FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2008
AUTOMATION COMPANIES JOIN FORCES
FOR GREATER REACH TO PRODUCT AND PROCESS MANUFACTURERS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Doerfer Companies, with operations in four key North American locations, has formed a strategic alliance with AGR Automation, Arbroath, Scotland.
The alliance provides for the two automation companies to work together and provide a broader spectrum of knowledge, experience and manpower to Automation users throughout North America and Europe.
For more than 40 years, AGR Automation, manufacturer of the innovative Smartpod Platform, has been a major player in the development and manufacture of high speed linear, rotary and flexible assembly systems, vibratory bowls and vibratory tracks, cannulator feed systems, automated syringe loading systems, rotafeed – centrifugal feed systems, robotics, multi-lane feed systems, skiving machines, hoppers, elevators and a range of product accessories.
“This alliance allows our clients to leverage AGR’s experience and gain access to system speeds of 120-1000 parts per minute without compromising stringent performance requirements,” Doerfer Chairman Sunder Subbaroyan said. “We believe our systems will integrate seamlessly to provide unparalleled factory automation performance.”
“We are very pleased by this opportunity to partner with one of automation’s giants,” AGR Managing Director Derek Gatson said. “Doerfer Companies has the manpower base and engineering resource that will allow AGR to pursue projects of a scale that had been closed to us before now.”
Part of the Blakell Europlacer Group, AGR Automation enjoys an unrivalled reputation as the UK's leading designer and manufacturer of high speed automated machinery for a global client base.
Headquartered in Iowa and working from facilities in Nashville, Tenn., Greenville, SC, Waverly, Iowa and Moline, Ill., Doerfer Companies designs, manufactures and integrates factory automation systems for the unique process and product manufacturing needs of the healthcare industry, as well as the automotive, aerospace/defense, consumer, healthcare and nuclear industries. Doerfer's team of more than 700 meets manufacturing challenges by leveraging significant applications experience in assembly, packaging, nuclear, controls, testing, and inspection systems.
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