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Robotic Welding Automation in Steel Fabrication: 2026 Guide
Skilled structural welders are getting harder to hire, project schedules are getting tighter, and specifications keep demanding more documentation...
NEXI’s 2025 Annual Report Features American Katerra
When a general contractor or project owner qualifies a fabricator they have not worked with before, the real questions are rarely about steel alone:...
Life Cycle Assessment in Steel Construction: 2026 Guide
Project specs are asking for carbon numbers earlier, owners want EPDs attached to structural bids, and green building credits reward teams that can...
Japanese Companies in U.S. Energy: Inside the 2026 EPC Show in Houston
On June 16 and 17, 2026, the Energy Projects Conference and Expo (EPC 2026) brought that entire ecosystem under one roof at the George R. Brown...
The Future of Steel Fabrication: Why AI-Native Companies Will Win the Next Decade
Two decades ago, a small online bookseller called Amazon told traditional bookstores what was about to happen. Most of those stores tried to respond...
Japanese Expansion to Texas: 2026 Tokyo SME Seminar Recap
For many Japanese companies, the United States is the obvious next market, and also the hardest one to actually begin. The distance is real, the...
Japan-Texas Economic Summit 2026 Attendance Report
From May 11 to 13, 2026, American Katerra attended Japan-Texas Economic Summit 2026 in Arlington, Texas. Hosted by U.S.-Japan Council, the Summit...
Campus Visit to Texas A&M University College of Architecture
On April 7, 2026, a delegation from American Katerra traveled to College Station, TX to meet with faculty and researchers at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Center for Infrastructure Renewal — marking an important milestone in the company’s strategy to embed itself within the academic ecosystem driving innovation in Green Carbon Steel™, BIM, and AI-augmented construction. Continue Reading Campus Visit to Texas A&M University College of Architecture
American Katerra at the SelectUSA Investment Summit 2026
American Katerra returned to the 2026 SelectUSA Investment Summit at National Harbor, MD for a second year — engaging U.S. policy leaders, state EDOs, and Japan-based investors. Continue Reading American Katerra at the SelectUSA Investment Summit 2026
NASCC 2026: New Industry Connections with the BIM-Based Providers
From April 20th to 24th, 2026, NASCC: The Steel Conference brought roughly 7,000 designers, fabricators, erectors, mill representatives, software vendors, and steel industry leader… Continue Reading NASCC 2026: New Industry Connections with the BIM-Based Providers