November 2025 Volume 7

EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY

That danger is precisely what UNION set out to solve. Its forging systems — including new 1,250-ton, 900-ton, and 600-ton presses — are fully integrated with automated handling, 2,000°F induction furnaces, and CNC machining, all governed by live compliance logic. “Scaling on old equipment is like trying to double internet bandwidth on copper wires,” explained the rep. “Our lines are designed for continuous flow, digital feedback, and predictive maintenance — that’s how we sustain throughput and quality at thousands of rounds per day.” Automation, they added further, isn’t about replacing people but preserving skill at scale. “Our software layers codify best practices so that what one great operator knows becomes institutional knowledge across every factory. It lets us multiply expert labor instead of diluting it.” UNION’s model — what they call Factories-as-a-Stockpile ™ — reflects a larger shift in defense thinking. “We’re witnessing a move from factories as facilities to factories as sovereign assets — infrastructure that itself is deterrence. Industrial capacity now has to be modular, software-defined, and allied by design. Deterrence depends less on how many shells are stored, and more on how many factories can produce them on demand.”

This is what modernization looks like. And it’s exactly what defense readiness demands. The era of “if it runs, it’s fine” is over. The United States and its allies cannot fight tomorrow’s wars with yesterday’s machines or yesterday’s thinking. You can’t safeguard the future on equipment built for the past, but you can build the future on presses that are ready for it. References: 1. “Years of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukraine” | Reuters | July 19, 2024 2. “Military Depots: Actions Needed to Improve Poor Conditions of Facilities and Equipment That Affect Maintenance Timeliness and Efficiency” | U.S. Government Accountability Office | April 29, 2019 3. “DOD Strategy for Addressing Deteriorating Facilities and Equipment Is Incomplete” | United States Government Accountablity Office Report to Congressional Committees | May 2022 4. “Organizational Resistance to Automation Success: How Status Quo Bias Influences Organizational Resistance to an Automated Workflow System in a Public Organization” | Ibrahim Almatrodi, Feng Li and Mohammed Alojail | 2023 5. “Making Industry 4.0 Work: Lessons from Jeff Winter on Change, Culture, and Technology” | Jeff Winter | Machinery Lubrication 6. “Precision Matters: How Manufacturers Are Improving Tolerances Without Slowing Down” | CEO Today | August 6, 2025 7. “U.S. Forging Companies Overlooked for Too Long” | National Defense | December 20, 2024 8. “DoD Producibility & Manufacturability Guide” | 2024 9. “Accelerating progress: Maximizing the Return on Talent in A&D” | McKinsey and Company

Katrina Geenevasen Marketing Manager Macrodyne Technologies Phone: 905-669-2253 extension 508 Email: kgeenevasen@MacrodynePress.com

A young visitor stands before UNION Technologies’ Factory of the Future banner, showcasing a 1,250-metric-ton, 40-foot-tall, 200,000-pound forging press designed by Macrodyne Technologies.

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