MOORESTOWN, NJ (Oct. 17, 2024)―OPEX® Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation providing solutions for document, mail, and warehouse automation, was recently presented with two significant awards. OPEX was named Innovator of the Year by the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP), and received the Silver Merit Award for Technology in the category of Robotics for the company’s newest warehouse automation solution.

NJMEP’s prestigious MADE in New Jersey Manufacturing Day Awards celebrate the innovation, resilience, and excellence of the manufacturing sector in the state. Announced at a celebratory event that brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and manufacturing professionals, these awards honor the achievements of New Jersey's manufacturers, who continue to drive economic growth and create job opportunities across the state.

OPEX Corporation was named Innovator of the Year by NJMEP for utilizing innovation to improve business and better the NJ manufacturing community. Winners of this award are recognized for creative new devices, ideas, inventions, processes, product enhancements, and solutions to problems. Since 1975, OPEX has served as a trusted partner to clients around the world, continuously reimagining automation technology that solves the most significant business challenges of today and in the future.

In announcing the winners of its 2024 Merit Awards for Technology, Merit Awards―an independent program recognizing excellence across global industries―presented OPEX Corporation with Silver in the Robotics category. The Merit Awards for Technology highlight the best in current and next-generation technologies, celebrating visionary innovators and companies that have underscored the transformative potential of technology, and set new standards of excellence.

OPEX was honored for its newest warehouse automation solution, OPEX Sure Sort® X with OPEX Xtract™. Sure Sort X with Xtract is the only fully adaptable, turnkey offering in the marketplace designed to automate multiple manual tasks in the warehouse with a simple, one-touch solution, significantly increasing overall efficiency and directly addressing ongoing labor challenges.

“We’re grateful to be recognized by such highly respected organizations as NJMEP and the Merit Awards,” said Drew Stevens, Vice President Global Business Development and Marketing at OPEX Corporation. “Our team is committed to providing innovative, unique automation solutions that significantly improve how companies conduct business, and we’re very proud of our deep roots in the State of New Jersey―our global headquarters since day one. These two awards, and all that they stand for, mean everything to us.”