Regal Rexnord, a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors and electronic controls, and specialty electrical components and systems, has announced the complete strategic acquisition of Arrowhead Systems, headquartered in Oshkosh, Wis.
The absorbed company, Arrowhead is a leading global provider of industrial process automation solutions, including conveyors, palletizers and depalletizers for the food and beverage, aluminum can and consumer commodity industries.
Following the announcement, Regal Rexnord CEO Louis Pinkham said, “Strategically, Arrowhead is everything Regal Rexnord looks for in an acquisition. It increases our exposure to attractive, high-growth end applications. In addition, their highly engineered products and solutions, including digital capabilities, are differentiated and highly valued by their customers.”
In this regard Pinkham adds that “Arrowhead’s growth strategy is also consistent with our mindset of driving innovation with a purpose, the migration from single-use plastics to aluminium cans. In addition, Regal Rexnord and Arrowhead have highly complementary offerings that are expected to deliver tremendous value to our customers. We are particularly excited about the complementary nature of Arrowhead and our ModSort® modular transfer and divert stations, which are quickly becoming important ‘last mile’ components in e-commerce warehouse applications, but have much broader applicability in other end uses, including those where Arrowhead is focused.”
Regal Rexnord’s innovative ModSort modular transfer and divert stations can be easily added to new or existing conveyor systems to provide high precision 360 degree steering functionality for very lightweight items such as poly bags.
ModSort modules, along with Regal Rexnord’s conveyor, chain, guide and component offerings, now coupled with Arrowhead’s conveying and palletizing subsystems and its design, manufacturing and assembly capabilities, position the company to offer more value-added solutions to its customers and to do so in a wider range of end-use applications.
