Amp Robotics opens new headquarters

Amp Robotics Corp., a developer of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and infrastructure for the recycling industry, has opened its new corporate headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. The new location unites the staff from the company’s previous offices in Louisville and Broomfield, Colorado, in a modern, nearly 84,000-square-foot facility.

Amp says the new facility houses its manufacturing and production operations, where it assembles and ships its AI-guided robotics systems to recycling facilities around the world. In addition, the company says its new headquarters also contains its research and development (R&D) functions, including an advanced engineering laboratory where it develops, tests and refines AI-powered automation applications for the recovery of recyclable plastics, paper, metals and other materials.

The lab serves as a demonstration center for Amp’s technology, the company says, replicating the environments of materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and plastic reclamation facilities to research and continually improve the identification and sortation of recyclable materials. Amp says its demonstration center allows customers and partners, including brands and packaging producers, to experiment with the latest advancements in AI and robotics to influence material recovery.

“It’s exciting to unify our local employees in this state-of-the-art space, where we’ll incubate new ideas, flex our innovation muscle and manufacture all under one roof,” Amp founder and CEO Matanya Horowitz says. “We’re so pleased to be building our technology here in Colorado, where the state’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant program helped Amp get off the ground, starting with just a few people with a vision for how artificial intelligence could transform recycling. We see our journey as an example of what’s possible in the state.”

“We are excited to celebrate Amp Robotics’ new manufacturing facility here in Louisville, bringing good-paying jobs to Coloradans in addition to the 200 existing jobs for Coloradans, and building upon our work to make recycling easier and more accessible," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says.

Amp employs assembly and installation technicians, reliability engineers, project managers and engineers, field service technicians and supply chain specialists, along with dozens of mechanical, electrical and software engineers. Since its inception in 2014, the company estimates that its technology has saved nearly 5 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions—an impact equivalent to removing more than 1 million cars from the roads.

“This modern, inclusive and thoughtfully designed space fits the way we work with each other and endeavor to serve our customers—with plenty of opportunity for teamwork and creativity,” Amp Vice President of People Beth Dec says. “With our corporate headquarters in Colorado, we’re committed to attracting and retaining great Colorado talent to contribute to our mission of enabling a world without waste.”