Applied Industrial Automation
"Trusted Automation Across North America"
North American automation distributor and integrator for robotics, motion control, machine vision, and IIoT solutions.
Applied Industrial Automation, operating under the brand Applied Automation and accessible at appliedindustrialautomation.com, is a North American provider of advanced motion control, machine vision, industrial networking, and robotic solutions. The company operates as a consortium of trusted regional automation companies including ACS, Gibson Engineering, Olympus Controls, Automation Inc, RR Floody, and Kopar. Together, these subsidiaries deliver products, innovative assemblies, and complete engineered solutions to OEMs, machine builders, system integrators, and end users.
Applied Automation serves industries including automotive, electronics manufacturing, and general industry, offering expertise in robotics, Industry 4.0 connectivity, and motion control implementation across North America.
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System Integrator
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North America
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- Applied Industrial Automation
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- material-handling
- System Integrator
- Control & Software
- Industrial Robot
- Manufacturing
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