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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/automationdistribution.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/automationdistribution.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
    "icp": {
      "regions": [
        "US"
      ],
      "use_cases": [
        "automation component sourcing for OEMs, machine builders, and system integrators"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "factory automation",
        "material handling",
        "life science",
        "analytical instruments"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Hatfield",
        "region": "Pennsylvania",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/",
      "name": "Automation Distribution",
      "domain": "automationdistribution.com",
      "founded": 1977,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/automation-distribution-inc"
      ],
      "employees": {
        "max": 50,
        "min": 11
      },
      "legal_name": "Automation Distribution, Inc.",
      "description": "Mid-Atlantic and Northeast-based automation solutions provider specializing in collaborative robots (cobots), pneumatics, machine vision, sensors, electrical control and motion control products."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "robots",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/robots/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robots",
        "role": "distributor",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "unit",
          "as_of": "2026-09-01",
          "basis": "list",
          "model": "flat",
          "notes": "Range spans published prices for UR7e through UR20/UR30 cobot models; price varies by payload and reach.",
          "range": {
            "max": 74844,
            "min": 43309
          },
          "currency": "USD"
        },
        "summary": "Distribution of Universal Robots collaborative robots (UR7e through UR30) and Robotiq robot accessories, with published unit pricing by model on the company's online catalog.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "applications": [
              "assembly",
              "welding",
              "packaging",
              "screwdriving",
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "universal_robots",
                "itha_ref": "universal-robots.com",
                "authorized": true,
                "categories": [
                  "cobot"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "robotiq",
                "itha_ref": "robotiq.com",
                "categories": [
                  "end_effector"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "pneumatics",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/smc-pneumatics/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Pneumatics",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Authorized SMC Corporation of America distributor stocking over 192,000 pneumatic SKUs including cylinders, valves, actuators, vacuum products, fittings, and tubing.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "smc",
                "itha_ref": "smcusa.com",
                "authorized": true,
                "categories": [
                  "pneumatics"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "safety",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/safety-light-curtains-light-grids/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Safety",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Distribution of optical machine-safety devices such as light curtains, light grids, and safety light beams from Datasensing, Leuze, and ABB Jokab Safety.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "datasensing",
                "itha_ref": "datasensing.com"
              },
              {
                "brand": "leuze",
                "itha_ref": "leuze.com"
              },
              {
                "brand": "abb",
                "itha_ref": "abb.com"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "sensors-switches",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/sensors-switches/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Sensors & Switches",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Distribution of Sensopart sensing components including inductive sensors, fiber-optic sensors and converters, reflectors, and connectivity cables and connectors.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "sensopart",
                "itha_ref": "sensopart.com",
                "categories": [
                  "sensor"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "plc-solutions",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/plc-solutions/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "PLC Solutions",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Distribution of programmable HMIs, HMI-PLCs, industrial panel PCs, and micro PLC controllers from Exor, Turck, Horner Automation, and WAGO.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "protocols": [
              "modbus_tcp",
              "modbus_rtu",
              "ethernet_ip",
              "profinet",
              "ethercat",
              "canopen"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "exor",
                "itha_ref": "exorint.com"
              },
              {
                "brand": "turck",
                "itha_ref": "turck.com",
                "authorized": true
              },
              {
                "brand": "horner_automation",
                "itha_ref": "hornerautomation.com"
              },
              {
                "brand": "wago",
                "itha_ref": "wago.com",
                "authorized": true
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "machine-vision",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/machine-vision/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Machine Vision & Fixed Industrial Scanners",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Authorized Zebra Technologies distributor for machine vision hardware and software: smart cameras, area scan cameras, vision controllers, 3D sensors, and the Zebra Aurora imaging platform.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "zebra",
                "itha_ref": "zebra.com",
                "authorized": true,
                "categories": [
                  "vision_system",
                  "barcode_reader"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "motors-drives",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/yaskawa/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Motors & Drives",
        "role": "distributor",
        "summary": "Authorized Yaskawa distributor for direct-drive motors, servomotors, and motion-control and drive technology products.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "yaskawa",
                "itha_ref": "yaskawa.com",
                "authorized": true,
                "categories": [
                  "motion_control"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "value-added-services",
        "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/value-added-services/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Value-Added Services",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Contract manufacturing, sub-assembly, prototyping, machine audits, and multi-tier control-system design and implementation services for automation equipment buyers.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://automationdistribution.com/contact-us/",
      "phone": "1-888-600-3080",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "distributor",
          "systems_integrator"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "US"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
  }
}