ABB Accelerates Logistics Growth with Acquisition of intrion

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ByRalph Rio
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Acquisition or Partnership

ABB will acquire intrion, a privately owned company headquartered in Huizingen, close to Brussels, with approximately 120 employees and over a decade of experience in logistics automation solutions and services for the warehouse and distribution, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.  Its expertise covers a full spectrum of logistics automation solutions including inline checking, product picking, packing, palletizing, conveying, storage, sorting and sequencing, and order picking.  The two parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the transaction, which is expected to close in Q3/Q4 2018.

The trend of mass customization in consumer goods is increasing the complexity of logistics tasks. e-fulfilment, for example, requires enhanced capabilities to identify, sort and process individual packages of more diverse shapes and sizes from large volumes of containers moving at high speed.  Greater demand for tailored deliveries is also increasing complexity in retail logistics, where large chains require their suppliers to deliver pre-arranged palettes customized to each location that can be unloaded directly onto store shelves without sorting.

intrion has been an ABB Authorized Value Provider since 2010, and has grown its business to become a well-established logistics automation solutions integrator in the Benelux.  It will become part of ABB’s Robotics and Motion division, serving as a new regional application center focusing on logistics solutions for the warehouse, retail, and e-commerce markets in Europe.

 

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