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Bastian Solutions exhibited at CeMAT South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week. The team experienced great success in meeting many new potential customers, industry partners, and local industry media. Bastian Solutions South America showcased work with various customers and material handling solutions as well as its engineering and consulting services.

June 9, 2015 (Indianapolis) – Nowadays, it is rare to find an individual who has devoted 60 years of service to one company, and done so with as much passion, kindness and honesty as Bill Bastian Sr., previous owner and president of Bastian Solutions. To this day, Mr. Bastian continues to mentor new employees and provide outstanding customer service to clients, several of which he has serviced for more than three decades.

Aaron Jones, president of Bastian Solutions, was recently interviewed by Todd Schnick of IntrepidNOW regarding manufacturing automation in material handling. The podcast interview titled, “Aaron Jones: The Future of Material Handling,” explored the recent automation trends in the supply chain.

Farmington Hills, Mich. (April 29, 2015) – Jervis B. Webb Company – a subsidiary of Daifuku North America Holding Company and leading provider of material handling solutions – announced today Bastian Solutions, will join its growing network of SmartCart® Automatic Guided Cart (AGC) Value Added Resellers (VARs). Bastian Solutions is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

April 28, 2015 (Indianapolis, IN) – Each April, the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) releases its annual list of the Largest Indianapolis-Area Engineering Firms. Bastian Solutions is proud to report the company claimed the seventh spot on the list, its highest position since entering the list’s rankings in 2012.

April 16, 2015 - Bastian Solutions was featured in Modern Materials Handling magazine profiling the top 20 systems suppliers worldwide. According to Josh Bond, author and associate editor Modern Materials Handling, Bastian Solutions claimed the 19th spot.

March 26, 2015 - Greg Conner, Regional Director for Bastian Solutions, was selected as MHI Outstanding Young Professional. Conner was recognized at the MHI 70th anniversary event on Wednesday, March 25, during ProMat Show.

(March 23, 2015) – Bastian Solutions, a leading systems integrator, announced today the acquisition of Forte Engineering.

Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator, is debuting a goods-to-robot e-fulfillment system at ProMat 2015, March 23-26. The system features a Fanuc M-20iA 6-axis robot, custom-designed end of arm tool (EoAT), and 3-D area sensor.

Louisville, KY – Bastian Solutions (www.bastiansolutions.com), a global material handling systems integrator, will move its software division and Louisville regional employees to a newly renovated office building on the east side of Louisville.

September 11, 2014 (Chicago) – Bastian Solutions (www.bastiansolutions.com), headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., opened its 15th U.S. office in Naperville, Ill., to service a growing number of customers in the Chicago region.

The two-part webinar series will cover a variety of automated picking technologies helping companies improve their order fulfillment process and the market trends creating the need for increased efficiency.​