For today’s heavy manufacturers, conveyance automation systems must be extremely robust and capable of transporting high-capacity payloads, yet also deliver the high levels of flexibility, safety and scalability expected from today’s mobile robotic systems. Modern automated guided vehicles can do just that.

  NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Arsenal Capital Partners (“Arsenal”), a private equity firm that specializes in investments in industrial growth and healthcare companies, today announced that it has completed an investment in Innovative Products & Equipment, Inc. (“Innovative”), which it will combine with Eckhart, Inc. (“Eckhart”) to build a leading automation solutions provider serving highly […]

Advanced industrial solutions provider Eckhart will spotlight automated woodworking production cells featuring KUKA Robotics automation at the International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, August 23-26.

Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) as Alternatives to Tow Line Conveyance by Jeff Chu, Eckhart Factory of the Future Consulting team lead for SME.org M|Exchange.

Eckhart’s Factory of the Future consulting team leader, Jeff Chu, writes for Industry Week. Original date of publication 10 February 2022.

Eckhart’s Parth Koshti (Business Development Engineer) writes about the importance of documenting the process, constraints, and expectations of any automation project in Industry Week (original publication on 6/6/2022).

Eckhart’s Factory of the Future (FotF) Consulting team was featured in the May 2022 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Manufacturing Engineering Magazine issue. Eckhart FotF provides automation consulting, robotics consulting, and manufacturing engineering services.

NEW YORK, January 18, 2022  — Arsenal Capital Partners (“Arsenal”), a private equity firm that specializes in investments in industrial growth and healthcare companies, today announced that it has acquired Eckhart Holdings, Inc. (“Eckhart”), a leading automation solutions provider from LFM Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Eckhart’s advanced engineering, design, simulation, and integration services, […]

The U.S. Army has selected Eckhart to design and build automation to increase the rate of fire for Self-Propelled Howitzers. By way of the SPARTN Fire Faster program, the Army Applications Laboratory managed a competitive process in which hundreds of potential industry partners were evaluated before selecting and funding five companies to lead the artillery loading modernization effort.

Eckhart FotF delivered an end-to-end operational review to prioritize how this OEM can meet its 5-year growth plan.

Warren, Michigan – May 19, 2021 – Eckhart has been highlighted as a key player in polymer additive technologies for assembly aids within the automotive industry. In Plastics Engineering’s May 2021 issue, Eckhart demonstrates how their innovations lead to efficient tools that help workers build vehicles in record time, while creating a safer and more […]

WARREN, Mich – May 10 , 2021 – To better serve the demand for Universal Robotic’s ActivNav flexible machine loading system, UR names Eckhart as a listed ActivNav Solutions Provider to aid end users in loading system deployments. Universal Robots’ ActiNav Handles Challenging Picking Task The ActiNav flexible machine loading system combines real-time autonomous motion […]