ZenRobotics Ltd., headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has appointed Sun Earth Co. Ltd., based in Yokohama, Japan, the distributor for its robotic sorting systems in Japan. Several units will be delivered in late 2015 and will be the first of their kind in Japan, ZenRobotics says.
Sun Earth Co. Ltd is a leading technology supplier for the Japanese waste management industry. Its search for next-generation waste sorting solutions brought the company all the way to Finland.
“We want to offer our customers the most advanced technologies, and the ZenRobotics Recycler is the best available technology in its field,” says Yutaka Ebihara, Sun Earth CEO. “The systems will be installed at various locations in Japan and they will be operated by forerunning Japanese waste management companies.”
ZenRobotics describes its ZenRobotics Recycler as “the world’s first robotic waste sorting system.” Designed to reduce waste processing costs and increase recycling efficiency, the ZenRobotics Recycler reclaims multiple fractions simultaneously with the help of industrial robots and smart machine learning technology, the company says.
“The interest towards the ZenRobotics Recycler in Japan has been great,” says Rainer Rehn, ZenRobotics chief commercial officer. “A highly developed waste management industry and an interest towards robotics make and excellent base for robotic waste sorting in the market. We are truly excited to deliver our technology to Japan. With these orders, our production slots for 2015 are nearly filled.”