VDL Groep and Prime Vision have been jointly producing robots for the American market. Delft-based Prime Vision has developed the Robotic Sorting concept, the sorting of shipments by so-called Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). VDL Industrial Modules from Helmond has taken responsibility for the production of the AMRs. More than 750 robots will be deployed at various locations in the United States to sort parcels faster and more efficiently. This order is worth several million euros.
The collaboration between Prime Vision and
VDL Groep stretches beyond the production activities of VDL Industrial Modules.
VDL Industries Gainesville, located in the US state of Georgia, has taken on
production of the battery-charging stations and VDL TBP Electronics in
Dirksland (South-Holland) produces PCBAs: printed circuit board assemblies with
electronic components.
Prime Vision specializes in computer vision
integration and robotics, working with the latest techniques, including
artificial intelligence. The company started 30 years ago with
recognizing and sorting mail and expanded their range over the years to package
recognition technology, initially for postal companies.Over the past year, the services have expanded to the
e-commerce industry.
Essential partner
"VDL is an essential partner in the
production of the robots and seamlessly complements our competences in the
field of computer vision and robotics solutions", says director Eddy Thans
of Prime Vision. Prime Vision has agreed with its US client that hundreds of
robots will be delivered this year. That is why the company has sought
cooperation with VDL Groep. At the Helmond-based operating company VDL
Industrial Modules, parts for the autonomous mobile robots are produced,
assembled and prepared for shipment.
Cooperation
"The production of these robots fits in
perfectly with the core activities of VDL Industrial Modules", says
director Peter van der Horst of VDL Industrial Moduls. "The collaboration
with Prime Vision is going very well.We
have been given space by Prime Vision to further optimize the design of the
robots for assembly.In addition, even in
this challenging period characterized by material shortages, we have succeeded
in setting up a supply chain together."
About Prime Vision
Prime Vision is a global
leader in computer vision integration and robotics for logistics and
e-commerce. As an award-winning company, Prime Vision designs and integrates
solutions using the latest recognition, identification, and robotics techniques
to optimize the automation of sorting processes.
Prime Vision's latest
innovations include the Flow Projector (Projection Sorting) to help operators
sort packages faster and easier, and Robotic Sorting (Autonomous Sorting by
robots) to quickly scale up sorting operations.
Headquartered in Delft,
the Netherlands, 150 experts provide comprehensive market and domain knowledge
to digital companies around the world.
About VDL Groep
Strength through collaboration. That is the basis of VDL
Groep, the international industrial family business with its head office in
Eindhoven. This company was founded in 1953 by Pieter van der Leegte.Initially, VDL Groep specialized in
metalworking. When Pieter's son Wim van der Leegte took over the company in
1966, specialties were, amongst others, in high-tech supplies for the
semiconductor industry and the portfolio was supplemented with plastics
processing and the development, production and sale of buses.VDL Groep is large in supplies and
semi-finished products, makes its own end products, such as suspension systems,
the automated layout of car factories, heat exchangers and container handling
systems, and with VDL Nedcar in Born it has the only passenger car factory in
the Netherlands where serial assembly takes place for third parties.
VDL Groep innovates through a combination of craftsmanship,
entrepreneurship and high-quality machines. The group of companies combines the
strength of a multinational with the flat organization and the open, informal
working atmosphere of a family business where career opportunities and
continuity are given priority.Since 2016, the third generation of the Van der Leegte family
has been at the helm of the company.VDL Groep is active in 20 countries with more than 15,000
employees.The group comprises
105 operating companies, each with its own specialism, that cooperate closely.Combined annual sales in 2020
amounted to 4.686 billion euros.
For more information, please contact:
Prime Vision
Dirk van Lammeren, commercial director: +31 (0)6
13 41 93 33
VDL Groep