AutoStore to buy Dutch pallet-robot maker Logiqs for up to €30 million

Nov 5, 2026 Robots

From the Robots digest for Nov 5, 2026

Thread: robots — AutoStore–Logiqs deal · new

What happened: AutoStore, the Norwegian cube-storage fulfilment company, has agreed to acquire Logiqs BV, a Netherlands-based maker of roaming pallet storage-and-retrieval robots, for up to €30 million (about US$35 million), with the deal expected to close in Q4 2026 and funded from cash reserves.

What's genuinely new: The acquisition adds pallet-handling automation to AutoStore's cube-storage platform — Logiqs brings roughly 30 installed customer sites and a 60-person team — extending AutoStore beyond the bins-and-grid system that defines its core product. The deal gives AutoStore a route into warehouses where goods arrive on pallets rather than totes, a segment its cube robots do not serve today.

Watch: The Q4 2026 close, how pallet storage-and-retrieval is integrated into AutoStore's platform, and the first combined customer deployments.

Links: Unite.AI · RobotsBeat · Nov 5, 8:32 AM ET

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