Swisslog buys EVOmatic

July 1, 2009

Buchs, Switzerland-based Swisslog has acquired EVOmatic Engineering Solutions GmbH in a bid to strengthen Swisslog's position in light goods logistics.

EVOmatic, founded in 2003 and based in Thalheim, Austria, specializes in automated technologies like miniload cranes, load-handling devices, and shuttle systems.

"The material handling technologies of EVOmatic will bolster Swisslog's competitiveness in the area of light goods logistics," said Daniel Fink, head of Swisslog's Warehouse & Distribution Solutions division, in a prepared statement. "The acquisition is part of our strategy of expanding the solutions portfolio in high-growth business areas."

Swisslog builds warehouses and distribution centers and also provides information technology services to support hospitals' intracompany operations.

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Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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