Scott Technology looks to automate factories across the globe

CEO John Kippenberger says after he joined in 2020, the key question was “how do we scale Scott?”. (Image: Scott Technology)

Ben Moore

Wed, 19 Oct 2022

Scott Technology chief executive John Kippenberger says the decision to move away from bespoke solutions and focus on selling polished products was about figuring out the best approach to scaling the company.One of the company’s flagship products is a fully automated meat processing solution that combines robots, computer vision and even X-rays to slice and dice carcasses into their component parts.The system, Kippenberger told BusinessDesk, which costs between $10 and $15 million, is one of the core products Scott is going all-in on to c...

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