Intelligrated, Inc. (a

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of ''intelligent'' and ''integrated'') was a

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automation and

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company based in Mason,

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. In 2016, it was acquired by

Honeywell Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building automation, industrial automa ...

, who made it a subsidiary and renamed it to Honeywell Intelligrated. 2017, Honeywell Intelligrated reported revenue of $1 billion. Honeywell Intelligrated has production and service locations in the United States, Canada, India, Mexico, Brazil, and China.

History

Intelligrated was founded in 2001 by Chris Cole and Jim McCarthy, and has its headquarters in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of

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. In 2002, Intelligrated acquired the Versa Conveyor product line from Conveyors Ltd. Later that same year, the company opened a new manufacturing facility in London, Ohio. By the end of 2008, Intelligrated employed more than 500 associates, with field operations throughout the U.S. In 2009, as it purchased the North and South American operations of FKI Logistex, it grew to 1,500 associates In 2012, Intelligrated began operations in São Paulo, Brazil. In August 2012, Intelligrated was acquired by

Permira Permira Holdings Limited is a British global investment firm specialised in buyouts, growth funds, equity funds, and credit funds. Founded in 1985 as part of Schroders, it became independent in 1996. Operating as Permira since 2001, the company ...

. In August 2016, Honeywell completed its acquisition of Intelligrated in a transaction valued at $1.5 billion, with the company joining Honeywell's Safety and Productivity Solutions business group. Intelligrated was rebranded as Honeywell Intelligrated.

Activities

Honeywell Intelligrated designs, builds and installs tools for automated material handling including case and pallet conveyors, IntelliSort sortation systems, Alvey palletizers, robotic systems, order fulfillment systems and advanced machine controls.

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