Murata Machinery is building Double Reach Shuttle into North American ASRS

New Equipment Digest published on February 5, 2025 that Muratec Machinery USA was bringing Double Reach Shuttle to ProMat 2025. ManufacturingTomorrow later reported that Murata Machinery USA and Cimcorp would present the system together at the March 2025 show in Chicago, giving the product a North American launch surface.

Double Reach Shuttle targets storage density for small-product handling. The system uses a narrow shuttle vehicle and double-reach transfer mechanism to retrieve loads from deeper storage locations inside a compact footprint. Muratec says it handles loads from 2 to 66 pounds and can move about 1,000 cases per hour per aisle across combined inbound and outbound operations.

The product sits between ASRS storage and goods-to-person fulfillment. The shuttle handles dense storage and retrieval, while integrated sorting and picking workflows turn the equipment into a fulfillment platform rather than a storage component alone. The public launch record does not name a North American customer installation, so the event is market-entry evidence, not installed-site proof.

Murata Machinery's corporate profile records 4,133 employees, or 8,659 at group level, as of March 31, 2025. Cimcorp contributes Dreamfield automation for fresh food, dairy, bakery, and beverage distribution. The ProMat partnership therefore brings Muratec storage and Cimcorp order-fulfillment logic into one North American sales story.

The competitive field includes AutoStore, Dematic Multishuttle, KNAPP Evo Shuttle, Vanderlande ADAPTO, Swisslog shuttle systems, SSI Schaefer, OPEX goods-to-person systems, and integrators that build custom ASRS around small-case handling. Murata Machinery's distinction is the double-reach shuttle design paired with Cimcorp fulfillment expertise for dense storage and order flow.

The proof boundary is customer deployment. Public material does not disclose installed Double Reach Shuttle site count in North America, customer uptime, live cases per hour, project cost, implementation time, or maintenance burden after go-live.

If Murata Machinery and Cimcorp can turn Double Reach Shuttle from ProMat product launch into live North American ASRS programs, the company gains a denser goods-to-person option for customers that need shuttle throughput without a larger warehouse footprint. The strategic test is whether the product's per-aisle capacity converts from launch claim into repeatable fulfillment performance.

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