Facts

• Segment: Industrial
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2000
• Website: https://www.crgautomation.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Sources

Summary

CRG Automation designs and builds custom automation systems for manufacturers. Its work spans robotic integration, high-speed packaging, custom machinery and tailored production equipment for companies automating handling, assembly and manufacturing processes.

Market context

CRG sits in the deployment layer, turning robot hardware and automation software into production systems. CRG integrates robotic systems, palletizing, packaging and material-handling automation for production environments.

Facts

• Website: https://www.crgautomation.com/
• HQ: Louisville, United States
• Founded: 2000
• Segment: Industrial

Industrial automation integrator for robotic production systems

CRG Automation designs and deploys custom robotic and automated systems for manufacturing, logistics and material-handling environments.

• Target environment: Robot joints, actuators, motors, reducers, grippers, mechanical assemblies, manufacturing programs and automation equipment.
• Deployment model: Project and integration model delivering custom automation systems for production customers.
• Customer context: Manufacturers, logistics operators, material-handling customers and industrial firms deploying robotic automation.
• Workflow context: Robotic workcell design, material handling, manufacturing automation, logistics systems, integration and commissioning.
• Commercial maturity: Established industrial automation integrator with relevance in custom robotic production systems. Scaling depends on project execution, customer ROI, integration quality and service support.
• Market position: Deployment-layer systems integrator turning robotics hardware and software into production systems.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on project ROI, uptime, safety validation, integration with existing equipment, support capacity and customer process readiness.
• Adjacent context: Actuators, motors, reducers, bearings, grippers, joints, mechanical parts, machining and robot hardware manufacturing.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-04-02 - Award - CRG Automation receives FANUC Outstanding Growth Award at the 2026 ASI Conference - CRG Automation announced that FANUC America honored it with the Outstanding Growth Award at the 2026 ASI Conferenc…
• 2025-08-28 - Partnership - CRG Automation and Mujin partner to combine automation integration with MujinOS - CRG Automation announced a partnership with Mujin centered on combining CRG's automation integration capabilit…
• 2022-04-19 - Award - CRG Automation receives an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award - Robotics Business Review honored CRG Automation with an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award.

Team

• James DeSmet - Chairman of the Board - DeSmet provides board and strategic leadership for CRG Automation.
• Paul Lauritzen - President and CEO - Lauritzen leads CRG Automation's industrial automation business.
• Alex Reed - Chief Commercial Officer - Reed leads commercial strategy for CRG Automation.
• Dillon Sego - VP of Engineering and Sales - Sego leads engineering/sales execution for CRG Automation systems.
• Adam Stark - VP of Operations - Stark leads operations for CRG Automation.

Supply chain relationships

• Mujin, Inc. - technology_partner - CRG Automation and Mujin partnered to combine automation integration with MujinOS.

Relationships

• FANUC - partner - CRG Automation received FANUC America Outstanding Growth recognition at the 2026 ASI Conference.