Robotic warehouse firm Pio announces expanded product line up and global strategic partner network

Pio, which lays claim to being the market's only plug and play warehouse automation solution for smaller companies, has announced its global expansion, in combination with a full product lineup and a network of new strategic partners.

Built on AutoStore technology, Pio’s compact, cube-based robotics system uses smart automation to store and retrieve products with, the company claims, five times the efficiency of manual picking, 99.9% accuracy to eliminate costly fulfillment mistakes, and 99.7% system uptime to support seamless scaling.

With Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) pricing, customers can also reduce picking labour costs by up to 80%. Installations take as little as five days.

Pio now offers four scalable, modular systems: P100: For businesses with fewer than 10,000 monthly orders; P200: For mid-sized operations scaling fulfillment; P400: For high volume fulfillment centres; P600: For larger warehouses needing Pio’s highest capacity.

"We believe logistics should fuel growth, not limit it,” says Dag Meltveit, Head of Pio. “With Pio we’re making AutoStore accessible for smaller businesses, so they can scale their business without adding workforce or complexity.”

With more than 20 live deployments completed and four more in progress, Pio says that it is growing quickly across retail, e-commerce, and consumer goods sectors. Most customers see a full return on investment in less than 12 months, it states.

“Previously, if I did a big sale, I’d have 700 orders going out. That amount of orders used to take us weeks to fulfill  and that was really scary for me,” says Brian Desind, Founder and CEO at Privada Cigars. “Since switching to Pio, our error rate has dropped significantly, and our order speed - well, those 700 orders now take me a couple of days instead of weeks. We didn’t just get faster - we eliminated the risk of losing customers.”

2025 RTIH INNOVATION AWARDS

Supply chain automation will be a key focus area at the 2025 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards, which are now open for entries, celebrate global tech innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our 2024 hall of fame entrants were revealed during an event which took place at RIBA’s 66 Portland Place HQ in Central London on 21st November, and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by comedian Lucy Porter.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “The event is now into its sixth year and what a journey it has been. The awards started life as an online only affair during the Covid outbreak, before launching as a small scale in real life event and growing year on year to the point where we’re now selling out this fine, historic venue.”

He added: “Congratulations to all of our finalists. Many submissions did not make it through to the final stage, and getting to this point is no mean feat. Checkout-free stores, automated supply chains, immersive experiences, on-demand delivery, next generation loyalty offerings, inclusive retail, green technology. We’ve got all the cool stuff covered this evening.”

“But just importantly we’ve got lots of great examples of companies taking innovative tech and making it usable in everyday operations - resulting in more efficiency and profitability in all areas.”

Congratulations to our 2024 winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Lucy Porter, and all those who attended November's gathering. 

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