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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-04",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/sp-automation.co.uk/provenance.json",
  "card": {
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      "regions": [
        "GB",
        "IE",
        "europe",
        "US"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "medical device manufacturing",
        "pharmaceutical",
        "packaging",
        "food & drink",
        "plastics",
        "electronics",
        "automotive",
        "munitions manufacturing"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "proof": {
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          "issuer": "LRQA",
          "status": "third_party_certified"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "city": "Dundee",
        "region": "Scotland",
        "country": "GB"
      },
      "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/",
      "name": "SP Automation & Robotics",
      "domain": "sp-automation.co.uk",
      "founded": 1984,
      "same_as": [
        "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/sp-automation"
      ],
      "employees": {
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        "min": 2
      },
      "description": "UK manufacturer that designs and builds bespoke automated systems for production, manufacturing, engineering and process environments, operating since 1984 from Dundee, Scotland."
    },
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        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/automated-palletising/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Automated Palletising",
        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Robotic palletising systems that stack, wrap and reorient product using collaborative and industrial robot arms, for food, packaging and general manufacturing lines.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
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            "category": "palletizing_cell",
            "applications": [
              "palletizing",
              "packaging"
            ],
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            "compatible_robots": [
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            ]
          }
        }
      },
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        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/special-purpose-machinery/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Special Purpose Machinery",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Custom-designed automated machines built in-house, ranging from fully automated assembly lines to manual assembly with poka-yoke devices, feeding, testing and robotics.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "assembly",
              "pick_place",
              "inspection",
              "welding",
              "material_handling"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "automated-assembly",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/automated-assembly/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Automated Assembly",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Bespoke assembly machines ranging from simple mechanical devices to fully integrated, semi- or fully automated production systems for parts assembly and testing.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "assembly",
              "pick_place"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "feeding-handling",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/feeding-handling/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Feeding & Handling",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Component feeding and handling systems including vibratory bowl, linear, centrifugal and step feeders, belt elevators and rotary tables for orienting parts ahead of assembly or packaging.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "material_handling"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "systems-integration",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/systems-integrator-uk/",
        "kind": "service",
        "name": "Robotics Systems Integration",
        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Robot systems integration selecting and deploying industrial and collaborative robots for palletising, material handling, assembly, pick and place, vision inspection, welding and machine tending.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "palletizing",
              "material_handling",
              "assembly",
              "pick_place",
              "inspection",
              "welding",
              "machine_tending"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "vision-systems-inspection",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/vision-systems-inspection-3/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Vision Systems & Inspection",
        "role": "systems_integrator",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Machine vision inspection systems for 100% quality control, covering optical character recognition, code reading, defect detection and colour/size sorting.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "vision_system",
            "applications": [
              "inspection"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "control-systems",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-products/control-systems/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Control Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Touchscreen-based production control systems, from simple control circuits to control panels for complete production lines, designed, built and programmed in-house.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "motion_control",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        },
        "certifications": [
          {
            "id": "ce",
            "status": "self_declared"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "sp-elements",
        "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/sp-elements/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "SP Elements",
        "role": "distributor",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Supply and integration of Universal Robots collaborative arms, Mobile Industrial Robots AMRs and OnRobot end-of-arm tooling, alongside partner brands, for businesses of varied sizes.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "distribution",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "brands_carried": [
              {
                "brand": "universal_robots",
                "itha_ref": "universal-robots.com",
                "categories": [
                  "cobot"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "mir",
                "itha_ref": "mobile-industrial-robots.com",
                "categories": [
                  "amr"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "onrobot",
                "itha_ref": "onrobot.com",
                "categories": [
                  "end_effector"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "ewellix",
                "categories": [
                  "end_effector"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "keyence",
                "categories": [
                  "vision_system"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "schunk",
                "categories": [
                  "end_effector"
                ]
              },
              {
                "brand": "smooth_robotics",
                "categories": [
                  "end_effector"
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://sp-automation.co.uk/contact/",
      "email": "sales@sp-automation.co.uk",
      "phone": "01382 880088",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "systems_integrator",
          "manufacturer",
          "distributor"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "GB",
          "IE",
          "europe",
          "US"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-04"
  }
}