Smart move for Applied Integration partnering with AGV and heavy duty transporter supplier DTA
Applied Integration, a leading UK Industry 4.0 Logistics Technology integrator and mission critical controls developer are pleased to announce its partnership with DTA, a company specialising in the design and manufacture of self-propelled indoor and outdoor transporters. Founded in 1972, DTA transports have been used in many sectors like wind & rail sectors, nuclear, shipbuilding, automotive, aerospace, steel, mines, ports, bakeries and many others transporting loads from 1 to 1,200 tons.
Transporting heavy and/or large payloads manually can be difficult, risky and time consuming. The solution: DTA’s AGVs. With over 50 years’ experience, DTA are experts in enhancing customers safety, productivity, ROI, and providing effective repeatable transport. DTA specialises in designing and manufacturing reliable AGV’s capable of negotiating difficult paths, accurately positioning payloads for transfer/test rig placement.
This partnership is part of Applied Integration’s strategy of combining proven rigorous systems engineering expertise with carefully selected best in class automation technologies. An approach that will enable customers to manage the smart factory digital transformation, while ensuring minimal adoption disruption, optimised ROI, future proofed investments and development of world class logistics and manufacturing processes through effective technology adoption.
“As an autonomous transport provider for several years, we experienced a large increase in demand for adaptable cost-effective transports for very heavy/very large payloads for applications such as Steel mills, ship building, aerospace, trains, press shops etc. Our exclusive UK partnership with DTA, a globally recognised provider of high-quality autonomous and, remote control transports, means we can now offer smart solutions for transporting payloads up to and beyond a very impressive 120 ton+”, says Peter Moore, R&A Business and Strategy Manager at Applied Integration.
Garry Lofthouse, CEO at Applied Integration adds “this is another high calibre, strategic partnership added to our portfolio ensuring we have the necessary components to deliver full a suite of class leading autonomous vehicles to UK industry, some would say a very Smart Move”.
“We are very excited about our partnership with Applied Integration. DTA were actively looking for a UK partner to work with and selected Applied Integration based on their high level expertise in autonomous vehicle technologies and system integration. We believe their skills combined with our class leading heavy-duty transporters, will provide the ideal solution for efficient heavy payload transports for the UK market”, says Gonzalo de Sebastian, Sales Director of DTA.
Applied Integration is a leading systems integrator, specialising in delivering the latest industry technologies with a focus on Industry 4.0, Digitalisation, Internet of Things (IoT), Analytics, Big data / Cloud Technologies, Safety Critical Systems (SIL1, SIL2, SIL3) and Robotics and Collaborative Robots (Cobots). Founded in 2005, AI has a dynamic, 60+ strong engineering team with many years combined experience.
DTA designs and manufactures automated tailor-made transport solutions for on-site transportation.
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