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In June, one of our veteran mechanical assemblers traded in his work boots for a pair of beach sandals as he heads to Florida for retirement. Al Goff joined R+D back in 2002 and over the years has contributed his tremendous skill and extensive expertise to hundreds of projects.

R+D Custom Automation has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, and install an IV bag-labeling system in a ISO 5 environment for a customer in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.

A record year in sales, a brand new website, departmental and building expansions, and organizational initiatives are all things that we celebrated during our 40th year of business at R+D Custom Automation in 2017.

At R+D Custom Automation, we are celebrating 40 years in business in Lake Villa, Ill.

R+D Custom Automation was awarded a contract to design and manufacture an automatic carton labeling system. The system will print and apply serialized labels and tamper-evident seals.

As a custom machine builder operating primarily in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry, R+D has 40 years of experience in a landscape that has seen more change than an Illinois tollbooth. As the technology we integrate evolves, we're faced with the task of designing equipment that is flexible, safe, and robust.

R+D Custom Automation was invited by Trevor-Wilmot School in Trevor,Wis., to speak to sixth grade “Project Lead The Way” students about engineering, automation, and robotics.

R+D Custom Automation was recently chosen by Domino Amjet to be showcased as one of its success stories.

Our chief technical officer, Eric Holmes, was invited to be a distinguished speaker at the Rockwell Automation Smart Manufacturing Matters Symposium on April 26, 2017, at Cisco Systems in Rosemont, Ill.

As a custom machine builder operating primarily in the life sciences industry, R+D Custom Automation is responsible for designing equipment that not only offers mechanical precision, but that also provides a well thought out method for collecting quality data and then maintaining the integrity and security of that data.