Matthews Automation has announced the appointment of Christian Schauer as the new Business Development Manager for the EMEA region. Christian will oversee sales and manage the growing interest and installations of Matthews’ advanced warehouse automation solutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Christian will be responsible for driving the adoption of Matthews’ innovative warehouse automation technologies, including NEXUS warehouse execution system (WES) software, controls for material handling equipment, robotics, and Lightning Pick paperless order picking systems. These solutions enhance distribution centers’ efficiency, productivity, and quality, especially for omnichannel order fulfillment.
Matthews Automation, a U.S.-based company located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and now Estenfeld, Germany, has been a trusted material handling automation and software provider for over 30 years. With thousands of installations in distribution centers worldwide, Matthews Automation continues to expand its global footprint. Recent international projects include new installations in Canada, China, the U.K., and several sites across Europe.
It should be noted that Matthews Automation is a division of Matthews International, which has several successful industrial automation brands already established in Europe for decades. These include Matthews Engineering, a global provider of calendars, rotary processing systems, turnkey production lines for industries such as automotive and energy, and Matthews Marking Systems, an international provider of cutting-edge technology and equipment for the marking and coding industry. Christian will be based in their EMEA headquarters in Estenfeld, Germany, now offering sales, service, and support for both Matthews’ industrial printing and warehouse automation technologies.
With previous strategic business development roles at other industrial automation providers, Christian has successfully built new markets and applications for manufacturing process improvement technologies, including 3D machine vision, lasers, and collaborative robotics, for over twenty years.
“I’m thrilled to join Matthews Automation as the new Business Development Manager for EMEA,” said Christian. “With my extensive background in providing advanced industrial technologies, I look forward to helping customers transform their distribution centers with our state-of-the-art material handling automation to drive greater productivity, quality, and success.”
“For decades, global brands have optimized e-commerce and omnichannel order fulfillment in their North American distribution centers with our software, controls, and picking systems, and now adoption is quickly growing in locations worldwide,” shares Gary Cash, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Matthews Automation. “We’re excited to have Christian’s expertise to communicate and deliver innovative warehouse automation solutions to brands in the EMEA region seeking to take their supply chain operations to the next level.”
