The Swiss provider of automated storage solutions and intralogistics equipment Kardex is expanding its AutoStore operations to Canada, the company said.
The move follows the “highly successful” results of Kardex’ Americas AutoStore operation over the five years since it began, with dozens of deployments of the AutoStore ultra-high-density automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), involving thousands of robots and millions of bins.
That record has helped to make Kardex the fastest-growing AutoStore integrator, having deployed more than 150 AutoStore deployments across the globe for customers in the retail, manufacturing, healthcare, e-commerce, 3PL, and automotive industries.
In addition to selling the AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) itself, Kardex says it also sells a number of ancillary systems that enhance performance, increase system uptime, and simplify operations. Those include the proprietary warehouse execution system (WES) FulfillX, automated grid cleaning solution SnapVac, AI-powered bin induction with BinInductAI, and its Intuitive Picking Assistant (IPA), which projects picking information directly onto the AutoStore port.
Although the addition of that AutoStore business new Canada is new, Kardex says it has been providing its own range of proprietary intralogistics solutions and automated systems to Canadian customers for some time.
“Canada represents an important growth opportunity for Kardex AS Solutions as we continue to expand our AutoStore business globally,” Daniel Hauser, Head of Kardex AS Solutions, said in a release. “We have built significant AutoStore experience across markets and industries, and our focus is on bringing that expertise closer to Canadian customers. By combining our global capabilities with strong local market knowledge and support, we see an opportunity to build a meaningful, long-term AutoStore business in Canada.”
