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News Release from: Jervis B. Webb
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
Automation agreement for materials
handling
Jervis B Webb - a world leader in material handling solutions - has signed a licensing agreement with Savant Automation.
Jervis B Webb - a world leader in material handling solutions - has signed a licensing agreement with Savant Automation, under which the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company will act as a licensee of Webb's patented and proprietary automated technologies Per the agreement, Savant will design, manufacture and sell versions of the Webb Company's Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) products, which include SmartCart, HV-3 Unit Load Vehicles and the newly launched SmartLoader throughout North America
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our relationship with Savant is a strategic element of the Webb Company's continued focus to expand its reach in the ever-growing AGV market," said Brian G.
Stewart, Jervis B Webb Company's senior vice president and COO.
"Savant's expertise and recognized reputation will provide greater opportunities for Webb AGV products to reach new customers across North America." Savant Automation (a group formerly with Siemens) sells, designs, manufactures, installs and services AGV systems for industrial and commercial markets.
The company has a history of AGV innovation and is widely recognized for providing state-of-the-art, customer-tested products.
Over the pastFor more than three decades, Savant's staff has manufactured and installed hundreds of successful AGV systems.
"The marketplace demands inexpensive AGVs for assembly and transportation processes, as well as fork AGVs that can automatically load semi trucks.
These Webb products meet those needs," said Garry Koff, Savant Automation's president.
"We're looking forward to leveraging our established AGV market presence to provide customers with these exciting new AGV product solutions." Savant will manufacture the Webb Company's patented technologies from its operations facility in Grand Rapids, Mich., and will market the AGV technologies under different product names.
The Webb Company will continue to directly market and manufacture its complete line of AGV products and technologies from its facility in Harbor Springs, Mich.
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