BID Group Partners With Yaskawa Robotics
BID Group has entered into partnership with Yaskawa America, Inc, Motoman Robotics Div. The focus of the partnership is to implement robotic systems into BID’s operations and develop new wood processing innovations.
Yaskawa Motoman is a leading industrial robotics company in the Americas. The partnership will support BID in its mission to deliver its customers top performance, innovation, service and results through the continuous improvement of its operations, products, and services.
“We continue investing in the modernization of our installations to maintain them at the leading-edge of technologies,” comments Simon Potvin, President of BID Wood Processing. “The application of the Yaskawa systems will have a positive impact on our production capacity. We are very excited to be implementing these precise and quick robotic systems into our operations, and product solutions.”
BID is actively working on innovations for its customers using new robotic systems. The company has several ideas for applications that will help its customers deal with their daily challenges and maintain high security standards in their plants. BID is actively recruiting team members specializing in these new technologies.
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