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Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.14
…systems integrators are partnering and consolidating. Material handling integrator Hy-Tek Holdings today said it has acquired Advanced Handling Systems LLC, or AHS. The merged company now operates as Hy-Tek Material Handling LLC. Terms were not disclosed. “Hy-Tek’s acquisition of AHS broadens our offerings as the predominant player in material handling and integrated systems,” said Sam Grooms, CEO of Hy-Tek Holdings. “With AHS robotic solutions, Hy-Tek delivers cutting-edge technology that optimizes fulfillment, speeds distribution, and addresses labor shortages within a challenging supply chain. Committed to growth through acquisitions, Hy-Tek always is looking for best-of-breed companies to join our team.” Erlanger, Ky.-based…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.33
…said it will integrate its SORT pick-and-place robots with Hy-Tek Integrated Systems’ material handling products to automate retail and e-commerce order fulfillment operations. The partners said they will accelerate polybag picking processes at warehouses and distribution centers to meet increasing consumer demand at Hy-Tek’s apparel customers. “In this rapidly growing e-commerce fulfillment environment, Hy-Tek turned to Kindred and its SORT robotic system to solve challenges that our customers were facing,” said Donnie Johnson, president of Hy-Tek Integrated Systems. “Kindred offered an affordable yet flexible solution to efficiently and effectively improve their e-commerce fulfillment operations. We are very excited to be…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.06
Hy-Tek Intralogistics last week said it has partnered with Hai Robotics to combine Hy-Tek's IntraOne enterprise logistics platform with Hai Robotics' automated storage and retrieval systems, or ASRS. The companies said their joint offering will help reduce customers' storage footprints, increase workflow efficiency, maximize picking efficiency, and improve daily order-fulfillment rates. “We are excited to start our partnership with Hai, an up-and-coming innovator for the G2P [goods-to-person] space,” said Zac Boehm, vice president of robotic solutions at Hy-Tek Intralogistics, in a release. “By formalizing our partnership, it allows Hy-Tek to add to its existing solutions with a technology that allows…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.93
…warehouse automation provider Exotec announced that it had selected Hy-Tek Intralogistics as the winner of the Exotec Global Integrator of the Year Award for 2023. The company said the award recognizes integrators “that embody Exotec's core principles by continuously offering superior customer service and maintaining an unwavering commitment to excellence.” “We are thrilled to have been announced Exotec's Global Integrator of the Year for 2023,” said Zac Boehm, vice president of robotic solutions for Hy-Tek Intralogistics. “We have enjoyed a long and successful partnership with them throughout their launch and growth in North America and are excited about the opportunities…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.11
AHS, a unit of Hy-Tek Material Handling LLC, yesterday said it has partnered with Tompkins Robotics to automate more of its material handling for fulfillment and distribution. The companies said the addition of Tompkins' modular and scalable tSort to Hy-Tek's suite of services will support streamlined processes, improve employee productivity, and maximize the return on investment for the supply chain industry. “We are excited to start our partnership with Tompkins Robotics, a proven scalable and flexible robotic sortation solution,” said Zac Boehm, Vice President of Innovation and Technology at AHS. “By formalizing our partnership, it allows Hy-Tek to add to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.25
After announcing their partnership just last week, Hy-Tek Intralogistics and Hai Robotics are already taking the wraps of their first joint project. This companies have developed an automated storage and retrieval system, or ASRS, for a manufacturing and engineering company in Ohio for a GTP buffer system application. The facility had previously used a carousel to manage much of the raw good storage, however, the system was becoming costly to maintain and frequently broke down, reducing workflow efficiency and operational stability. Hai Robotics simplifies the movement of items The companies said their system delivers a single dual-purpose workstation and conveying…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.17
…industry leaders in the United States. Avik Services, Bricz, Hy-Tek, Info-Sun, McCombs-Wall, S&H Systems, TREW and UST Global will join forces with GreyOrange to help sell, deploy and service GreyOrange technology. “We partner with some of the most prominent warehouse logistics and supply chain organizations in the world, and our goal is not simply to optimize their operations, but to co-create a warehouse automation system that can scale to fit the needs of their desired future state,” said Chris Barber, vice president and CEO, North America, GreyOrange. “We deliver the technology that helps them achieve the transformation that’s at the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.06
…said Zac Boehm, vice president of robotic solutions at Hy-Tek Intralogistics. Exotec has worked hard to be a trusted partner to provide both performance and flexibility, added Williams. He acknowledged that artificial intelligence could further improve vision and the picking process. From left: Robotics 24/7's Eugene Demaitre moderated an ExoDay panel with Ariat's Josiah Girton, GEODIS' Drew Bailey, Hy-Tek's Zac Boehm, and Exotec's Andy Williams. Credit: Hershey Herskowitz, CTO, Apparel Direct Distributors More robotics recognition Last month, the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 list included Exotec. Now in its eleventh year, the annual list identifies fast-growing start-ups that are “developing new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.80
…Zac Boehm, vice president of innovation and technology at Hy-Tek Intralogistics. None were written to interface with other robots or additional types of automation. But to be effective, new, digital connections have to kick in. The different robots have to communicate to move and manage the needed inventory. This digital connection is where stand-alone robots literally take on a new life with heterogeneous robotic integration. As Boehm explains, there’s a problem to making that happen. “To communicate horizontally across equipment, you have to first communicate vertically to any of three systems—warehouse control systems [WCS], warehouse execution systems [WES], or warehouse…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.73
…AHS, a division of the automation service integrator company Hy-Tek Material Handling. “HAI ROBOTICS is extremely excited to be partnering with the team at Zion Solutions Group,” said Brian Reinhart, vice president of sales at HAI ROBOTICS. “When considering potential partners, HAI places the utmost importance on culture alignment and in Zion, we’ve found a partner whose goals, ambitions, and prioritizations match ours.” “Zion’s ability to concept, engineer, and deliver world-class automation solutions to the market is well documented, and HAI is very excited to be a part of that process now and into the future,” he said. HAI ROBOTICS…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.58
…said Zac Boehm, vice president of robotic solutions at Hy-Tek Intralogistics in a panel on trends, opportunities, and challenges of warehouse robotics. “A lot of our customers say they want a robot, and we kick into educational mode. There's board-driven versus operations-driven decisions.” “What industries are most interested in robots?” asked Bob Trebilcock, moderator and executive editor of Modern Materials Handling (a sibling site to Robotics 24/7). “Apparel, e-commerce, food and beverage, and fulfillment,” replied Boehm. Companies of all sizes should carefully evaluate both technologies and partners, according to Manifest speakers. DHL Supply Chain has 500 sites in North America,…