Geek+ opens new UK headquarters with robotics innovation centre

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Having only entered the wider European market in 2019, Geek+ has successfully deployed projects in more than 30 countries, including over a dozen in the UK alone, with major retailers, e-commerce providers and third-party logistics players. Warrington joins Düsseldorf, San Diego, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore in hosting a Geek+ regional headquarters.

Brian Lee, Head of Europe & UK at Geek+, said: “This is a momentous day in the development of Geek+. The UK is home to some of our most exciting projects, including large-scale automated parcel sorting and multi-site goods-to-person robotics deployments. Logistics operators here, and retailers in particular, recognise the game-changing value brought by autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and are eager to upgrade their operations. We are delighted to have a fully fledged office to serve our clients here. We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone at our new UK home.”

The Sci-Tech Daresbury business park is an ideal setting for Geek+, with the company joining some of the most exciting and innovative companies in the UK. At least 30 Geek+ employees (known internally as “Geekers”) will be based in the new headquarters.

Simon Houghton, Geek+’s Head of Sales & Marketing, said: “I’ve been on this journey with Geek+ for three years, and I have seen exciting projects across this whole country. This office and its demonstration centre gives us a central hub where we can show people what we do and how our AMRs can take their businesses to the next level.”

Open to all visitors, the demonstration centre is the showpiece of the new office and includes a selection of Geek+’s AMRs. The robots showing off their skills are the flagship goods-to-person P-800 picking robot, best suited to connecting inventory with warehouse employees; the award-winning RoboShuttle, which enables high-density storage solutions; and the S-20C, a sorting robot capable of connecting the disparate elements of a production or distribution line.

Sci-Tech Daresbury now boasts yet another world-leading company as a part of the community. The Geek+ UK team looks forward to greeting everyone who comes to see the innovations that will move UK logistics into a safer, brighter, more efficient future.

Geek+ is a global technology company leading the intelligent logistics revolution. We apply advanced robotics and AI technologies to realise flexible, reliable and highly efficient solutions for warehouses and supply chain management. Geek+ is trusted by over 500 global industry leaders and has been recognised as the world leader in autonomous mobile robots. Founded in 2015, Geek+ has over 1,500 employees and offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore.

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