RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 18, 2026--
As Northern Nevada’s manufacturing sector continues its rapid expansion, the region’s employers are confronting a growing challenge: a labor market that has nearly run out of slack. OnRobot will host the “Build your Automation Roadmap” event in Reno on April 9th, bringing practical automation solutions directly to the region’s manufacturing community.
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The free, in-person event is designed for manufacturers in sectors such as metal fabrication, CNC machining, electronics, aerospace, food & beverage, and industrial equipment manufacturing - industries that form the backbone of the Reno manufacturing economy and are among the hardest hit by ongoing labor shortages.
Event Snapshot:
What:
Build Your Automation Roadmap: Industrial Robots + Tooling
A hands-on event featuring live FANUC robot demonstrations, expert-led workshops, and real-world automation use cases.
When:
April 9 th, 2026, 12:00pm–4:00pm PT
Where:
Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd St, Reno, NV
Why:
Northern Nevada’s manufacturing sector has grown faster than its available workforce can keep pace with unemployment rates at just 4.0%, near the lowest levels on record - leaving manufacturers with a shrinking pool of available workers even as industrial demand continues to grow.
A recent report from the University of Nevada, Reno, commissioned by the Nevada Office of Workforce Innovation, identified workforce gaps across every regional economic development authority in the state, with fabricated metal manufacturing, precision machining, and electronics among the most acutely affected sectors in the Reno area.
“Northern Nevada has become one of the most dynamic manufacturing regions in the country, but that growth is creating real pressure on employers who simply can’t hire fast enough to keep up,” said Kristian Hulgard, General Manager, Americas, at OnRobot. “Automation isn’t a future consideration for manufacturers here, it’s an immediate operational need. This event is about giving the region’s manufacturers a clear, practical path forward.”
At the event, attendees will see live demonstrations of FANUC robots equipped with OnRobot end-of-arm tooling for common applications such as machine tending, material handling, assembly, packaging, and quality inspection. Automation experts, that help manufacturers move from curiosity to confident implementation, will be on hand to share real-world experience in robotics, tooling, and integration.
Featured Speakers and Sessions:
Registration incl. lunch is free, but space is limited.
To learn more or register, visit:
https://en.onrobot.info/industrial_openhouse_reno?utm_source=TradeShow&utm_medium=Events&utm_campaign=OnRobot-Share
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About OnRobot:
OnRobot is the global leader in collaborative applications, making industrial automation accessible, flexible, and cost-effective for manufacturers of all sizes. With headquarters in Odense, Denmark, other offices around the world, and a network of more than 700 distribution and integration partners, we’re on a mission to eliminate complexity and deliver collaborative automation that works – straight out of the box. At the heart of our offerings is a growing portfolio of Off-The-Shelf Solutions powered by D:PLOY, the industry’s first automated application deployment platform. These pre-fabricated solutions enable same-day installation, fast changeovers, and require no programming expertise, allowing manufacturers to automate high-mix tasks like palletizing and machine tending in just a few hours, and taking control of their operations.
Complementing these solutions, OnRobot provides a comprehensive range of Plug & Produce tools – including grippers, vision systems, sensors, and screwdrivers – all designed to work seamlessly across leading robot brands through our unified ‘One System, Zero Complexity’ platform. Whether it’s palletizing, CNC machine tending, packaging, transferring, sanding, or screwdriving, we help businesses take control of their automation journey – with solutions designed to scale, adapt, and deliver measurable results.
www.onrobot.com
The free "Build Your Automation Roadmap" event at the Grand Sierra Resort will feature robotic arms from FANUC equipped with end-of-arm tooling from OnRobot.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Neither Sofia Coppola nor Marc Jacobs were convinced a documentary was a good idea. Jacobs wasn’t sure he wanted to be the subject of one and Coppola wasn’t sure she wanted the pressure of being the person behind the camera. This was her friend of over 30 years, after all. What if the film wasn’t good?
Yet the idea, which they credit to producers R.J. and Jane Cha Cutler, started to take hold. Coppola has always been interested in fashion and the creative process. Jacobs knew that if anyone could make him feel less self-conscious, it would be her. And they decided to jump into the unknown. At least it would be together.
“There was no off limits,” Jacobs said in an interview, alongside Coppola, with The Associated Press before the Venice Film Festival in September. “It was just like come as you are and you get what you get and that’s the way it’s going to be.”
“Marc, by Sofia,” which opens in theaters Friday, is an evocative, and very Coppola, collage of Jacobs’ influences, his biography and his team at work putting together a ready-to-wear collection.
“I’ve never done anything like this where there isn’t a plan or a script,” Coppola said. “What I was trying to do is show his creative process around this one collection and then interweave inspiration and references and artists who collaborated with him to have this full portrait.”
It was a very lo-fi production, they said. Sometimes it would just be Coppola coming into the office with her own handheld camera. Sometimes her brother Roman Coppola would come to help. Coppola had never done a feature length documentary before and found the process exciting, though she said it’s not signaling a new phase or director for her as a filmmaker.
She also got to see some of the behind the scenes things she’s rarely privy to, including being backstage at a runway show.
“I had total freedom, which was great. I was just filming what interested me,” she said. “It was really the same as like taking snapshots, which wasn’t unfamiliar to me.”
The two met in the early 1990s in New York, when Coppola asked her mother if she could go see the Perry Ellis show that Jacobs was working on. They quickly hit it off, bonding over shared loves of art, music, fashion and movies, and have collaborated many times, on handbags, dresses, commercials and more. Jacobs has visited her film sets and even provided clothes for some of her characters, including some of the coats Scarlett Johansson wore in “Lost in Translation.”
While Coppola wanted to acknowledge their friendship, even making a little cameo in her film, she also didn’t want it to be about her or even them, necessarily. The focus would remain on Jacobs.
“I didn’t want it to be too much about me,” Coppola said. “But I wanted it to feel that it’s personal and made by me and that I’m part of it and in that way it’s not just a generic interview or portrait.”
In addition to the behind the scenes of designing the Spring 2024 ready-to-wear collection, “Marc by Sofia” is full of film and art references, with clips from “Hello, Dolly!” “All that Jazz,” “Sweet Charity” and many more of Jacobs’ most beloved films. He was particularly blown away that she was able to get the rights to use the clips.
“It made me feel very special. And I couldn’t imagine all those things coming through for just anyone,” Jacobs said. “I felt like it was OK because it was for Sofia. That may not be the truth, but that’s the way I like to think of it.”
It also includes some biography, big career moments, and some rare glimpses of Jacobs’ grandmother, an influential figure in his life who he lived with as a teen in New York and who instilled in him the importance of caring for beautiful clothes. After the runway show, Coppola and her brother visit Jacobs at his home where, in his silk pajamas, he discusses his comedown. He likes to borrow a phrase coined by his friend, filmmaker Lana Wachowski, to describe the feeling: Post-art-um.
“I just sort of just felt like it could have been any conversation,” Jacobs said. “Nothing felt like director and subject. It just felt completely easy.”
Still, Jacobs was nervous the first time she screened it for him. He worried about what he was going to look like, and sound like, and what it was going to be.
“In very typical me fashion, when it was over I said I don’t hate myself after seeing it,” Jacobs laughed. “I just thought it all felt natural. I wasn’t pretending. There was just nothing synthetic or false or anything. So whether people like it or not, I know that I just felt good about me being me and Sofia, you know, sort of seeing that her way.”
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This story was originally published on Sep 2, 2025 during the Venice Film Festival. It has been updated to reflect its theatrical release.
FILE - Marc Jacobs, left, and Sofia Coppola pose for a portrait photograph for the film "Marc by Sofia" during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Marc Jacobs, left, and Sofia Coppola pose for a portrait photograph for the film "Marc by Sofia" during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
