Geek+ says opening UK headquarters at Sci-Tech Daresbury in 2022 has enabled its rapid expansion in the UK and across Europe.
The global leader in autonomous mobile robot technology says the move has helped create more than 20 high-quality tech jobs in the Liverpool City Region.
The strategically located headquarters is a hub for innovation, featuring a state-of-the-art robotics experience centre where clients can see Geek+ robots in action and explore cutting-edge solutions for automating logistics and warehouse operations.
Since entering the European market in 2019, Geek+ has deployed projects in over 30 countries, including key collaborations with major UK retailers in the apparel and grocery industries.
Over the past year, Geek+ has launched several large-scale robotics projects with major UK retailers, including NEXT, one of the nation鈥檚 largest fashion and home product retailers.聽
In a collaboration with NEXT at the company鈥檚 Dearne Valley Pallet fulfilment centre, Geek+ successfully implemented its hybrid 鈥楶ick-and-Sort鈥� solution, enabling NEXT to process 16,000 units per day – double the efficiency of manual operations.
This success has led to additional projects across the UK while establishing new partnerships with Logistex, Fortna, and SEC Storage here.
The firm is headquartered in the US state of Georgia.
鈥淭he UK is home to some of our most exciting projects, including large-scale automated parcel sorting and goods-to-person robotics deployments,鈥� said Brian Lee, managing director, EMEA at Geek+.
鈥淥ur headquarters at Sci-Tech Daresbury have allowed us to serve our UK clients even more effectively and showcase our robotics solutions in action while creating a significant number of job opportunities for local people.聽
鈥淚t鈥檚 a privilege to be part of the innovative community here and look forward to welcoming even more new clients to the world-leading services we offer.鈥�
John Leake, business growth director at Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: 鈥淚n the two years since Geek+ arrived on campus they have proven themselves to be an integral member of our campus community.聽
鈥淪ci-Tech Daresbury brings both an attractive location but also strong collaborative networks that enable hi-tech, high growth companies like Geek+ to expand and flourish.聽
鈥淲e are also seeing international companies like Geek+ seeing Sci-Tech Daresbury, and our 鈥楬ome for Life鈥� philosophy, as the ideal environment that will support their long-term growth in the UK.聽
鈥淚t is a pleasure to have them on campus and to work closely with the management team.鈥�