Market Share of APAC AMH Industry
The Asia Pacific automated material handling market is fragmented and highly competitive in nature. Product launches, high expense on research and development, partnerships and acquisitions, etc., are the prime growth strategies adopted by the companies in the country to sustain the intense competition.
- January 2022 - Wise Robotics partnered VisionNavRobotics to bring greater innovation to UK warehouses. The collaboration means VisionNav'sinnovative technology is expected to be available as part of the Wise Robotics range. This is expected to help UK operators increase order fulfillment and reduce the ongoing costs related to running a warehouse in the face of well-documented supply chain challenges.
- December 2021- KION Group announced the expansion in its Asia Pacific operations by opening a new forklift plant in China. Such expansion indicates direct funding activities and is expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs in Jinan in the medium term. The total volume for the Geek's counterbalance truck plant and an additional plant for supply chain solutions in the immediate vicinity, plus an R&D center and a technology center, comes to around EUR 140 million. Alongside the direct investment, the creation of jobs indicates the growth of a healthy economy surrounding the studied market in the region.
- November 2021 - Jungheinrich AG acquired arculus GmbH, a Munich-based autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developer, for an undisclosed amount. Arculus designs and manufactures AMRs, modular production platforms, and software solutions for mobile automation. Through this acquisition, Jungheinrich added hardware and software solutions in the rapidly-growing AMR sector to its portfolio of automation systems.
APAC Automated Material Handling (AMH) Market Leaders
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DAIFUKU Co. Ltd.
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Toyota Industries Corporation
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Kardex Group
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KION Group
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JBT Corporation
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
