ATLANTA (Oct. 10, 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, in collaboration with Moen, a prominent brand of Fortune Brands Innovations, today opened a state-of-the-art distribution center in North Las Vegas utilizing a FORTNA-designed AutoStore solution. This ribbon-cutting event marks a significant milestone in optimizing operations on the west coast for Moen.   The new center is a strategic fit designed to enhance Moen’s ability to service key customers and streamline distribution to other facilities. It elevates Moen's operational efficiency and service delivery across its network.   "Partnering with FORTNA once again to optimize our new greenfield location in North Las Vegas was a key decision for us," said Brett Woodis, Senior Director of Distribution, Moen. "Our approach strategically resulted in a greenfield facility that optimizes our distribution center performance, allowing us to enhance efficiency across every phase of our operations."   This new facility replaces Moen’s existing distribution center in North Las Vegas. It will serve as a distribution point for many of Moen’s products, including its innovative smart water products like Flo Smart Water Monitor and Shutoff.   The North Las Vegas facility is designed to streamline the flow of material and information within the distribution center, utilizing the FORTNA/AutoStore solution to enable high-volume, high-density storage and a high-performance FORTNA sortation system. These systems are seamlessly managed by the FORTNA Warehouse Execution System (WES), while the FORTNA Warehouse Control System (WCS) plays an essential role in directing automation across all functional areas, from receiving to shipping.   Additionally, the site features sustainable implementations like right-sized packaging, which minimizes box sizes for shipping, resulting in freight savings, reduced material usage and reduced carbon footprint.   Moen has been a long-time customer of FORTNA, having previously engaged with the company on several projects, including locations in Kinston, NC, and New Bern, NC. The company's decision to partner with FORTNA for the new Las Vegas distribution center stems from FORTNA's proven track record in launching innovative, fully orchestrated facilities.   Rob McKeel, CEO, FORTNA, remarked, “We are proud to have partnered with Moen in the design and implementation of this next-generation fulfillment center. Working closely with the Moen team, we were able to bring their operating model to life with FORTNA software, our unique application of AutoStore, and the addition of best-in-class material handling technologies.” McKeel added, “The comprehensive solution optimizes system performance while maximizing labor efficiency, capacity and inventory management. This accomplishment underscores the strength of our shared vision and commitment to providing transformative solutions for our customers."   For more information about FORTNA offerings and services, please visit www.fortna.com.   About FORTNA FORTNA partners with some of the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services. Visit www.fortna.com.   About Moen Moen is the #1 consumer faucet brand in North America, offering a vast array of stylish and innovative kitchen and bath faucets, showerheads, accessories, bath safety products, kitchen sinks, garbage disposals, leak detection products and connected home offerings for residential applications that give consumers more power than ever before to understand and control the water that flows through their homes. These thoughtful designs deliver an exceptional user experience and elevate how people interact with water daily. In addition, Moen® Commercial offers superior-performing products that can deliver lower lifetime costs for today's facilities.   Moen is part of Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: FBIN), a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Moen anchors Water Innovations (WINN), which also includes several brands under the House of Rohl® including Perrin & Rowe®, ROHL®, Riobel®, Shaws® and Victoria + Albert®. Fortune Brands’ other brands include Fiberon® composite decking and railing products; Master Lock®, Yale® residential, August® and Sentry® Safe security products; LARSON® storm doors and Therma-Tru® entry door systems. For more information, please visit www.fbin.com.   Contact Cheryl Falk SVP Global Marketing Communications and Demand Generation FORTNA Inc. cherylfalk@fortna.com  

ATLANTA (June 13, 2024) – FORTNA, a leading automation and software company for the full logistics value chain, today announces recognition of the company’s OptiSweep solution as Automated Sortation System of the Year in the third annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards. The innovative solution leverages FORTNA WCS™ software, specially designed hardware and Geekplus mobile robots to automate what is typically a labor-intensive process in high-volume eCommerce and parcel distribution centers. This year’s edition of the SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards received thousands of entries, with winners selected across a range of categories including eCommerce logistics, digital freight shipping, inventory management, and more.   The traditional, established sorter close-out process uses workers to monitor specific sorter destinations, physically remove items and walk them to a consolidation station for downstream processes. FORTNA OptiSweep significantly reduces these labor requirements by using Geekplus robots to collect orders from sorter divert locations and bring them to specially designed goods-to-person locations for bulk consolidation and outbound processes. The solution easily integrates with other automated sorter systems and can match a range of throughput requirements, offering processing flexibility from 4,000 to more than 34,000 pieces per hour.   “Our approach to innovation targets the most pressing challenges facing today’s eCommerce-driven supply chains with best-fit automation technology, tailored to what businesses need,” says Rob McKeel, CEO, FORTNA. “Our priority and focus continue to be on accelerating supply chain automation that elevates competitive advantage, and OptiSweep delivers on that promise, delivering consistent performance and scalability to a process particularly prone to labor challenges.”   FORTNA and Geekplus announced a global strategic partnership in 2023 to design, develop and implement cutting-edge automated robotic solutions. FORTNA OptiSweep shows this combination in action, with FORTNA WCS™ software and its proprietary algorithms seamlessly orchestrating workflow and Geekplus mobile robots collecting and transporting orders.   “We worked in close collaboration with FORTNA to make this new sorter changeover process a reality, and the result is a truly innovative solution,” says Lit Fung, Vice President and Managing Director for International Business, Geekplus. “The warehouse market needs automation to handle the demands of today’s order fulfillment and this SupplyTech Award is recognition that together we’re targeting the right application with the right technology.”   To learn more, visit www.FORTNA.com/solutions/robotics/optisweep.   About FORTNA FORTNA partners with the world’s leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services. Visit www.FORTNA.com.   About SupplyTech Breakthrough Part of the Tech Breakthrough organization, a leading global provider of market intelligence and recognition platforms for technology innovation and leadership, the SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring innovation and market disruption in supply chain & logistics technologies, services, companies and products around the world. The annual SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of SupplyTech companies and products in categories including Inventory Management, Supply Chain Visibility, Transportation Management, Material Handling, IoT and Robotics, and more. For more information visit SupplyTechBreakthrough.com.   Contact Cheryl Falk SVP Global Marketing Communications and Business Development cherylfalk@fortna.com  

VANDALIA, Ohio, March 8, 2024 — Johnson Electric, a global leader in electric motors, actuators, motion subsystems and related electro-mechanical components, will debut two warehouse automation technologies in a strategic partnership with Aegis Sortation, a leading manufacturer of sortation and conveyor solutions, at MODEX 2024 in Atlanta, March 11 to 14, in the Aegis Sortation booth (B8046).   At MODEX, Johnson Electric will launch TrueDrive™, a new approach to motorized drive roller (MDR) conveyors, capable of boosting throughput up to 250% compared to leading solutions. The company will also showcase VersaSort™, a compact steerable wheel module that allows divert functions to operate up to twice as fast in small- to medium-sized sortation systems.   TrueDrive re-imagines MDR technology from the ground up with exclusive Dynamic Zone Control™ (DZC). Instead of multi-roller zones connected by failure-prone belts, drive motors are cost-effectively integrated into individual rollers. This fresh approach enables rapid acceleration, tighter accumulation on the fly and greater energy efficiency. DZC systems also reduce maintenance and improve safety by eliminating O-rings and pneumatic infrastructure while enabling predictive maintenance capabilities.   VersaSort leverages small-motor technology in modules of four to eight rollers, each capable of rotating up to 180 degrees, which allows packages as small as 2.0”x 1.5” to be sorted at speeds of up to 400 FPM.  Individual angle control makes tighter spacing between items possible, resulting in higher throughput.   At MODEX, both technologies will be featured in a working zero-pressure accumulation and diverter table designed by Aegis Sortation.   “TrueDrive and VersaSort offer innovative new throughput and sortation capabilities that will change the way we think about warehouse automation,” said Stephen Pennington, Vice President, IPG Americas, for Johnson Electric. “We’re very excited about the partnership with Aegis Sortation and the opportunity to demonstrate both technologies as part of a fully functioning solution at MODEX.”   “These revolutionary innovations support the Aegis Sortation philosophy of ‘Driving Innovation, Transforming Business!’ They’re enabling us to build state-of-the-art modern capabilities into our products that will help the industry overcome many long-standing challenges,” said Tony Young, President and CEO, Aegis Sortation.   The strategic partnership between Johnson Electric and Aegis Sortation delivers innovation that provides higher throughput, improved uptime and greater flexibility.  Johnson Electric designers and engineers will be available for on-site consultation at the Aegis Sortation booth throughout MODEX. In-person demonstrations of both technologies are available by appointment.   To learn more about Johnson Electric’s warehouse automation solutions, visit johnsonelectric.com/en/solutions/segments/warehouse-automation. For more information on MODEX, visit modexshow.com.   About Johnson Electric The Johnson Electric Group is a global leader in electric motors, actuators, motion subsystems and related electro-mechanical components. It serves a broad range of industries including Automotive, Smart Metering, Medical Devices, Business Equipment, Home Automation, Ventilation, White Goods, Power Tools, Lawn & Garden Equipment, and Warehouse Automation. The Group is headquartered in Hong Kong and employs over 35,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide. Johnson Electric Holdings Limited is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 179). For more information, visit johnsonelectric.com.   About Aegis Sortation Aegis Sortation is a pioneering force in technology and innovation, providing leading-edge solutions tailored for the material handling industry. Specializing in sortation, we cater to a variety of sectors including warehouse and distribution, freight and parcel, e-commerce, postal services, and beyond. Learn more at aegissortation.com.   Contact  Jola Spring Johnson Electric jola.spring@johnsonelectric.com +1 937-203-7922