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GXO Brings Industry-first Innovation to Outbound Process with Autonomous Mobile RobotsEINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, today marked the success of its industry-first use of Lowpads Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for a customer in the food and beverage sector at a major warehouse facility in the Netherlands. “GXO’s industry-first collaboration with Lowpad on a custom-designed and engineered automated solution for our customer’s outbound process has significantly improved efficiency,” said Luc Laurijssens, GXO’s Managing Director for Belgium and the Netherlands. The introduction of Lowpads at 16 pick-up points in the outbound process, the first such implementation in the food and beverage industry, brought significant increases in safety, productivity, quality and cost-effectiveness for the customer. An early adopter of technology, today GXO operates roughly 22% more tech-enabled warehouses than the market average. About GXO LogisticsGXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) is the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider and is benefiting from the rapid growth of ecommerce, automation and outsourcing.