Mobile robotics
Mobile Industrial Robots grows by 160 percent
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) achieved sales growth of 160% in 2018, more than doubling its turnover for the second year in a row, from ten million (2017) to 26 million euros. A leasing program is set to ensure further growth.
The strong sales growth is largely the result of international customers, explains Thomas Visti, CEO of MiR: "Many large, internationally active companies are very satisfied with the benefits they have seen from using our robots. They are now investing in entire fleets for their various sites. It can happen that some companies purchase 15 to 25 MiR robots at the same time." This includes Toyota Motor Corporation, which is investing in mobile robot fleets to optimize its internal logistics and make its production and supply chain competitive.
The market launch of the MiR500 model in summer 2018 also contributed to the increase in sales. The robot has a payload capacity of 500 kilograms and is suitable for autonomously transporting heavy goods such as pallets in an industrial environment.
Leasing program planned
MiR is planning to introduce a new leasing program in 2019. "With our leasing concept, we also want to use external partners to reach companies that have previously leased equipment such as electric forklift trucks and automated guided vehicles. This option to lease our solution lowers both the inhibition threshold and the initial investment for our technology. This makes it easier for companies to switch to our collaborative autonomous mobile robots."
In addition to the product and service portfolio, the team at MiR itself is also developing: The workforce is set to grow by 100 new employees this year. New branches are also planned in the USA, China and Japan. According to Visti, MiR expects an increase in turnover for the current year that is at least as high as last year's. as
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