AutoStore Invest in the Korean Market

SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The cube storage pioneer AutoStore announces that Kyoungsoo Kim, 46 years old, has been appointed to head the development of the AutoStore business in the Korean market. �He will help us to accelerate our growth in Korea”, says CEO & President in AutoStore Karl Johan Lier.

“With more than 16 years of experience in international business and technology, including Weidmuller and Schmalz, Kyoungsoo Kim has developed an expertise which will be important for us to develop our business in Korea”, says Lier.

Kyoungsoo Kim is looking forward to starting work for AutoStore System in Korea, and he appreciates the opportunity the Norwegian company has given him.

“AutoStore is a really exciting company to be a part of, and the Norwegian technology is unique. I cannot wait to help out on fulfilling the potential for AutoStore in the Korean market”, he says.

Kyoungsoo Kim will be responsible for the growth and further development of AutoStore in Korea, together with our partners. AutoStore is sold, installed and maintained by highly qualified system integrators,

“We have sold 4 AutoStore systems in Korea, and the need for a local person to support further growth was imminent. We hope to have up to 10 AutoStore Systems by the end of 2021, and we are grateful that Kyoungsoo Kim, with his competence and experience, joins us at AutoStore”, says Lier.

“AutoStore have decided to establish the Korean office in 2020 to accelerate the expected growth, we are now pleased to announce that our plans proceed as scheduled. We have great plans for the Korean market to go forward – even if the times at the moment is difficult”, says Sven Åge Hjorteland Directors Sales APAC at AutoStore AS.

Under the responsibility of the Norwegian head quarter and Hjorteland, Kyoungsoo Kim will further develop the business and deploy the AutoStore strategy in the Korean market.

About AutoStore | www.autostoresystem.com

AutoStore, founded in 1996, is a robotics technology company that invented, and continues to pioneer, Cube Storage Automation – the densest and one of the fastest order-fulfillment solutions in existence. The company’s focus is to marry software and hardware with human abilities to create the future of order fulfillment. AutoStore is global, with more than 500 systems installed in 30 countries over a wide range of industries. All systems are designed, installed and serviced by a network of qualified system integrators – which AutoStore calls ‘partners’. The company’s headquarters is in Nedre Vats (Norway), with offices also in Oslo (Norway), in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, South Korea and Japan.

Contacts

Kyoungsoo Kim

Partner Manager

AutoStore System

kevin.kim@autostoresystem.com
ph. +82-10-9076-2226

Sven Åge Hjorteland

Vice President Sales APAC

AutoStore AS

sven.age.hjorteland@autostoresystem.com
ph. + 47 907 95337

Karl Johan Lier

CEO

AutoStore System

karl.johan.lier@autostoresystem.com
ph. +47 907 95 334