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Company News April 20, 2026

HIWIN Corporation Announces Upcoming ERP System Upgrade

HIWIN is moving to a new Enterprise Resource Planning system, sharpening operational efficiency, data accuracy, and the service customers and vendors get.

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Products August 26, 2025

HIWIN Welding Robot: Precision Meets Flexibility

Welding automation should enhance your workflow, not force you to rebuild it. HIWIN’s robot works with the systems you already run: Lincoln Electric, Miller, SKS.

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Engineering April 27, 2023

What Is the Advantage of Linear Guideways with an Integrated Linear Encoder?

A look at position measurement for linear guideways, and why direct measurement with a pre-installed encoder usually beats measuring it indirectly.

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Engineering April 21, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Bearing Lubricants

Lubrication is the single largest factor in ball bearing service life. Oil versus grease, what each is good at, and the four things to get right either way.

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Engineering February 23, 2023

How Are Smart Factories Transforming the Manufacturing Sector?

Connected systems, proactive design, and an agile setup are what separate a smart factory from an automated one. All three depend on components that do not fail.

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Company News October 17, 2022

HIWIN USA Celebrates 30th Anniversary

September 15th, 2022 marked thirty years of HIWIN in North America: from a 4,000 square foot ballscrew office in Glenview to 120,000 square feet in Huntley.

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Products September 22, 2022

Linear Stages

A stage both propels and guides a payload along one axis. What is inside one, how drive and feedback choices interact, and why the alignment comes pre-done.

A large industrial 3D printer or CNC machine sits on a display table at a trade show, with visible mechanical parts and rails. People are standing in the background.

Engineering August 18, 2022

What Are Cartesian Robots?

Stages bolted together at right angles, moving to a coordinate. Why the simplest robot geometry is still the most cost-effective one for a great many industrial tasks.

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Products July 15, 2022

Linear Motors

Take a rotary motor, cut it open, and flatten it out: force in a straight line, no backlash, nothing to wear. HIWIN’s iron-core and ironless families.

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