In a press conference on Tuesday, Chris Cole, Intelligrated (Booth 2903) founder and CEO, shared the company’s current corporate outlook—announcing that bookings in 2012 had exceeded $600 million with 20% growth in the company.
“This shows we have some real momentum with our customers and supports that we hired more than 275 new associates throughout the U.S. in 2012—the vast majority being technical hires in engineering, services support and software engineering,” said Cole. He also noted the company’s recent square footage expansion at their Mason, Ohio, headquarters and plans to add another 150 personnel in 2013.
“Our joint venture with SDI is now up and running in Brazil, which supports our growth in sales outside of the U.S., which now represents 18% of our sales,” added Cole.
Intelligrated’s newest senior VP by way of the company’s recent acquisition of Knighted (Booth 4279), Dan Napoli, the company’s founder and former CEO, described his company’s integrated WCS and WMS solution that combines slotting, yard management, voice and labor management. Browser-based with drag-and-drop set-up functionality, the software is driven by customer-defined parameters, which made it a good fit for the Intelligrated selection of offerings, said Jerry Koch, director of corporate marketing.
Koch further highlighted Intelligrated’s new ZoneFlex zone-logic controller for the IntelliQ and Accuglide systems to provide adjustable, high-density accumulation for gentle carton handling. Also introduced was the company’s I-Watch software that allows the controls to acquire sensor information, aggregate it and send it to Intelligrated’s customer service team for remote, real-time monitoring, diagnostics and support.
ProMat 2013 is scheduled to be held January 21-24, 2013 in Chicago’s McCormick Place South. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the material handling and logistics industry. Modern’s complete ProMat 2013 coverage.
