At the end of January, Exotec’s Western Europe teams brought together their main customers and partners for a convivial get-together in Lille. It was an opportunity to take stock of the new steps taken by Exotec in recent months and to set the course for the year ahead. It was also an opportunity to honour a number of customers and partners for their success and boldness in transforming their warehouse logistics.
2023: another year of strong growth for Exotec in Western Europe
In Western Europe, Exotec now operates in nine countries, with the support of three integrator partners: LAC conveyors & automation in the UK and Ireland, Errevi Automation in Italy and Exotec by Dexter in Spain and Portugal.
The business unit now employs more than 250 people at its head office in Lille and in other countries, working closely with customers.
By 2023, its teams will have commissioned more than 20 new customer sites, including Supplyweb, Biomérieux, PC Componentes, Decathlon and Alliance Automotive Group France.
2024: the year of customer centricity
The pace of growth at Exotec’s Western Europe Business Unit will continue to accelerate in 2024 – over a hundred new recruits are already planned to support it. ore and more teams will be deployed locally, as close as possible to customers’ needs, notably with the deployment of project managers in Lyon, where Exotec recently opened new offices, but also abroad.
The teams will also be meeting customers and prospects across Europe at a series of events:
- UKWA National Conference, Nottingham, UK, 12 & 13 March
- Supply Chain Innovations, Antwerp, Belgium, 14 March
- Intralogistex, Bimingham, UK, 19-20 March
- SITL, Paris, France from 19 to 21 March
- Logimat, Stuttgart, Germany, from 19 to 21 March
- Richmond events, Sutton Coldfield, UK, 14 May
- Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 10-12 June
- Tomorrow’s Warehouse, Coventry, UK, 20 June
- Tomorrow’s Warehouse, Manchester, UK, 2 October
- Manhattan Exhange, France, 7 to 9 October
- Logistica Next, Utrecht, Netherlands, 5 to 7 November
- Supply Chain Event, Paris, France, 12 & 13 November
Customers and partners rewarded for their capacity for innovation and change management
Several customers and partners were honoured at the event.
Alliance Automotive Group France, for its Change Management, here with Thomas Faure-Geors, Project Manager Supply Chain
SupplyWeb, for setting up a flexible logistics tool tailored to the needs of its customers, here with Mathieu Desramé, Managing Director & Founder of SupplyWeb
Decathlon, for its ability to innovate and radically transform its warehouse logistics (award received in partnership with Elten), here with Thibault Moraisin, logistics country leader at Decathlon Nederland.
“We are delighted to have had the opportunity to thank our major customers and partners at this ceremony. C’est en effet grâce à leur confiance et à leur soutien qu’Exotec poursuit son développement et parvient à s’imposer parmi les leaders de la robotique d’entrepôt” says Thomas Genestar, Managing Director of Exotec’s Western Europe business unit.