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      "GB"
    ],
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      "palletising automation",
      "conveyor system integration",
      "packaging line automation",
      "robotic pick and place"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "food and beverage",
      "automotive",
      "pharmaceuticals",
      "logistics"
    ]
  },
  "itha": "0.1",
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      {
        "name": "Mondelez"
      },
      {
        "name": "Nestlé"
      },
      {
        "name": "Unilever"
      },
      {
        "name": "Jaguar Land Rover"
      },
      {
        "name": "Mars Petcare"
      },
      {
        "name": "Warburtons"
      },
      {
        "name": "McVities"
      },
      {
        "name": "Müller"
      },
      {
        "name": "Kraft"
      },
      {
        "name": "KP Foods"
      },
      {
        "name": "Barry Callebaut"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sterigenics"
      },
      {
        "name": "Laithwaites"
      },
      {
        "name": "Primafruit"
      },
      {
        "name": "Vandemoortele"
      },
      {
        "name": "Bio-Bean"
      },
      {
        "name": "Rick Bestwick"
      },
      {
        "name": "Holland & Barrett"
      },
      {
        "name": "Lear"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gardiners"
      }
    ],
    "memberships": [
      {
        "name": "Automate UK"
      },
      {
        "name": "PPMA"
      },
      {
        "name": "BARA"
      },
      {
        "name": "UKIVA"
      },
      {
        "name": "UKWA"
      }
    ],
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        "status": "self_declared"
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        "issuer": "ABB",
        "status": "third_party_certified"
      },
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        "issuer": "Rockwell Automation",
        "status": "third_party_certified"
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      "city": "Gloucester",
      "country": "GB"
    },
    "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/",
    "name": "CKF Systems",
    "domain": "ckf.co.uk",
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      "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/ckf"
    ],
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    },
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    "description": "UK-based systems integrator that designs, manufactures, and installs robotic palletising, conveyor, packaging, and vision inspection systems for food & beverage, automotive, pharmaceutical, and logistics customers."
  },
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      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Palletising Systems",
      "role": "systems_integrator",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "Robot, layer, and gantry palletising systems ranging from basic pick-and-place cells to fully integrated robotic palletising operations, built around ABB and Yaskawa robots.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "palletizing_cell",
          "applications": [
            "palletizing",
            "material_handling"
          ],
          "robot_brands": [
            "abb",
            "yaskawa"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1",
          "integration_required": "none"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "robotic-automation",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/robotics/",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Robotic Automation",
      "role": "systems_integrator",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "Multi-axis, pick-and-place, and collaborative robot automation cells and robot system upgrades, integrated using ABB and Yaskawa robots.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "integration_service",
          "applications": [
            "pick_place",
            "material_handling"
          ],
          "robot_brands": [
            "abb",
            "yaskawa"
          ],
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          "integration_required": "none"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "conveyor-systems",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/conveyor-systems/",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Conveyor Systems",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "Pallet, product, case, and special-purpose conveyors designed and manufactured in-house, including equipment built under a license to manufacture Intralox ARB technology.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "conveyor_system",
          "applications": [
            "material_handling",
            "packaging"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "packaging-equipment",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/packaging-equipment/",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Packaging Equipment",
      "role": "systems_integrator",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "Integration of flow wrappers, tray de-nesting and nesting machines, case erectors, and case closing/taping equipment into automated packaging lines.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "packaging_equipment",
          "applications": [
            "packaging"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "vision-inspection",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/vision-systems-inspection/",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Vision Systems & Inspection",
      "role": "systems_integrator",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "Vision inspection systems integrated into palletising, conveyor, and packaging lines.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "vision_system",
          "applications": [
            "inspection"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "robotic-tooling",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/robotic-automation-tooling/",
      "kind": "hardware",
      "name": "Robotic Tooling",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "End-of-arm tooling designed, manufactured, and tested in-house, ranging from suction-cup pick-and-place tools to full layer-palletising tools.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "end_effector",
          "applications": [
            "pick_place",
            "palletizing"
          ],
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "service-and-spares",
      "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/after-sales-service/",
      "kind": "service",
      "name": "After-Sales Service, Spares & Training",
      "role": "integrator",
      "pricing": {
        "model": "quote"
      },
      "summary": "24/7 telephone support, remote equipment monitoring, on-site maintenance with 4-hour 24/7 response, spares supply, and training for installed CKF systems.",
      "channels": [
        "direct"
      ],
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "support_service",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "engagement": {
    "url": "https://www.ckf.co.uk/contact-us/",
    "email": "info@ckf.co.uk",
    "phone": "+44 (0)1452 728753",
    "methods": [
      "quote_request",
      "consultation"
    ]
  },
  "extensions": {
    "robotics": {
      "roles": [
        "systems_integrator",
        "component_manufacturer"
      ],
      "service_area": [
        "GB"
      ],
      "spec_version": "0.1"
    }
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
}