UAE based Acme Intralog has recorded a 22 per cent increase in demand for the company’s warehousing automated solutions in the last two quarters, compared to the same period last year.

According to Navin Narayan, CEO of Acme Intralog: “This growth is predominantly driven by retail and e-commerce sectors that are looking for solutions for order picking and sortation. If operated manually, these processes are often the most time-consuming, while also being repetitive and dull. Automating these processes can increase productivity as well as accuracy significantly.”

At the company’s manufacturing facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Acme manufactures a complete range of conveyor systems, AS/RS systems, control systems as well other material handling systems. They also design and manufacture customised factory automation solutions for a variety of industries in the region. Acme continues to make significant investment in R & D to develop innovative solutions.

Narayan added: “The intralogistics sector in the region is investing more in modernisation and technology. The pandemic was an eye opener that made companies realise that they cannot always depend on global supply chain and a continuous supply of manpower. Therefore, they are now willing to invest more in automation. We are currently working on a project for a large regional retailer and automating their distribution centres in Saudi Arabia. And in the UAE we are working with one of the largest supermarket chains in the region.”