MH Equipment to distribute material handling robots

Peoria, Illinois-based MH Equipment has announced an agreement with OTTO Motors, a Canada-based provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), to become an OTTO certified dealer so MH Equipment can develop, sell, deploy and service OTTO AMRs.

MH Equipment says the partnership with OTTO Motors can help rising demand for AMRs in its market region. MH has 30 service locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and West Virginia

AMRs can help address top manufacturing challenges by implementing material handling automation solutions at scale, according to MH Equipment. The firm says its MH Engineered Solutions division specializes in custom solutions for warehouse design and efficiency and will provide a knowledge base for implementing OTTO Motors’ AMRs.

“We’ve built our OTTO Certified Dealer program like we’ve built our products, with unwavering emphasis on quality to ensure that our customers receive the exceptional service they expect,” says John Stikes of OTTO Motors.

“We focus on our customers’ needs and facilitating outstanding customer service,” MH Equipment President of Sales and Marketing Woody Hartwell says. “Our team is well trained and highly competent at designing, installing and maintaining AMR solutions for our customers. We are excited to add OTTO Motors to our supplying partners and look forward to identifying ways we can help each other grow.”

Dan Gill, head of dealer relations at OTTO Motors, adds, “We have hand-selected the top material handling equipment organizations in the continent to locally deliver the technical support and maintenance needed to deploy, maintain and scale automation systems.”

MH Equipment is a full-service material handling equipment and service provider.

“We trust as a company we will always remain mindful of our humble beginnings, grateful for our success and hungry for our next horizon,” MH Equipment CEO John Wieland says of the company, which began as a single-location forklift dealership in 1952.