Nora Connolly, 9, plays a game of tic-tac-toe with a robot during the open house event at SEPRO America in Cranberry Township on Saturday. The injection molding machine company showed off its robotics, which build products such as car parts and plastic packaging. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Joseph Ressler

CRANBERRY — Injection molding machine company SEPRO America had its first open house robotics demonstration Saturday for the community to see its products up close.

SEPRO is a producer of Cartesian robots, which can move along three-axis paths and are used in a number of industries, including medical, automotive, packaging and electronics.

According to Raul Scheller, managing director, the idea for the open house was to show their employees’ families what it is the company does.

“Now they can see that this is what we do, and it creates a whole new conversation at home,” he said. “Now the younger kids can understand what manufacturing is, and look at the robots and think this is fun.”

Scheller said the company’s robots help make everything from car bumpers and dashboards to electronic device components.

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