2009-11-04: Cadbury’s Sheffield factory in the UK is benefiting from faster and more accurate palletising following the introduction of a £1.2 million robot system implemented by ABB partner CKF Systems Ltd. The system sees the introduction of three ABB palletizing robots controlled by the dedicated palletising software PickMaster 5.
2009-11-03: It’s 1984. The Olympics are in LA; the Apple Mac goes on sale; Sony makes the first 3 ½ inch floppy disc; Indiana Jones does battle with Ghostbusters at the cinemas, and Victa Lawncare in Sydney, Australia installs an ABB robot to palletize lawn mowers.
2009-10-26: Allt i Plåt, a small company in southern Sweden that manufactures cabs for mining machines and cranes, has been able to increase weld output & quality with a robot system from ABB partner, Andon Automation..
2009-10-22: Robot shocks London Fashion Week by spraying visitors with a new ‘magic’ perfume.
2009-10-17: ABB Robotics has supplied four robot-based materials handling systems to Covilis, a company located 20 kilometers from Lisbon, Portugal. Covilis are currently the world’s largest, most efficient, and most advanced production company supplying tempered glass mirrors for solar thermal power plants.