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Conexus Indiana, in partnership with TechPoint, named Arcamed of Indianapolis as the recipient of the second annual Manufacturing Innovation Award. The award was announced at the 26th annual Mira Awards gala, commonly known as “The Oscars of Indiana Tech.”
The Conexus Indiana Manufacturing Innovation Award recognizes industrial firms that have taken an exceptional leap into the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) through cutting-edge technology adoption. The 2025 finalists were selected from a group of statewide applicants operating in and serving diverse manufacturing subsectors, including precision parts, fasteners, furniture, medical devices, aerospace and automotive. Collectively, the six firms deployed a broad range of advanced manufacturing technologies like robotics, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), industrial internet of things and machine vision to drive productivity and efficiency gains.
This year’s winner, Arcamed, exemplified manufacturing innovation through the seamless integration of robotics, AI and a strong focus on workforce development and empowerment. The Indianapolis-based contract manufacturer specializes in surgical case and tray systems for OEMs.
“Arcamed not only invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in advanced manufacturing technologies to enhance production, but also prioritized workforce development, ensuring that its team was empowered to thrive in this high-tech, digital manufacturing environment,” said Conexus Senior Director of Innovation Ryan Henderson. “This holistic approach to innovation really stood out to our independent judging panel of manufacturing professionals in the final selection.”
The cobot-based system was implemented by two of Arcamed’s young engineers and paired with custom-designed infeed, outfeed and part picking processes. The end result enables Arcamed to flexibly manufacture high-mix, low-volume products, and seamlessly handle parts of varying sizes from as small as a jewelry box to as large as a shoebox.
All of this year’s finalists embraced cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technologies and collectively invested millions of dollars to deploy AI-powered robotics, industrial IoT, autonomous mobile robots and machine vision systems to enhance manufacturing production.
Source: Conexus Indiana
