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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,…
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 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 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 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…