BOSTON, Oct. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TPC Mechatronics,
the biggest pneumatic equipment manufacturer and distributor in
South Korea, is deploying Sawyer
collaborative robots from Rethink Robotics in its own facility, as
well as the facilities of its customers, in an effort to move the
entire industry toward smarter factories.
The exclusive distribution partner of Rethink Robotics in Korea,
TPC Mechatronics' core customer base consists of a wide range of
industrial manufacturers. The company plans to work with this
network to incorporate Sawyer into customer factories to increase
production efficiencies and enable a more cost effective
manufacturing process across its entire customer ecosystem.
Rethink Robotics is redefining manufacturing around the globe
with its family of smart, collaborative robots, and has already
inked distribution deals for its robots in China, Germany, France, U.K., Japan, Mexico
and Australia. As one of the
largest industrial robotics markets per capita in the world, Korea
will be a critical market for the continued growth of Sawyer.
"Collaborative robotics will continue to be a key driver of
productivity and innovation in manufacturing," said, TPC
Mechatronics spokesperson Lawrence
Uhm. "The efficiency, opportunity and safety that Sawyer
gives our customers embodies our founding principles of creativity,
judgement and action."
Recognizing factory automation as a driving force behind
industrial development, TPC Mechatronics is continuing its
commitment to maximizing factory automation systems. The company
continues to prioritize investing in innovative products and
technology in an effort to advance as a global general automation
system manufacturer. Through innovative resolution for customer
problems, it has established a core competitive advantage and
continues to build on that reputation through the deployment of
collaborative robots.
"TPC Mechatronics has been investing in ways to deliver world
class customer satisfaction for decades," said Scott Eckert, president and CEO of Rethink
Robotics. "By delivering a new level of automation to the factory
floor through the use of collaborative robots like Sawyer, it is
giving customers greater flexibility and increased efficiencies,
all while living up to its reputation for service."
TPC Mechatronics was founded in 1973 and has experienced 40
years of steady growth in trade, distribution, pneumatic equipment,
environmental contamination prevention and more. A formal
partnership announcement will take place at the World Robot
Conference in Seoul where Rethink
Robotics' Founder, Chairman and CTO Rodney
Brooks will be a featured speaker on October 12th.
For more information, please visit www.rethinkrobotics.com.
About Rethink Robotics
Rethink Robotics is transforming the way manufacturing gets done,
with smart, collaborative robots able to automate the 90 percent of
tasks that until now, have been beyond the reach of traditional
automation. Its Baxter and Sawyer robots, powered by the Intera
software platform, adapt to real-world variability, can change
applications quickly and perform tasks like people do. The
result: manufacturers of all shapes, sizes and industries get
the fast-to-deploy, easy-to-use and versatile automation solution
they need to increase flexibility, lower cost and accelerate
innovation.
Based in Boston, the Rethink
product suite is available in Asia, Europe
and North America. The company is
funded by Bezos Expeditions, CRV, Highland Capital Partners, Sigma
Partners, DFJ, Two Sigma Ventures, GE Ventures and Goldman Sachs.
For more information about Rethink Robotics, please visit
www.rethinkrobotics.com and follow us on Twitter at
@RethinkRobotics.
CONTACT: Gil Haylon,
617-969-9192, ghaylon@corporateink.com
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