ASTOR is a Polish technology brand with nearly 40 years of experience, consistently built on domestic capital, engineering expertise, and long-term partnership relations. For many years, the company has played the role of a leading value-added technology partner (Value Added Distributor, VAD) across four key business lines: automation, robotics, industrial software, and intralogistics. ASTOR’s vision is to become the most trusted supplier of intelligent technologies for industry in Central and Eastern Europe.
One of the pillars of this strategy is the long-term, strategic cooperation with Kawasaki Robotics – one of the global leaders in the field of industrial and educational robotics.
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ASTOR – KAWASAKI ROBOTICS
The relationship between ASTOR and Kawasaki Robotics goes far beyond the classic distribution model. It is a strategical partnership whose essence is the joint development of the robotics market in Poland and worldwide – from the transfer of the latest technologies, through the development of engineering competencies, to education and the scaling of Industry 4.0 innovations.
The physical and symbolic center of this cooperation is the ASTOR Robotics Center in Kraków – a modern facility with an area of 1,600 m², which serves as:
a demonstration center for Kawasaki Robotics technologies,
an incubator for robotic applications,
a testing and prototyping center,
a robotics training center.
It is here that customers, integrators, and partners can practically test and develop applications using Kawasaki robots – from classic industrial implementations to advanced Intelligent Robotics 4.0 scenarios.
COMPETENCIES, EDUCATION, AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
The partnership between ASTOR and Kawasaki Robotics also includes the systematic development of market competencies:
certified Kawasaki Robotics technical training,
educational programs of the ASTOR Academy and the Industry 4.0 Academy,
workshops for integrators and end users,
joint initiatives promoting modern robotics standards.
An expression of the maturity of this cooperation is also the inclusion of the Astorino educational robot in the global offer of Kawasaki Robotics. Astorino – a 6-axis industrial robot, designed and manufactured in Poland at the ASTOR Robotics Center – combines education with real industrial standards. Since 2022, it has been offered to customers worldwide as a tool for developing robotic competencies, supporting the education of future engineers in the spirit of Industry 4.0.
COMPREHENSIVE ASTOR OFFER
ASTOR’s technology portfolio includes, among others:
Industrial software: AVEVA (HMI/SCADA, MES, BI, reporting, AI, ERP integration),
Automation: Emerson, Astraada, Horner APG,
Robotics: Kawasaki Robotics (industrial robots and cobots), EPSON, Astorino educational robot,
Intralogistics: Agilox mobile robots, EtE Flow systems.
Thanks to this, customers do not receive individual components, but comprehensive and scalable solutions, supported by ASTOR’s interdisciplinary teams at every stage of the process.
INDUSTRY 4.0 VISION
ASTOR shapes a vision of the future of industry: intelligent, automated, digital, and human‑centric. It is based on long-term relationships, mutual trust, and values defined by the slogan #chodzioludzi (#ItsAboutPeople)– because technology only makes sense when it genuinely supports the development of organizations and people’s competencies.
About ASTOR, Kawasaki Robotics and SMART ID
A particularly important area of shared competencies of ASTOR, Kawasaki Robotics, and SMART ID are palletizing, handling, and end-of-line automation applications. These include palletizing and depalletizing, sorting, packaging, order picking, part transfer, and the handling of logistics processes at the interface between production and warehousing. Thanks to the broad portfolio of Kawasaki Robotics robots, ASTOR’s application experience, and integration with automation and IT systems, it is possible to flexibly match solutions to the specifics of the industry, product, and production dynamics – with an emphasis on efficiency, repeatability, safety, and easy scalability in the future.