JLS Automation adds Midwest Regional Sales Manager

JLS Automation has added Chris Lutz to the JLS team as Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest Region of the US.  Lutz has had an extensive career with robot manufacturers and integrators and brings a strong background in collaborative, customer centric processes yielding value for businesses and manufacturers.

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After JLS’s expansion in the western US, the company realized significant benefits from being closer to customers. Lutz will add to their presence in the Midwest Region.

JLS President, Craig Souser says, “We are all very impressed with Chris’s professionalism and look forward to leveraging his knowledge of robotics technologies which is essential in adding value to our clients.”

JLS offers robotic-based automation solutions for a variety of Consumer Packaged Goods markets, but is focused on primary product handling of food items along with a growing number of secondary packaging applications. JLS is based in York, PA with a deep technical staff of more than a dozen engineers and designers along with a team of mechanical and electrical assemblers.

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