JMP Engineering

JMP Engineering is a material handling automation company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. It designs and builds palletising and de-palletising systems, from compact single cells to large, multi-robot distribution lines. The company traces its origins to 1972, when it started as a custom machining and engineering workshop. It says more than 2,000 palletising and de-palletising systems have been installed around the world.

Process from consultation to build

The company's process starts with consultation, where engineers clarify project priorities and scope with clients. Design follows, with the layout tailored to each application. The company says it works directly with its most experienced engineering leaders from the start of a project. Its in-house fabrication, electrical and automation specialists then produce the assemblies and specialised components that bring the concept to life.

Support and service

JMP offers on-site or remote support, online knowledge base access, VPN connectivity and local emergency spare parts inventories. For sites where uptime is critical it offers service level agreements that guarantee emergency access to controls engineers at any time. Its field service technicians also handle scheduled maintenance, upgrades, refurbishments and breakdown work.

Client projects and reach

The site cites Fonterra, for which JMP built robotic palletisers in the late 1990s, as an early milestone in its robotic palletising work. JMP also delivered a Compact Palletiser programme for Frito Lay, and the customer's automation team has said the work exceeded expectations. The firm describes its global reach as extending from single-robot cells to some of the biggest palletising systems in the Southern Hemisphere.

Key facts

• Based in: Auckland, New Zealand
• Founded: 1972
• Products: Palletising and de-palletising cells and systems, robotic palletisers, compact palletisers
• Markets: Food and beverage, dairy, meat and poultry, fruit and produce, and other industries