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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-21",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/formic.co/provenance.json",
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        "Manufacturers wanting to own equipment outright rather than subscribe"
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        "US"
      ],
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        "End-of-line palletizing and case packing",
        "CNC machine tending",
        "Pallet wrapping and staging",
        "Warehouse pallet/tote movement"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "Food and beverage manufacturing",
        "Consumer packaged goods (CPG)",
        "Metal fabrication",
        "Precision manufacturing"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/how-kari-out-automated-palletizing-without-capex",
          "name": "Kari-Out"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/taffy-town-scaled-with-formic-full-service-automation",
          "name": "Taffy Town"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/land-o-frost-enhances-its-production-with-automation",
          "name": "Land O'Frost"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/mi-rancho-makes-production-leap-with-automated-stacking-of-70-million-pounds-of-t",
          "name": "Mi Rancho"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/cameron-s-coffee-hits-automation-easy-button-scaling-from-0-to-5-systems-in-12-mo",
          "name": "Cameron's Coffee"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/icon-injection-molding-deploys-formic-tend-to-boost-production-by-20-with-automation-partnership-that-is-too-good-to-be-true",
          "name": "ICON Injection Molding"
        },
        {
          "name": "Bacardi"
        },
        {
          "name": "Trident Seafoods"
        },
        {
          "name": "Georgia Nut"
        },
        {
          "name": "Wyandot Snacks"
        },
        {
          "name": "Boxed Water"
        }
      ],
      "case_studies": [
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/how-kari-out-automated-palletizing-without-capex",
          "title": "How Kari-Out automated palletizing without CapEx",
          "outcome": "25% more output"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/taffy-town-scaled-with-formic-full-service-automation",
          "title": "Taffy Town scaled with Formic full-service automation",
          "outcome": "5.5 million pounds automated"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/land-o-frost-enhances-its-production-with-automation",
          "title": "Land O'Frost enhances its production with automation",
          "outcome": "5 robotic gantry palletizers deployed"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/cameron-s-coffee-hits-automation-easy-button-scaling-from-0-to-5-systems-in-12-mo",
          "title": "Cameron's Coffee hits automation easy button",
          "outcome": "Scaled from 0 to 5 systems in 12 months"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://formic.co/resources/customer-stories/icon-injection-molding-deploys-formic-tend-to-boost-production-by-20-with-automation-partnership-that-is-too-good-to-be-true",
          "title": "ICON Injection Molding deploys Formic Tend",
          "outcome": "Production boosted by 20%"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "city": "Chicago",
        "region": "Illinois",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://formic.co",
      "name": "Formic",
      "domain": "formic.co",
      "founded": 2020,
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        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/formic-technologies"
      ],
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        "min": 51
      },
      "legal_name": "Formic Technologies, Inc.",
      "description": "Formic provides full-service robotic automation for U.S. mid-market manufacturers in food, beverage, CPG, and metal fabrication, delivered as a monthly subscription with no upfront capital expenditure."
    },
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        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/palletizing",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Palletizing",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "Flat monthly rate covers hardware, installation, support, and maintenance; no capital expenditure required."
        },
        "summary": "Robotic case-palletizing for food, beverage, and CPG manufacturers; cobot and industrial palletizer options for single- and multi-shift lines, offered as a subscription.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "palletizing_cell",
            "applications": [
              "palletizing"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "case-packing",
        "url": "https://formic.co/formic-case-packing",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Case Packing",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "One flat monthly fee; zero capital expenditure required."
        },
        "summary": "Robotic case-packing systems for food, beverage, and CPG manufacturers covering case erecting, vision-guided packing, and sealing, in Top Load and Flexible configurations, offered as a subscription.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "case_packing_cell",
            "payload_kg": {
              "max": 9.07,
              "min": 6.8
            },
            "applications": [
              "packaging"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "machine-tending",
        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/machine-tending",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Machine Tending",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "One flat monthly rate; no capital expenditure required."
        },
        "summary": "Robotic load/unload automation for CNC mills, lathes, EDM equipment, and injection molds, with one robot able to tend two or three spindles, offered as a full-service subscription.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "machine_tending_cell",
            "reach_mm": {
              "max": 2600,
              "min": 1300
            },
            "payload_kg": {
              "max": 150,
              "min": 5
            },
            "applications": [
              "machine_tending"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "compatible_robots": [
              "fanuc",
              "kuka"
            ],
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "pallet-wrapping",
        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/pallet-wrapping",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Pallet Wrapping",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "One monthly all-inclusive fee covering equipment, installation, programming, monitoring, and maintenance."
        },
        "summary": "Automated stretch-wrap and print-and-apply labeling system integrated downstream of a palletizer, staging finished pallets for shipment without operator intervention.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "pallet_wrapping_cell",
            "protocols": [
              "ethernet_ip",
              "modbus_tcp"
            ],
            "applications": [
              "packaging"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        },
        "certifications": [
          {
            "id": "ansi_ria_r15_06",
            "status": "self_declared"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "amrs",
        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/amrs",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "All-inclusive monthly subscription covering hardware, integration, support, and maintenance; no upfront capital expenditure."
        },
        "summary": "Fleet of autonomous mobile robots for pallet and tote movement between dock, staging, and production areas in warehouses and manufacturing facilities, offered as a subscription.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "amr",
            "mounting": [
              "mobile"
            ],
            "payload_kg": {
              "max": 1500
            },
            "applications": [
              "material_handling"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        },
        "certifications": [
          {
            "id": "ansi_ria_r15_08",
            "status": "self_declared"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "fast-track",
        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/fast-track",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Fast Track",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "Flat monthly fee; month-to-month or multi-year contracts available."
        },
        "summary": "Turnkey end-of-line automation combining case erecting, packing, sealing, and palletizing into one integrated system, deployed as a subscription with no capital expenditure.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "end_of_line_cell",
            "applications": [
              "packaging",
              "palletizing"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "humanoids",
        "url": "https://formic.co/solutions/humanoids",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Humanoids & Bimanual Mobile Robots",
        "role": "integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "unit": "month",
          "model": "subscription",
          "notes": "One monthly fee covering deployment, training, monitoring, maintenance, and over-the-air upgrades."
        },
        "summary": "General-purpose bimanual mobile robots and humanoid platforms for bin picking, machine tending, and kitting; bimanual units run in production pilots, humanoid pilots launch 2026-2027.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "humanoid",
            "applications": [
              "machine_tending",
              "assembly",
              "pick_place"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "integration_required": "none"
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://formic.co/contact/get-a-quote",
      "phone": "+1 (855) 394-5464",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "systems_integrator"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "US"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-08-21"
  }
}