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MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS (MIR) NEARLY TRIPLE SALES FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, MEETING FORECAST
Toyota Motor Corporation among global multinational companies using MiR autonomous mobile robots to optimize workflows for agile production; Industry first mover adds “mobile robots as a service” offering to help more companies benefit
Mobile Industrial Robots, the first mover and market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), today announced a second year of 160 percent revenue growth in 2018, a target the company established after accomplishing the same growth rate in 2017. The company’s success results, in large part, from MIR’s multinational customers, including Toyota Motor Corporation that is investing in fleets of mobile robots to optimize internal logistics and to gain competitive advantages in the production and supply chain. Thirty percent of MiR’s 2018 sales come from the Americas (27 percent in the United States and 3 percent in Latin America).
“Large multinational organizations, who are happy with the benefits they’ve received after trying one of our robots, are now investing in fleets spread across more of their plants, with some purchasing as many as 15 to 25 MiR robots at a time,” said Thomas Visti, CEO of MiR. “Our robots make it easy for these companies to follow the increasing shift to a mass-customization model, where they manufacture a higher number of customized products in smaller batches, requiring an agile production facility with flexible and easily adaptable logistics. Our user-friendly technology fits this model well.”
Growth from new products and new “robots as a service” offering to
help more companies benefit
In addition to increased sales of
multiple robots to companies like Toyota, which already uses MiR robots
to optimize logistics in plants in the U.S. and Asia, the company’s
growth in 2018 also came from the launch of the MiR500. Forty percent of
sales of the MiR500, which can pick-up, transport, and deliver pallets,
have come from U.S. companies. The continuous growth worldwide means
that MiR expects 2019 will bring even more new products, along with 100
new employees and new offices in the U.S., China, and Japan. According
to Visti, the company also expects to increase revenue as much, if not
more, over the next year, while expanding the types of companies that
can benefit from autonomous mobile robots.
“In 2019, we’ll continue to focus on delivering solutions that companies are requesting,” he said. “That means we’ll also support companies that are used to leasing equipment such as electric forklifts and AGVs by starting a new ‘mobile robots as a service program’ via our external partners. Now we can lower the initial investment required to make it easier and more attractive for these companies to get started with our collaborative autonomous mobile robots.”
About Mobile
Industrial Robots:
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) develops
and markets the industry’s most advanced line of collaborative and
safe autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that quickly, easily and
cost-effectively manage internal logistics, freeing employees for
higher-value activities. Hundreds of mid-sized through large
multinational manufacturers and logistics centers, along with several
hospitals around the world, have already installed MiR’s innovative
robots. MiR has quickly established a global distribution network in
more than 40 countries, with regional offices in New York, San Diego,
Singapore, Frankfurt, Barcelona and Shanghai. MiR has grown quickly
since its founding in 2013, with sales rising by 500% from 2015 to 2016,
and 300% from 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018.
Founded and run by experienced Danish robotics industry professionals, MiR is headquartered in Odense, Denmark, and was recently acquired by American company Teradyne, the leading supplier of automated test equipment. In 2015, Teradyne also acquired the Danish company Universal Robots. Due to its growth results the last years, Mobile Industrial Robots was awarded EY Entrepreneur of The Year in Denmark in 2018. For more information, visit www.mobile-industrial-robots.com.
Available images:
MiR500 photos can be found at http://www.mobile-industrial-robots.com/en/products/mir500/
Infographic
on the market development of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and
automated guided vehicles (AGVs): https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkqu7yxdtxajf43/Infographic_marketdevelopment.pdf?dl=0
