Company History
SP Automation & Robotics has innovatively designed and manufactured bespoke automation for 40 years. The company has a vast history of projects, below are snippets of key events.
SP Automation & Robotics has innovatively designed and manufactured bespoke automation for 40 years. The company has a vast history of projects, below are snippets of key events.
2024 – Company celebrates 40 years of Automated Solutions
2024 – Selected as an OnRobot preferred supplier
2023 – SP Elements launches the SP-EZPal palletising system
2022 – Winner of Engineering / Technology Company of the Year at the Made in Scotland Awards
2021 – Multiple machines shipped to the US to various different industries
October 2021 – Winner of the Most Innovative Business at the Courier Business Awards
September 2021 – SP Elements receives Award from OnRobot
February 2020 – SP Technology changes name to SP Automation & Robotics and carries out a company rebrand
February 2020 – SP Elements is launched, dealing with Universal Robots cobots and OnRobot end of arm tooling
May 2019 – Company receives the Scottish Engineering President Award for Excellence
April 2019 – Company celebrates 35 years of Automated Solutions
2018 – Directors of the company are shortlisted as Entrepreneurs of the Year.
2018 – SP Technology and Beckhoff become official partners
2018 – SP Technology won Manufacturer of the Year and was shortlisted for Innovators of the Year, Engineering Company of the Year and Inventor of the Year.
2018 – Obtains ISO 9001:2015 early in 2018
2018 September – MBO of SP Technology takes place with Roy Henderson and Lee Nixon taking complete control of the company.
2018 July – Integrates first collaborative robot
2018 May – Become ABB Machine tending Partners
2014 – Roy Henderson appointed as Managing Director
Lee Nixon appointed to the Board of Directors
Dawn Keillor appointed as Company Secretary
Co-founding Directors Rod Chisholm and Allan Morrison enter into semi-retirement from the company.
2014 – Celebrates 30 years of success in doing business in the UK
2009 – Celebrates 25 years of success
2008 – The company obtained ISO 9001:2008
2003 – The company obtained ISO 9001:2000
2006 – Company’s first apprentice appointed to the Board
2000 – moves into new purpose built factory in Dundee
1998 – incorporates robot technology into assembly systems
1995 – ships first of several systems to Costa Rica
1993 – The company builds the first machines for Taiwan based electronics company
1990 – ships first of several electronic assembly machines to Puerto Rico
1988 – The company expands and moves to larger premises in the UK
1987 – First export machines sent to electronics manufacturer in France
1985 – develop and sell first in-house built pad print machine
1984 – established by two co-founding directors in small unit in Dundee