Fox Precision Tooling has reached design sign-off and entered procurement on a significant twin robot cell project, marking the Derby-based automation specialist's first major cross-border supply into the Republic of Ireland.
The system centres on two Kawasaki six-axis robots working in tandem to handle product emptying and processing for a manufacturing client. It's a project that reflects exactly the kind of challenge Fox Precision Tooling was built for: complex, multi-robot automation solving a real production bottleneck, engineered from the ground up in the UK and shipped to a customer overseas.
From a converted cattle shed in Ashbourne to a first cross-border supply into Ireland - the project, stage by stage.
Since being founded in 2023, Fox Precision Tooling has grown from a converted cattle shed in Ashbourne into a dedicated 10,000 sq ft engineering facility in Derby. This project represents a new chapter in that growth story: the company's automation now heading beyond UK borders and into a new market.
Supplying a twin robot cell into Ireland isn't just about the miles between Derby and the client's site. It means designing a system that can be built, tested, and proven in the UK, then transported, installed, and commissioned to the same exacting standard on foreign soil. It's the kind of project that tests a team's engineering discipline as much as its ambition, and it's one Fox Precision Tooling has taken on with the same energy that's driven every project since day one.
At the heart of the system are two Kawasaki six-axis robots, working together to empty and process product as part of the client's production line. Multi-robot cells like this one demand careful coordination between machines, tight integration with upstream and downstream equipment, and end of arm tooling built to handle the realities of a live production environment, not just a spec sheet.
With design now signed off and the project moving into procurement, the cell is on track to go from drawing board to shop floor in the months ahead.
Fox Precision Tooling will share further updates as the project progresses through build, testing, and installation. Keep an eye on this page for photos and footage once the cell is up and running on site in Ireland.