Industry News

Employees from Bastian Solutions’ Indianapolis and Greenfield offices spent a day building obstacles and clearing a trail for the Mudder’s Day Run to benefit Hollis Adams Foundation.

November 18, 2013 - Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator, announced today Aaron Jones, Vice President at Bastian Solutions, will replace Bill Bastian II as President effective January 1, 2014.

Aug. 29, 2013 – Bastian Solutions was named this week to the 2013 Inc. 5000, a listing of the 5,000 fastest-growing, private companies in the U.S. Bastian ranked 1,696 on the list with a three-year growth rate of 229 percent.

August 12, 2013 (Louisville, KY) – The first event for the seventh annual Louisville LogistXGames will be held August 15 in Jeffersontown, IN. The games were developed to showcase Louisville’s logistics companies, and holds competitions in other cities, inviting the winners back to Louisville for a final game to determine a winner.

Aug. 7, 2013 (Greenfield, IN) - Bastian Automation Engineering has been recognized as one of the 2013 Indiana Companies to Watch, an awards program presented by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, its Small Business Development Center, and the Edward Lowe Foundation.

Bastian Solutions and its custom engineering division, Bastian Automation Engineering, were named on two of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Top 25 lists this year.

June 14, 2013 (Greenfield, IN) – More than 80 students from New Castle Area Career Program (NCACP) visited Bastian Automation Engineering (BAE) to learn about the material handling automation industry and to tour BAE’s 50,000 square foot facility.

June 12, 2013 (Mexico City, Mexico) - Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator will exhibit at Expo Pack in Mexico City, Mexico from June 18-21, 2013. As part of its exhibit, the company will demo a robotic picking cell featuring a M-1iA robot. This robotic technology provides significant improvements in accuracy and productivity in manufacturing environments.

May 7, 2013 – Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator, has partnered with Seegrid to distribute the company’s line of robotic industrial trucks.

May 2, 2013 – Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator, announced today a partnership with Jakob Hatteland Computer AS to distribute the company’s AutoStore system in North America.​

April 30, 2013 (St. Louis, MO) – More than 600 teams from around the world gathered at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis last week for the 2013 FIRST Championship, an event that brings together finalists from three separate robotics competitions including the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival.

April 22, 2013 (Dallas, TX) – Bastian Solutions, a global material handling systems integrator and consulting firm, will exhibit and present at the 2013 WERC Conference and WIRE tradeshow in Dallas, Texas on April 28 through May 1. As an exhibitor at WIRE, the company will promote its supply chain consulting services, and during the conference, Marvin Logan—Director of Consulting Services at Bastian Solutions—will present Breakthrough Technologies in Distribution.