Jervis B. Webb Company
| Company type | Privately owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Material handling |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Founder | Jervis Bennett Webb |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Susan M. Webb |
| Products | Automatic guided vehicles, conveyors, baggage handling systems, and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems |
| Services | Engineering |
Number of employees | 1,000 |
| Website | www.jervisbwebb.com |
Jervis B. Webb Company is a global company that designs, engineers, installs and supports integrated material handling systems such as baggage handling systems, Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs), conveyor systems and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS). Webb is a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd., forming one of the largest material handling companies in the world.[1]
The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.[2]
Products
Products manufactured by the company include:[3]
- Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) - mobile robots used in industrial applications to move materials around manufacturing facilities and warehouses
- Baggage Handling Systems (BHS), a type of conveyor system installed in airports that transports checked luggage from ticket counters through security screening machines to areas where the bags can be loaded onto airplanes. A BHS also transports checked baggage coming from airplanes to baggage claims or to an area where the bag can be loaded onto another airplane.
- Conveyors – Conveyor systems move materials from one location to another along a fixed path. Different types of conveyors have been developed for specific applications such as moving light or heavy loads, moving products through paint processing and moving materials along an assembly line.
- Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (often referred to as AS/RS), a variety of computer-controlled methods for automatically depositing and retrieving loads from defined storage locations
- SmartCart - also known as AGC, which can move products on an assembly line or transport goods throughout a plant or warehouse. AGCs can move small and large loads along a magnetic tape throughout the working area. Other products can be added to AGCs such as longer tape to enable larger work areas or larger AGCs for larger loads. Production rates can be modified by adding or removing AGCs from production.
Acquisitions
- Logan Teleflex, 2011[4]
- Elite Line Services, 2013
Awards
- U.S. Silica Co., $290,000 contract to manufacture eight belt conveyors[5]
- Chrysler Group awards Jervis B. Webb New business to construct state-of-the-art material handling system at St. Louis plant[6]
- $18 Million in Florida Airport Projects[7]
- Jervis B. Webb Company, Michigans Cool Place to Work[8]
- State-of-the-Art Power & Free and Skid Conveyor Systems at Ford’s Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario, Canada[9]
- $14 Million Baggage Handling System at Port Columbus International Airport[10]
- Dallas Love Field Baggage Handling System as a part of a $519 million modernization of Dallas city owned airport[11]
Patents
- U.S. Patent No. 7,991,521 for its Variable Path for Automated Guided Vehicle
- U.S. Patent No. 7,980,808 for its Automatic Transport Loading System and Method[12]
References
Malis, Carol Michigan Celebrating A Century of Success Cherbo Publishing Group, Inc. 1999. pp. 124–125
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- ^ "MMH". Daifuku Intends to acquire.
- ^ "New Page". Powder Bulk Solids. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ "Jervis B Webb". Chrysler Award. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "Jervis B. Webb". NEWS. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "Coolest Places to Work". Crain's Coolest Places to Work. MH&L. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Oakville Assembly Complex". Ford Award.
- ^ "Columbus Airport". Jervis B. Webb. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "Jervis B. Webb Dallas Love Field". Dallas Love Field BHS. Forbes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Jervis B. Webb Patents". Webb Patents. Detroit Business. Retrieved 30 August 2011.