PRESS RELEASE

Issued 5 September 2013 – for immediate release

US grocery retail giant Kroger orders automated storage and picking system from Cimcorp group

RMT Robotics®, part of the Cimcorp Group, has announced the sale of an automated storage and picking system for crates to the USA's The Kroger Co., one of the world's largest retailers. The equipment will be installed in a new dairy facility in Denver, Colorado, with the initial system going live in the second quarter of 2014. The new solution will fulfil Kroger's objectives for faster picking, higher accuracy and greater reliability.

The system is designed to store up to 36,000 crates and process in excess of 30,000 crates per day. Crates will be stacked, accumulated and conveyed to four MultiPick gantry robots, which will move the inventory to storage positions on the floor until required for order fulfilment. Order pallets will be picked by the robots, palletized and banded before being loaded onto delivery vehicles.

"We look forward to providing Kroger with leading-edge technology that will demonstrate the collaboration of solution design between our Finnish head office, Cimcorp Oy, and RMT Robotics," said Derek Rickard, Distribution Systems Manager for RMT Robotics Ltd. "This solution will be the first application of its kind in North America after having many years of success in the European market."

Larry Noe, Manufacturing Engineering Manager for Kroger Mountain View Foods, commented, "The system developed by Cimcorp/RMT Robotics achieves our objectives of faster picking, accuracy and reliability, enabling us to give our customers excellent standards of service. The system will reduce our operational costs, while ensuring customer orders are picked and shipped quickly and accurately."
 

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RMT Robotics(www.rmtrobotics.com), a Cimcorp Oy Company, is a global company that manufactures and integrates turnkey robotic gantry-based order fulfilment and tyre-handling solutions designed to reduce operating costs and streamline operations. Since 1981, RMT Robotics has been recognized around the globe as an innovator in robotics materials handling. RMT helps customers compete in an increasingly aggressive and price-sensitive global marketplace by providing best-in-class robotic handling solutions.

Cimcorp Oy(www.cimcorp.com) is a Finnish company specializing in material handling and intralogistics automation using robotics and advanced software technologies. Cimcorp Oy Group – which consists of Cimcorp Oy in Finland and RMT Robotics Ltd in Canada – has become a leading supplier worldwide to the tyre industry, and is also strong as a supplier to the food & retail and postal services sectors. The group has 250 employees and has delivered 2000 robotic systems across five continents.

The Kroger Co. (www.kroger.com), one of the world's largest retailers, employs more than 339,000 associates who serve customers in 2,422 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 790 convenience stores, 344 fine jewellery stores, 1,141 supermarket fuel centres and 37 food-processing plants in the US.

For more information,please contact Lori Vaughan, Marketing Coordinator at RMT Robotics by phone on +1 905 643 9700 or by email at lorivaughan@rmtrobotics.com