NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Romark Logistics, LLC has partnered with the New Jersey Institute for Innovation to design the technology warehouse of the future.
Founded in 1954 as a family-owned company, Romark has become a premier 3PL provider with a strategic focus on innovation and technology, including robotics and automation. The company leverages its leading technology to provide best-in-class supply chain and logistics solutions to a wide range of customers, including some of the world’s leading consumer packaged goods companies. The company’s continued commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology led them to form a partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a top research university with deep research and development experience, to further enhance its capabilities.
NJII, a not-for-profit corporation of NJIT, acts as a conduit between industry and NJIT’s intellectual assets and technology developments. The technical team formed by NJII to work with Romark includes researchers from the university’s three faculties of Computing and Data Science, Supply Chain Strategy, Industrial Engineering and Robotics.
“We look forward to working with the Romark team and supporting their strong commitment to technology. Through this partnership, we can leverage technology to create advanced industry solutions,” said Kathy Naasz, NJII’s Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. “We make it possible for companies to leverage NJIT’s deep expertise across many topics and leverage the talent within NJIT’s diverse faculty and student body to design innovative solutions and deliver projects.”
Romark has grown to over 8 million square feet of managed space in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas and California. Strategically, Romark turned to NJII to partner to establish a technology roadmap, leveraging its advanced existing automation solutions and potential new technologies to be developed.
“We are very excited about our partnership with NJII/NJIT and the impressive team they have assembled,” said President and Owner Marc Lebovitz. “Romark embraces innovation and is constantly researching opportunities for advanced technologies around the world. By partnering with NJII/NJIT, we gain additional expertise and further expand our research and development capabilities, which will allow us to continue to transform our business and provide our customers to position themselves for the future.”
The partnership represents a multi-year technology roadmap already in progress and will include discrete projects spanning artificial intelligence, robotics, video analytics, optimization algorithms and other future technologies.