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Employee Survey Honors Industrial Automation Firm Seventh Time in Nine Years

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Feb. 2, 2023) – A national recognition program has once again honored Riverside’s Brenner-Fiedler for its outstanding workplace culture as measured by employee feedback.

In business since 1948, Brenner-Fiedler supplies industrial automation and pneumatic systems for industries, businesses and applications throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

Top Workplaces is a national awards program based solely on feedback gathered through a survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage. The confidential survey measures 15 culture drivers considered critical to an organization’s success, including alignment, execution and connection.

“It takes a winning team to create winning results,” said Deborah Kloman-Lichter, Brenner-Fiedler’s co-owner and CEO. “We’re all energized by the hard work, dedication, collaborative problem-solving, inspiration and joy that comes from being on a winning team.

In 2022, the family-owned business expanded with the purchase of competitor Deken Power’s assets, eclipsed several in-house sales records and welcomed nearly two dozen new team members. On track to continue its winning streak, Brenner-Fiedler will celebrate its milestone 75th anniversary later this year.

Brenner-Fiedler has been honored with the Top Workplace designation seven times in the past nine years. Riverside’s Press-Enterprise newspaper recognized 37 Southern California companies and organizations as Inland Empire Top Workplaces for 2022.

About Brenner-Fiedler
Brenner-Fiedler supplies industrial automation and pneumatic systems for industries and applications throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. In addition to outstanding customer service, the company offers an expert collection of value-add solutions that save businesses time and money, including Custom Sub-Assemblies, Contract Manufacturing, OEM Control Panel Builds and Aluminum Extrusions. In business since 1948, the family-owned business prides itself on a passionate pursuit of excellence, where “team is everything” and employees are expected to be leaders in everything they do.

To learn more visit our LinkedIn, along with our social media channels @brennerfiedler on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

"An HD version of the Brenner-Fiedler Robot Holiday Video is available on YouTube and LinkedIn, along with their social media channels @brennerfiedler on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram."

Robot Orders Booming As North American Businesses Race to Automate

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Dec. 7, 2021) – Throughout North America, companies have been adding robots at a record pace, scrambling to adapt assembly lines while struggling to fill job openings for human workers.

For one Southern California business, news of the robot rush coincided with a wish to show off one of the leading-edge units it now offers businesses to help them operate more cost- effectively and competitively.

Riverside-based Brenner-Fiedler has been supplying industrial automation and pneumatic systems for nearly 75 years. More recently the firm started offering robots that can be finely tailored to a wide variety of business applications.

To demonstrate their capabilities in a clever way, the company chose a bright yellow, Santa-capped FANUC SR-12iA industrial SCARA robot. A Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm, one that mimics the hinge-like movement of a human arm. A robot ideal for high-speed, precision applications such as assembly, pick-and-place, testing, inspection and packaging.

Brenner-Fiedler combined the in-house knowhow of robotics engineer Andrew Pilarski and mechanical engineering intern Justin Salamat to program the machine to precisely apply line after line of royal icing-like caulking on a bright red cake created by sales support executive Christine Lanting.

Next, after a quick armature switch, a separate programming routine used a delicate amount of vacuum pressure to lift, carry and place a handful of peppermint candies and gingerbread men.

The end result? A sweet surprise set to merry music – Brenner-Fiedler’s swooshing logo rendered in “frosting” at the center of a festive cake decorated entirely by robot labor.

According to Pilarski, prepping the robot for the script’s multiple tasks required only a handful of hours across a few days, a testament to how reliable and versatile they are.

After Lanting dressed the “set” with festive yuletide props, it took just a few dozen takes to capture the robot’s entire decorating process, then a few weeks for Redlands, Calif.-based videoFP to whittle them into a jaunty 49 seconds.

An HD version of the Brenner-Fiedler Robot Holiday Video is available on YouTube and LinkedIn, along with their social media channels @brennerfiedler on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

According to one industry group, North American factories and other industrial users ordered 37 percent more robots in the first nine months of 2021 than during the same period in 2020, at a total cost of around $1.48 billion.

Some say the rise in robot orders is evidence of companies investing to keep up with surging demand against a backdrop of ongoing shortages. Other businesses are turning to automation for the first time after struggling to fill jobs during the pandemic.

In business since 1948, Brenner-Fiedler sees a bright future ahead, one in which more and more companies are considering not whether to automate but whether they can afford not to

[Editor’s Note: To learn more about Brenner-Fiedler, call (800) 843-5558 or visit www.brenner-fiedler.com.]

We Help Businesses Improve Technology, Efficiency, Quality and Safety, While Reducing Waste, Cost and Risk

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Sept. 8, 2021) — Considering automation? Are you an OEM in need of builds? Consider Brenner-Fiedler. We supply automation and pneumatic solutions that combine innovation, affordability, and reliability.

 

Tough problems are no problem for our skilled engineers and technicians. In fact, we are the problem solvers! Consider us an extension of your team, helping your business improve technology, efficiency, quality, and safety, while reducing waste, cost, and risk.

Headquartered in Riverside, Calif., our team partners directly with yours to engineer cost-effective, value-add solutions that allow you to operate more efficiently and competitively.

We offer a full spectrum of automation and pneumatic systems for use in applications such as packaging, assembly, palletizing, material handling, OEM builds, and panels. And we ensure our sales team and product specialists stay current on the latest products, trends, and customer challenges.

Since 1948, we've served a diverse and ever-growing range of businesses in industries such as food and beverage, medical, consumer goods, energy, transportation, electronics, packaging, and many more.

And we can help yours. We are Brenner-Fiedler. This is what we do.

To learn more about how Brenner-Fiedler can help build the future of your business, call us at (800) 843-5558 or visit us online at www.brenner-fiedler.com.

ISO 9001 2015, ISO 13485, UL 508A, FDA, CE, and UL certified

City of Riverside's Innovation Spotlight on Brenner-Fiedler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Brenner-Fiedler, a company based in Riverside, California says it’s doing just that by hiring engineering students from local colleges and universities and focusing on automation.

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New "Tech Talk" Training Series Starts on November 20, 2013 With ABB's Low Voltage and PST SoftStarter Product Training

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 5, 2013 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Brenner-Fiedler Product Training:
ABB's Low Voltage and PST SoftStarter Product Training

Brenner-Fiedler's NEW Tech Talk training series begins November 20, 2013! Continue reading →

This Automation Life is Brenner-Fiedler's very own weekly informative podcast where we gather experts in the automation field to discuss different technologies and applications. New episodes air every Wednesday.

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 23, 2013 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Riverside, CA --

BRENNER-FIEDLER, a local pneumatics and automation components distributor headquartered in Riverside, California, announces today the launch of the "This Automation Life", a podcast series that first aired on September 18 2013. This weekly informative podcast will gather experts in the automation field. Continue reading →

Brenner-Fiedler will participate as a sponsor in the 28th Annual Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament on September 23, 2013

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 27, 2013 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Riverside, Ca –
Brenner-Fiedler joins the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce as well as community business leaders as they come together to play a round of golf at the Jurupa Hills Country Club and enjoy business-to-
business networking and continued community involvement. The 28th Annual Golf Classic, being held on September 23, 2013, is one of the largest fundraisers for the Chamber and will help raise funds for the "Building a Stronger Local Economy" efforts. Continue reading →

Brenner Fiedler partners with Customized Training Solutions to maximize the return on investment on their training time, meet their specific objectives to make their processes more efficient and increase profitability.

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 5, 2013 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Brenner-Fiedler Partners With the Economic & Workforce Training Department of Riverside Community College District (RCCD) Continue reading →

Brenner-Fiedler is proud to announce the addition of the trusted ABB line.

PRLog (Press Release) - Oct. 2, 2013 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- California-
Brenner-Fiedler, your integrated high-tech solutions provider, is now teaming up with ABB, a trusted name in the electrical power distribution and automation industry!

With a commitment to high quality European engineering, ABB's products feature sophisticated designs backed by years of experience and research. Continue reading →

For more information contact:

Omron Industrial Automation

Mark Traxler, Public Relations Manager
847-285-7176 Fax: 847-285-8176
mark.traxler@omron.com

Southern California-based Controls Distributor Recognized with
Top Honors in New Sales Performance

SCHAUMBURG, IL (February 1, 2012) - Brenner-Fiedler & Associates, Inc., a distributor ofpneumatic and automation controls, received the "Top New Distributor" award in the US from Omron Industrial Automation ( www.Omron247.com) for their outstanding sales performance in the Southern California market. Continue reading →