mold. Some require a completely new approach to how a process is engineered, validated, and brought to scale. Our capabilities in the medical device space span sensitive product handling, precision assembly, precision dispensing, catheter tipping and forming, needle bending, and end-of-line test and validation. When the product being made affects a patient's care, precision is not a preference. It is a requirement. Watch the video below to see the catheter balloon assembly process in action and visit the link below to explore how Invio serves the life sciences industry. https://lnkd.in/gdkRbkRN