Innovative Automated Materials Handling Solutions
PHS Innovate is your trusted partner for automated materials handling across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, from multinational production lines to smaller operations scaling up, built to fit your specific needs.
Automated materials handling that is effective, space-efficient and affordable
For over 71 years, PHS Innovate (formerly Scott PHS) has been a leader in automated materials handling and warehouse robotics, consistently delivering cutting-edge innovations to our customers.
From our engineering base in New Zealand we design, build and install systems customised to your operation. We work with multinationals running multiple SKUs across multiple lines, and with small to medium businesses in the region that are expanding and want to keep growing.
Our in-house team navigates the three constraints every project has, which are speed, space and cost, without giving up safety or reliability.
What We Build
Everything from a single machine to a fully automated store, designed and supported by our own engineers in New Zealand and Australia.
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Warehouse Automation
Automated and semi-automated warehousing, including extreme environments like cool stores and freezers.
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PHS 4-Way Shuttle
High-density storage up to 2 tonnes a pallet, with a cold store build rated to minus 25 degrees. Built with Globl.
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Palletisers
Robotic and conventional palletising for cases, bags, pails, crates and shrink-wrapped product.
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Depalletisers
Depalletising bottles, cans and containers, from semi-automatic through to fully robotic systems.
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Conveyor Systems
Stand-alone or fully integrated transport and accumulation conveyors, designed and built here.
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Pallet Handling
Dispensers, stackers, shuttle cars and pallet conveyors, including our own PHS-built shuttle car.
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Wrappers
Turntable and rotary ring stretch wrappers, stand-alone or integrated with your palletiser.
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Case Packing
Semi-automatic carton-over-product packing for small to medium bottling lines.
Case Studies
Different operations, different problems, all still running.
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Griffin’s Foods
A palletiser system for one of New Zealand’s best known food manufacturers.
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Cloudy Bay
An automated depalletising solution to lift throughput on the bottling lines.
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Innovation in action
Our channel is full of machines doing real work on real sites. It is usually quicker than reading about them.
Why choose PHS Innovate
Materials handling and warehouse automation services
We provide a wide range of materials handling and warehousing solutions for multinational companies and for smaller businesses. Our services include:
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PHS 4-Way Shuttle
The PHS 4-Way Shuttle stores pallets deep without the aisles a forklift needs, carrying up to two tonnes and travelling both along and across the racking on the same level. A cold store build is rated to minus 25 degrees. It is built with Globl, and specified, commissioned and supported by our own engineers in New Zealand and Australia.
Pallet Handling
PHS Innovate designs, builds and installs pallet handling dispensers, stackers, conveyors and shuttle cars that help your warehouse run like a well-oiled machine. These can be supplied as stand-alone units or as part of an integrated palletising and depalletising system, keeping materials moving smoothly.
Factory Automation
Our warehouse and factory automation solutions turn conventional manufacturing facilities into connected, monitored operations. We design the line, integrate the componentry and support it afterwards, so you get world-leading equipment backed by local industry knowledge, training and ongoing service.
Automated Warehouse
We provide automated warehouse solutions that change how inventory is managed and orders are fulfilled. From robotic picking through to automated storage and retrieval systems, these solutions lift warehouse efficiency, accuracy and throughput while reducing the labour needed to run the site.
Autonomous Robots
Autonomous mobile robots move materials between processes without fixed guidance, navigating on their own and routing around obstacles as they go. We integrate them into existing workflows, which makes them a flexible option on sites where a fixed conveyor run or a guided path would be too rigid.
Palletising
We provide palletising solutions for stacking goods onto pallets ready for shipping or storage. The range runs from conventional high-speed layer palletisers through to robotic palletisers, cutting handling time and the physical strain on your people.
Wrappers
Our wrapping range covers machines for securely wrapping pallets and products. Using stretch or shrink wrap, these wrappers keep loads stable and protected in transit and in storage. Automatic and semi-automatic models handle different load sizes and types.
Depalletisers
Our depalletising solutions handle bottles, cans and other containers across a range of industries. We supply everything from robotic through to semi-automatic and fully automatic depalletisers, to speed up unloading and reduce the labour it takes.
Case Packing
We provide semi-automatic case packing suited to small and medium bottling lines. These systems pack product into cases accurately and consistently, which streamlines the packaging step, reduces manpower and lifts throughput.
Conveyor Systems
Our conveyor systems range from stand-alone transport to fully integrated lines, moving materials through manufacturing plants and warehouses. Each system is engineered around how your site actually runs, improving material flow and overall efficiency.
Cold Storage
We build for cold storage environments, where equipment has to keep working reliably at low temperature. These systems optimise space, improve inventory management and protect the quality of perishable goods. We delivered the lights-out, hypoxic frozen distribution centre for Foodstuffs South Island, running at minus 25 degrees.
Innovation and experience
For over 71 years, PHS Innovate has been at the forefront of the automated materials handling sector, combining proven techniques with the latest innovations. Our team is committed to continuous improvement, so every project benefits from deep industry expertise.
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Integrated expertise
Our strength lies in the range of skills held within our own team. From electrical design to software development, we manage every aspect of your project internally. That in-house expertise means we fully understand and meet your requirements, which leads to tailored, efficient solutions.
Tailored solutions
We design and engineer a solution for each customer and their particular requirements. Our approach is to provide customised solutions that improve productivity and efficiency, whatever the scale or complexity of the project. We also prioritise service, providing continuous support to maintain the durability and effectiveness of what we build.
Ongoing support
We do more than deliver solutions. We build lasting relationships with our clients through continuous support, training and maintenance. That commitment has strengthened our reputation as both a supplier and a long-term partner in our clients’ success.
Trust and transparency
We prioritise honesty and integrity in all our dealings. We set realistic expectations and give transparent assessments, so our solutions genuinely meet your needs. We would rather establish trust by being open, and recommend the right solution even when that is a more comprehensive option than you first expected.
Technological leadership
Staying current with industry trends and technologies means we can deliver the most effective solutions available. By attending international trade shows and maintaining strong partnerships with technology leaders worldwide, we keep our finger on the pulse of materials handling and warehouse automation.
Tell us what you are trying to move
What it is, how much of it, how fast, and what the site looks like now. We will come back with what fits, and an honest view of whether automation is the right answer yet.