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Why AIR?
Automated Industrial Robotics (AIR) unites technical depth, operational strength, and modern capability in a single partner built for ambitious manufacturers.
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Capabilities
Deep process and systems expertise, engineered to optimize performance, efficiency, and long-term operational success.
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Sectors
Discover how AIR can help your drive innovation, efficiency, and scale.
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Medical
Driving innovation in medical device assembly, surgical instruments, orthopedic, cardiology & CRM, peripheral and continence care, and more.
Pharma
AIR partners with leading pharmaceutical companies to design, build, and support advanced automation systems for complex, highly regulated production environments.
Semiconductor
Enabling startups, global semiconductor equipment OEMs, and semiconductor fabs to scale to high-volume production systems.
Food & beverage
Proven experience across a wide range of food and beverage manufacturing processes and products including tea, bakery, pet foods, ready meals, beverage and tobacco.
Automotive
We bring the latest automation thinking, expertise, and equipment from ultrasonic welding, clipping, screwing, and snapping to materials handling, inspection, and traceability.
Consumer goods
AIR brings together deep, specialist automation expertise to deliver complex solutions across cosmetics, personal care, pet care, and electronics manufacturing.
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About AIR
AIR combines deep engineering expertise, industrial scale, and advanced capability in one powerful partner for ambitious, progressive manufacturers.
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Deep process and systems expertise, engineered to optimize performance, efficiency, and long-term operational success.
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We partner with ambitious, progressive manufacturers across the medical, pharma, semiconductor, food & beverage, automotive, and consumer goods sectors. Discover how AIR can help your drive innovation, efficiency, and scale.
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Emerging technology,
semiconductor and more
AIR in Silicon Valley focuses on high-tech industries, offering specialized expertise in semiconductors, medical products, renewable energy, emerging technologies and data storage. Across our six sites, we work in a range of sectors:
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Medical, pharmaceutical
and more
AIR in Shannon, Ireland focuses on advanced automation for the MedTech industry. Across our six sites, we work in a range of sectors:
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Deep expertise for
progressive manufacturers
Across our six sites, we offer specialized expertise and automation innovation to a range of sectors:
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Pharma, medical, food and beverage,
consumer goods and more
Across our six sites, AIR works in a range of sectors:
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Medical devices, filling
machines and more
AIR in Sligo, Ireland delivers advanced automation solutions for medical and life sciences manufacturers, including flexible filling systems and high-speed filling systems. Across our six sites, we work in a range of sectors:
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Deep automotive
expertise and more
AIR in Rochester Hills specializes in the design and manufacture of fully integrated stand-alone assembly, specialized machines, and automated and secondary assembly equipment. Across our six sites, we work in a range of sectors:
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Robotics & Drives (RDS) Update

Robotics & Drives (RDS)
is now AIR

New name. Same people, expertise, and service.

We’re proud to say that Robotics & Drives (RDS) has been acquired by leading automation solution provider, Automated Industrial Robotics (AIR). Overall, this move adds additional capabilities, engineering expertise, and technical depth to our facility in Mullingar, Ireland. You’ll enjoy the same service, innovation, and relationships you’re used to from Robotics & Drives, and now gain access to:
45
+
years’ track record. Delivering
innovation and scale since 1979. 
400000
+
sq ft across 6 facilities. Three sites
in Ireland, two in the US, and one in UK. 
600
+
global team. The ideal,
cross-functional team for each project.  
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Capabilities

Advanced automation and
product development experience

Our site in Mullingar, Ireland has built a reputation as a leader in industrial automation since 2005, delivering solutions to customers in a range of sectors including pharmaceutical, medical, food and beverage and consumer goods. We offer proven product development processes, rapid prototyping and scaling, and customized solutions and a range of capabilities. Now with the addition of more AIR sites, we offer further capabilities.

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We’re pleased to join AIR and facilitate the next phase of our development, and are excited to contribute our unique robotics capabilities for application across the entire AIR organization.
Ken McNevin (formerly Managing Director, Robotics & Drives)
Sectors
Pharma, medical, food and beverage,
consumer goods and more
Across our six sites, AIR works in a range of sectors:
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Case studies
Dual-arm collaborative robots picking bottles from a conveyor
Complex pick-and-place solution to automate bottle sorting

The customers requested a solution to automate the bottle sorting section of their production line. The line involved a number of variations in bottle sizes and shapes. This AIR original design involves…

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Stainless steel conveyor sections on a palletizing line
Intelligent box sorting and palletizing improves efficiency

The aim of this project was to implement new technologies to improve the efficiency and simplify the palletizing process of boxed product. One challenge was to achieve the end goal but still minimize the…

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Close-up of a medical device assembly head over white components
Scaling high-volume medical device assembly to support rapid sales growth

A manufacturer and supplier to the medical device industry required a new automated assembly machine to support significant sales growth and increasing order fulfillment demands. Following consultation,…

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Why AIR?
Automated Industrial Robotics (AIR) unites technical depth, operational strength, and modern capability in a single partner built for ambitious manufacturers.
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