inVia Robotics Announces More Than 10 Channel Partners for Warehouse Automation

Warehouse automation requires a combination of hardware, software, and services optimized for each customer and facility. inVia Robotics Inc. today announced that it has made agreements with more than 10 companies as part of its channel partner program. Westlake Village, Calif.-based inVia said the joint technology offerings will supplement its direct-sales efforts through new channels, including international markets.

In addition, the company said the program will expand its ability to provide its artificial intelligence-driven optimization software and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to e-commerce fulfillment centers facing accelerated customer demand.

inVia Robotics named as certified partners Argon Consulting, Atlantic Packaging, Conveyor Logistics, Innovation-Matrix, Midland Packaging, Pregis, Ryuu, STG Chile, and Storage Solutions Inc. In addition, the inVia channel program includes alliances with a variety of companies that provide complementary offerings to inVia's robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) offerings.

As part of the program, partners can integrate inVia's products into their systems. The company said it chose its partners based on their ability to integrate technologies that increase the value and returns on investment for retailers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).

Pregis partners with inVia

Pregis LLC is a provider of protective packaging materials, equipment, and surface protection. As a material-neutral company, Deerfield, Ill.-based Pregis said it works with its customers to find the right solutions to solve their business challenges. Pregis serves a wide variety of consumer and industrial market segments including food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices, agriculture, e-commerce, retail, automotive, transportation, furniture, electronics, construction, and military/aerospace.

The partners said plan to integrate inVia's software and AMRs with Pregis' automated poly-bagging systems to extend automation across the fulfillment process, delivering greater operational efficiencies and faster cycle times. inVia said its services will be an integral component of Pregis' entire line of packing systems.

"As a part of the inVia channel program, we are able to integrate inVia's market-leading automation technology with our integrated packaging systems to extend the value we bring to our customers' operations," said Tom Wetsch, chief innovation officer of Pregis. "inVia's unique ability to automate retrieval of goods with a system that is flexible and can scale pairs perfectly with the breadth of our end-of-line product offerings."

"Our goal is to bring every efficiency we can into our customers' warehouse operations in order to enable exponential growth for their business," said Lior Elazary, co-founder and CEO of inVia Robotics. "Strategic channel partners such as Pregis are critical in helping us integrate systems across the warehouse and ensure goods, people, and equipment are all flowing."