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ABB right this moment formally opened its new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters, positioned north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia. The new facility will function ABB‘s devoted middle for robotic automation options within the logistics and packaging industries.
“We are delighted to open our new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters in Greater Atlanta, home to some of the world’s largest packaging and logistics companies,” stated Sami Atiya, president, robotics & discrete automation at ABB. “With global megatrends including direct-to-consumer commerce and labor shortages driving demand for robots as companies look to move their operations closer to home, there is a growing demand for dedicated support and expertise from our U.S. packaging and logistics customers. Our new facility, supported by our manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will help us meet this need by providing our customers with the latest, AI-enabled robotic solutions that improve their flexibility and productivity, while strengthening their resilience and ability to operate more sustainably.”
With a number of the world’s largest packaging and logistics firms primarily based in and round Atlanta, the ability will function a hub for collaboration between ABB and its clients and integration companions. Together, this ecosystem will design and develop the subsequent era of AI-enabled robots to rework the packaging and logistics business and assist US firms meet new demand, construct resilience and stay aggressive. Training will even be accessible for ABB workers, clients, and integrators to assist them develop the abilities wanted to program, function and keep robots in logistics and packaging functions.
As a part of a wider $22 million funding by ABB Robotics within the U.S. that can create greater than 70 jobs, that is the newest specialist robotics middle devoted to growing new options, merchandise and applied sciences. It will function alongside the corporate’s Lifesciences and Healthcare Lab in Houston, Texas, ABB Robotics’ manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan and the ABB Robotics Research and Development lab in San Jose, California. The funding furthers ABB’s dedication to addressing the growing demand for automation within the U.S. as extra firms search to re-shore their manufacturing and distribution operations. North America is already the second-largest marketplace for new robotic installations with 41,000 robots put in throughout the U.S. in 2022.
“The rising expectation of consumers for greater choice and faster delivery is causing companies to look at more flexible and efficient ways to produce and distribute their products. At the same time, a growing labor shortage is hampering their ability to make the necessary changes, particularly when it comes to meeting the demands of Omni-channel distribution,” stated Daniel Navarro, Managing Director for Consumer Segments & Service Robotics at ABB Robotics. “Smarter automation and AI-enabled robots can help to address this challenge and energize the changes society demands. From collaborative solutions that are easy to program and deploy, to 3D vision technology that can recognize and sort objects or navigate warehouses autonomously, ABB’s robotic automation solutions provide a flexible end-to-end offering that can help companies to meet customer expectations while utilizing their existing workforces more effectively.”
With 40% of U.S. transportation and logistics firms missing workers to hold out low-skilled handbook duties, options like ABB’s household of autonomous cellular robots with Visual SLAM expertise or AI-enabled Robotic Item Picker may also help firms overcome labor and expertise shortages. Capable of creating clever choices in dynamic environments, these options can tackle uninteresting, soiled and generally harmful duties to free individuals to do extra rewarding work.
ABB’s new Packaging & Logistics Headquarters in Atlanta follows the corporate’s funding within the enlargement of its Auburn Hills manufacturing facility in Michigan, strengthening ABB’s presence in certainly one of its largest and most necessary markets. The investments made by ABB Robotics is a part of roughly $170 million that ABB is investing throughout its companies to speed up its development technique within the United States.
Official opening of ABB’s U.S. Packaging and Logistics with (from left to proper) Daniel Navarro, ABB Robotics, Managing Director for Consumer Segments & Service Robotics; John Bubnikovich, ABB Robotics Division President, U.S.; Sami Atiya, ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation Division President; Ali Raja, ABB Robotics VP Consumer Segments, U.S.