{"id":3020,"date":"2026-01-09T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:04:03","slug":"granta-automation-shortlisted-for-best-use-of-robotics-at-the-2025-supply-chain-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/granta-automation-shortlisted-for-best-use-of-robotics-at-the-2025-supply-chain-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Granta Automation Shortlisted for Best Use of Robotics at the 2025 Supply Chain Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Granta Automation has been named a <strong>finalist in the 2025 Supply Chain Excellence Awards<\/strong>, shortlisted in the <strong>MLR Networks Best Use of Robotics<\/strong> category for a robotic palletising project. The Supply Chain Excellence Awards are widely regarded as the most prestigious in the UK logistics and supply chain sector, making the shortlisting a significant, independent endorsement of Granta\u2019s palletising technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in its 29th year and run by <strong>Logistics Manager<\/strong>, the awards attracted more than 200 shortlisted brands across 26 categories in 2025, with winners announced at a ceremony at Grosvenor House in London in November 2025. The Best Use of Robotics category recognises projects where an organisation has used robotics to deliver fundamental improvements to its logistics and supply chain operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recognised for real-world robotic palletising<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Granta Automation was shortlisted for a robotic palletising project that delivered measurable operational gains \u2014 the kind of result the company achieves across its installed base, where systems typically increase production by around 40% and often pay for themselves within a year. It is exactly this focus on practical, high-performing automation that the Best Use of Robotics category exists to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Granta stands out in palletising robotics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Granta Automation is one of the UK\u2019s most experienced robotic palletising specialists. Its recognition at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards reflects a combination of genuine, verifiable engineering strengths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Palletising specialists since 2006, with one of the largest palletiser install bases in the UK and Ireland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A KUKA Platinum partner and a top-tier Yaskawa partner, having achieved record UK sales for both robot makers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two granted palletiser patents \u2014 GB2602358, covering the easy-programming software that automatically orientates, groups and stacks products, and EP3689539, covering the modular palletising system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easy-programming software that lets a customer\u2019s own operators set up a new stack pattern in minutes, with no specialist robot programming.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manufacturer, integrator, installer and lifetime support provider \u2014 everything delivered in-house, in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these strengths let Granta combine fast, no-specialist programming with fully automated row-gripping \u2014 a capability protected by patent GB2602358 \u2014 and deliver systems that palletise well over 30,000 products an hour in live production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A proud moment for the team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Being shortlisted at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards is a proud moment for the whole team, It\u2019s independent recognition of what our patented palletising technology and easy-programming software deliver for customers every day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MLR Networks Best Use of Robotics category was won by Toolstation with GXO. Granta Automation congratulates the winners, and is proud to have been recognised among the sector\u2019s leading robotics projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Granta Automation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Granta Automation is a UK robotic palletising specialist based in Linton, Cambridge, with automation heritage spanning over 120 years. The company designs, builds, installs and supports its own palletising systems \u2014 including cobot, compact, modular and prebuilt palletisers, container unloading, depalletising, AMRs and AGVs \u2014 helping manufacturers across the UK and Ireland achieve with automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To discuss a palletising project, contact Granta Automation on 01223 499488 or helpline@granta-automation.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granta Automation has been named a finalist in the 2025 Supply Chain Excellence Awards, shortlisted in the MLR Networks Best Use of Robotics category for a robotic palletising project. The Supply Chain Excellence Awards are widely regarded as the most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/granta-automation-shortlisted-for-best-use-of-robotics-at-the-2025-supply-chain-excellence-awards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,96,463,237,255],"tags":[79,616],"class_list":["post-3020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news","category-updates","category-palletiser-2","category-palletising","category-robotic-palletiser","tag-granta-automation","tag-granta-award"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3021,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020\/revisions\/3021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granta-automation.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}