Dematic integrating Retrotech business

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN—Dematic, a supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, has revealed plans to integrate Retrotech, Inc into its organization.

Retrotech, with a 30-year legacy of providing expert modernizations and new automated systems in North America, will become a division of the Dematic North America Customer Service organization. Dematic was acquired by the KION Group on 1 November 2016; Retrotech had been acquired by the KION Group in March 2016.

The company says it hopes the integration, which is targeted for completion in 2017, will enhance Dematic’s aftermarket lifecycle offerings and bring incremental solutions and top talent to Dematic’s new systems business.

The division will be known as Dematic Retrotech and will remain headquartered in Rochester, New York. The company will continue to bring a consultative approach to both existing and prospective users of automation and software.

“This integration brings a large body of experience and resources to the fast-growing Dematic organization while fueling Retrotech’s growth with Dematic’s broad portfolio of products, R&D and global reach,” said Mike Kotecki, Dematic’s senior vice president, customer service.

Paul Deveikis, Retrotech’s managing director, commented: “The process will retain and enhance our long-standing reputation of objectivity and customer advocacy. The unified organization will be second to none in our ability to improve the value of installed supply chain technology.”

Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dematic is a member of KION Group, a global leader in industrial trucks, related services, and supply chain solutions. Dematic supplies integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain. It employs over 6,000 globally, with engineering centres and manufacturing facilities across the globe. Dematic, Egemin and Retrotech, now integrated under the roof of KION Group, have implemented more than 6,000 integrated systems for a customer base that includes small, medium and large companies doing business in a variety of market sectors.

The KION Group is the largest manufacturer of industrial trucks in Europe, the second-largest producer of forklifts globally, and a leading provider of warehouse automation.

Since 1985, Dematic Retrotech has specialized in the design and installation of new automated systems, as well as modernization and support of any make or model of automated material handling systems.