North American automation distributor and integrator, now a SunSource company; FANUC, Yaskawa, Universal Robots, MiR and Anscer lines across 12 branches.
AFS Automation & Factory Solutions is a North American industrial automation distributor and integrator that presents itself as a SunSource company. It sells and supports factory automation hardware and provides the engineering services around it, positioning itself between a catalogue distributor and a full custom integrator: customers buy components, a configured subsystem or a turnkey cell from the same supplier.
The business is a consolidation of several long-established regional distributors. Its own material describes it as backed by more than 640 years of combined experience, and the automation group's legacy names include Advanced Controls & Distribution (ACD), Adcon Engineering, C&E Advanced Technologies, Empire, Neff Power and Professional Control Corporation. The combined operation was branded GCG Automation & Factory Solutions in October 2024 and now trades as AFS. It runs twelve branches in the United States and Canada: Cleveland, Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Toronto, with its listed address at 2301 Windsor Court, Addison, Illinois. It holds ISO 9001:2015.
Its catalogue is organised into five areas. Automation and control covers HMI and industrial PCs, PLCs and distributed I/O, drives, motion control, robotics and software. Sensing and safety covers sensors and vision, machine safety, and bar code and RFID. Power and connectivity covers circuit protection and controls, power distribution, connectivity, networking and IIoT, wire and cable, and wiring assemblies. Mechanical and structural covers conveyance, pneumatics, structural aluminium and enclosures. A fifth area covers industrial lighting. Supplier lines named on its own pages include FANUC, Yaskawa, Universal Robots, MiR, Anscer, Siemens, Banner and Festo.
Robotics is a substantive line rather than a catalogue afterthought, which is the test that matters for a distributor entry. It carries robot arms from FANUC and Yaskawa, collaborative robots from Universal Robots, and autonomous mobile robots from MiR, listing the MiR250 through MiR1350 with shelf carrier and pallet lift modules, and from Anscer, listing AR-250, AR-650 and AR-1250 models, an AGV-100, and heavier PLR-2000 and PSR-2000 units rated to 2,000 kg. It runs a Cobot Solutions centre of excellence that will supply stand-alone hardware, value-added services or a complete turnkey integrated system. Its robot services cover pre-sale application review and site visits, robot sizing, simulation and proof-of-concept work, then installation, programming, operator and maintenance training, maintenance and repair. Other service lines are on-site services, repair services, and value-added work such as wire manipulation and panel assembly.
Industries served are automotive, chemical, food and beverage, material handling, metals, mobile equipment, packaging and pharmaceuticals, with oil and gas also listed. For a robotics supply chain AFS is a route to market rather than a technology owner: a mid-sized North American manufacturer that wants a FANUC arm, a Universal Robots cobot or a MiR fleet, plus the controls, safety and structure around it and someone to commission it, is the customer this business is built for.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Autonomous Mobile Robot solutions from multiple vendors, supplied and integrated for warehouse and manufacturing floor logistics.
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WEBSITE
https://afsautomation.com/PHONE
8002282790HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
1978
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Subsidiary / Acquired
Funding Total
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