NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skyline Robotics and Alimak Group announced today a mutually exclusive agreement between the companies to create a next-generation automated Building Maintenance Unit (BMU) setting a new standard for architectural and asset management industries. Alimak Group’s global expertise in vertical access solutions and Skyline’s deep tech and robotics expertise is a powerful combination in transforming the industry faced with increasingly complex design challenges, labor shortages and best practices. Alimak Group has also made an undisclosed strategic investment in Skyline Robotics to further the project development.
“This partnership represents the next step in the evolution of BMU technology, making them smarter and more integral to modern asset management,” said Philippe Gastineau, Senior Executive Vice President – Facade Access Division and Height Safety & Productivity Solutions Division at Alimak Group. “By automating BMUs, we are redefining how buildings are maintained while supporting architects and developers in creating innovative, sustainable structures.”
A New Era of Automated Facade Access
The global construction industry is valued at $12.74 trillion globally and automating the industry, especially for class A building construction, will not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainable building management while maintaining the facade post project. This collaboration delivers a transformative approach that blends Alimak Group's industry-leading facade access solutions with Skyline Robotics' cutting-edge automation, paving a new age of building construction and maintenance.
Alimak Group will be integrating Skyline Robotics' Ozmo to provide autonomous window cleaning while also providing data to an industry known for best practices. Additionally, construction sites can maintain their assets while complying with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) regulations that are extremely punitive. Together, the companies aim to transform the way modern buildings are maintained, addressing the increasing need for automated solutions and the growing demand for sustainable and more efficient solutions. By integrating advanced artificial intelligence into BMU systems, the partnership sets a new benchmark for facade access innovation, operational excellence, and future-proofing real estate assets.
Michael Brown, CEO of Skyline Robotics, added, “We are leading a new era of automated facade access. Our exclusive partnership with Alimak Group further extends our vision to own the facade. We have seen the impact of automation in existing infrastructure such as our window cleaning robot Ozmo and now look to further transform the industry with the largest global provider of sustainable vertical access solutions.”
About Alimak Group
Alimak Group is a global provider of sustainable vertical access and working at height solutions, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. With presence in more than 120 countries, the Group develops, manufactures, sells and services vertical access and working at height solutions with focus on adding customer value through enhanced safety, higher productivity and improved cost efficiency. The Group has a large installed base of elevators, service lifts, temporary and permanent hoists and platforms and building maintenance units around the world. The solutions portfolio also comprises height safety protective equipment, load measurement & control, lifting & handling, and a global after-sales business model, with recurring revenue from spare parts and services such as inspection, certification, maintenance, refurbishments, replacements and training. Founded in Sweden 1948, the Group has its headquarters in Stockholm, 26 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries and approximately 3,000 employees. corporate.alimakgroup.com
About Skyline Robotics
Skyline Robotics is a deep tech robotics and automation company. Its flagship product, Ozmo, the world’s first high-rise window cleaning robot, is disrupting the $40B window cleaning industry as a safer, more efficient, and more effective alternative to humans. Skyline Robotics believes that people are more than robots and that is why—starting with window cleaning—it aims to automate all types of work at heights. Skyline Robotics has won numerous awards for its innovation including a 2024 AI Breakthrough Award for Smart Robotics Innovation; a Fast Company 2023 Next Big Things in Tech Award; a PropTech Breakthrough Award for “Construction Robotics Solution of the Year”; a 2023 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award; and the company was named to the 2023 BuiltWorlds Robotics 50 List. For more information, visit www.skylinerobotics.com.
