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W. H. Leary and Robatech Group join forces in worldwide partnership

Owners Kevin Leary of W. H. Leary and Marcel Meyer of Robatech Group have agreed to join forces in a worldwide partnership which will allow both companies to further support their customers with valuable products and services.

W. H. Leary is a provider of cold glue application, quality assurance and data collection solutions for the folding carton, corrugated box, and other paper converting industries. Its integrated gluing and QA solutions have provide powerful performance made simple, which supports their customers’ demands for zero-fault production and improved productivity.

Robatech is a manufacturer of hot melt, PUR, and cold glue application solutions for a wide range of industries including packaging and automotive. Present in over 60 countries and with 40 years of experience their controllers, application heads, and glue delivery systems provide speed, accuracy, and reliability.

Both companies share the vision of being technology leaders and providing market leading products, services and support.  Robatech will represent Leary products worldwide with consultative sales, installation, parts and service. Leary will sell, integrate, and service the Robatech product range in North America, UK and several other strategic territories with a central focus on the paper converting industries  Additionally in the UK, Leary is now the exclusive distributor for the entire Robatech product range across all of their many markets.

“Together we will better support our multi-national customers and machine builders and create new end-user relationships with a support and parts network that is fully staffed with trained personnel. By maximizing each other’s strengths we are in a very strong position to better serve the global paper converting markets,” says Kevin Leary.

“This cooperation matches like the key in the lock! Both brands together immediately offer the most complete product portfolio available in the market. Both companies share the same focus in providing customers with market leading products and service worldwide,” according to Marcel Mayer.

The Leary-Robatech partnership offers high-value solutions for the paper converting market from economical hot or cold adhesive application systems to highly sophisticated bespoke gluing, quality assurance, and data systems for manufacturers of solid board and corrugated boxes, bags, envelopes and many other products worldwide.

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