Automation Suppliers

Navflex develops autonomous mobile robots for loading and unloading trailers and shipping containers. Its robots handle pallets at warehouse docks using navigation and perception software. The company identifies its headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado, and a research and development operation in the Munich area. Its systems are intended to operate alongside personnel and manually operated forklifts.

Centro distributes industrial products for process flow control and automation. Its portfolio includes valves, instrumentation, pumps, filtration equipment, automation components and material handling systems. The company supplies conveyors, bulk bag unloaders, railcar and truck unloading equipment, and industrial safety systems. It serves manufacturing and food processing customers and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Suzhou VOTAL Logistics Facilities manufactures loading-dock equipment and industrial doors. Its products include hydraulic dock levellers, dock seals, vehicle restraints, high-speed doors, overhead doors and large industrial fans. The company operates in Suzhou, China, and supplies equipment for warehouse and logistics facility access points.

Fizyr develops vision software that guides robots in handling variable objects. Fizyr OS connects cameras and robotic cells to identify objects and determine picking actions. Its documented applications include bin picking, depalletizing, parcel handling and trailer unloading. A DERO robot cell uses Fizyr software to inspect products during picking, and the company has demonstrated integration work involving Yaskawa’s Motoman NEXT platform.

Pickle Robot develops robotic systems for unloading trailers and containers at warehouse docks. Its headquarters are in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The robots handle nonpalletized goods using machine vision, motion control and the Dill Autonomy Engine. Operational dashboards report picks per hour, unloading times and package mix, with views for individual robots and fleets.

Caljan supplies telescopic conveyors and equipment for loading and unloading loose cargo. Its systems support parcel handling, distribution and e-commerce fulfilment operations. The company also provides automated labelling equipment and solutions intended to reduce manual handling at loading docks. Its headquarters are in Aarhus, Denmark.

Olitek Pty Ltd designs and manufactures specialised machinery and engineered systems. Its capabilities include mechanical, electrical, controls and software engineering, along with machining, fabrication and commissioning. Its work includes equipment for mining operations and material handling. The company developed the TyneLoader container loading system, previously known as Tynecat.

Metsi Group provides mechanical engineering, machining and system assembly. Its head office is in Hausjärvi, Finland, and it operates manufacturing facilities in Finland and Estonia. The group supplies automated cargo loading technology through Simec Systems, which it acquired in 2021. That business develops automated truck loading systems and specialised cargo handling solutions.

Changzhou Zhonghuan Kekong Mechanical and Electrical Engineering lists automatic heavy load truck loading equipment on its company website. Its indexed company introduction identifies registration and production in Changzhou. The company describes an incubation relationship with the Jiangsu industrial technology research institute for intelligent manufacturing. Its website also publishes information about gantry manipulators and automated production line logistics.

Rite-Hite supplies loading-dock equipment, industrial doors and material-handling safety products. Its systems support the movement of goods between facilities, trailers and warehouses. The company also provides controls and safety products for loading and handling operations.