Owners Kevin Leary of W. H. Leary and Marcel Meyer of Robatech Group have agreed to join forces in a worldwide partnership which will allow both companies to further support their customers with valuable products and services. 

Following the agreement, Leary is now the exclusive authorised supplier of Robatech equipment in the UK and the only place to purchase genuine Robatech parts and obtain factory-backed support. Accordingly, all Robatech customers in the UK should contact Leary for parts, service and support for their existing Robatech equipment as well as for enquiries about new equipment.

W. H. Leary is a leader in developing Cold Glue Application, Quality Assurance and Data Collection solutions for the Folding Carton, Corrugated Box and other paper converting industries. Leary’s integrated Gluing and QA solutions have become the standard for powerful performance made simple, which supports their customers’ demands for zero-fault production and improved productivity.

Robatech is a leading worldwide manufacturer of Hot Melt, PUR and Cold Glue Application solutions for a wide range of industries including packaging and automotive. Present in over 60 countries and with 40 years of experience, their controllers, application heads and glue delivery systems are unmatched for speed, accuracy and reliability.

Both companies share the vision of being technology leaders and providing market leading products, services and support. Leary will also sell, integrate and service the Robatech product range across North America and several other strategic territories, with a central focus on the paper converting industries, and Robatech will represent Leary products worldwide with consultative sales, installation, parts and service. 

Kevin Leary - “Together we will better support our multi-national customers and machine builders and create new end-user relationships with a support and parts network that is fully staffed with trained personnel. By maximizing each other’s strengths we are in a very strong position to better serve the global paper converting markets.”

Marcel Meyer - “This cooperation matches like the key in the lock! Both brands together immediately offer the most complete product portfolio available in the market. Both companies share the same focus in providing customers with market leading products and service worldwide.”

The Leary-Robatech partnership offers high-value solutions for the paper converting market from the most economical Hot or Cold Adhesive Application systems to highly sophisticated and bespoke Gluing, Quality Assurance and Data systems for manufacturers of solid board and corrugated boxes, bags, envelopes and many other products worldwide.