Kivnon is expanding its international partner network with the addition of Schmachtl, bwm Solutions and Movicontrol, strengthening the company’s ability to deliver locally supported automated guided vehicle (AGV) and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solutions across key industrial markets. The partnerships are designed to provide customers with local technical expertise, knowledge of industrial operating environments and on-site support throughout the complete lifecycle of automation projects.
As demand for intralogistics automation continues to grow, successful implementation requires more than geographical market coverage. Every AGV and AMR project must take into account factors such as material flow, production schedules, facility layouts, loading and unloading locations, interaction between people and equipment, safety requirements and traffic management. Integration with existing technologies, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), warehouse management systems (WMS), manufacturing execution systems (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms and fleet management systems, is also critical to achieving reliable operations.
Kivnon’s approach to partner selection focuses on technical capabilities that can contribute across the complete project lifecycle, from analysing operational requirements and designing the solution to integration, commissioning, maintenance and continuous development. The company’s partner network brings together complementary expertise suited to different industrial environments and customer requirements.
Schmachtl, headquartered in Linz and operating across Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, contributes knowledge of the Central European industrial landscape and experience in delivering technical solutions for industries where reliability and operational performance are essential. Germany-based bwm Solutions, located in Lilienthal, specialises in special-purpose machinery, robotics and control systems. Its expertise in industrial integration, process automation, quality control and machine vision supports AGV and AMR applications requiring coordination with production cells, transfer stations and established manufacturing processes.
Movicontrol, based in Zaragoza, Spain, provides turnkey implementation capabilities through in-house teams specialising in mechanical design, electrical engineering and robot, PLC and HMI programming. Its capabilities are particularly relevant to automation projects in the automotive, food and home appliance industries.
The expanded network supports Kivnon’s broader intralogistics automation model, which combines industrial mobile robots, management software, operational logic, system integration and local services. The company currently operates in more than 40 countries through 25 active partners and continues to pursue opportunities in markets including Latin America and the Middle East.
By strengthening its local technical capabilities, Kivnon aims to ensure that AGV and AMR deployments are adapted to each customer’s specific workflows, infrastructure and integration requirements. The company’s end-to-end offering covers technical consultancy, simulation, manufacturing, deployment, integration, fleet management and maintenance, enabling industrial and logistics operations to adopt mobile robotics with greater control, safety and scalability.
