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The people behind the machines.
And beside you when it matters.
120+ team members. Mostly in York, PA. Engineering, controls, vision, programming, mechanical assembly, sales, service. All in-house. When your line needs help, our in-house support team picks up — with direct access to JLS engineering and programming expertise.
What visitors notice first.
The thing people notice first isn’t our robotics. It’s that our engineers and team members will stop mid-task to help each other, and that nobody here goes quiet when something isn’t working.
I’d love to take credit for that. But it comes from the manufacturing floor and our support teams, not from me — from people who know a customer’s shift and reputation depend on what we ship. That’s why we move toward any sign of trouble instead of away from it.
Anyone can sell you a robot. This is the part you can’t buy.
— Craig Souser, Chairman Emeritus
In-house, end to end.
No third-party programming firms. No overseas integrators. No handoffs.
The LAB team
Mechanical, electrical, controls, vision, programming. Solves your unique application before we say yes.
Build team
Mechanical assembly, fabrication, integration. Every system goes through a project FAT before shipping.
Application engineers + RSMs
A national sales and applications team and a team of application engineers who know the food industry — not generalist sellers.
Customer support & JLS View
Centrally located in the US for fast dispatch. Refurbishment and retooling extend lines you already own.
Meet the people behind JLS.
One accountable team — engineering, controls, vision, programming, sales, and service, all under one roof in York, Pennsylvania.
A new chapter for JLS.
Russ Stroner has succeeded Craig Souser as President & CEO of JLS Automation, with Craig continuing his involvement as Chairman Emeritus.
Read the announcement →Company leadership.
Executive leadership with company-wide responsibility across operations, technology, people, finance, and commercial strategy, together with our Chairman Emeritus.
People & workplace.
The team supporting employees, candidates, community involvement and the day-to-day experience at the York facility.
Product, applications & technology.
The leaders of the major technical and product functions that turn a customer need into an engineered, proven system.
Customer support & aftermarket.
The people helping customers keep equipment running, solve problems, plan upgrades and get more from the systems they already own.
Sales & marketing.
Led by Michael Newcome, JLS Sales & Marketing connects food manufacturers with the right people and resources across the U.S. and Canada.
Every JLS system has a much bigger team behind it.
Behind every system are mechanical and electrical designers, programmers, controls and vision specialists, applications engineers, project managers, buyers, assemblers, technicians, field service engineers and support professionals working together to make performance predictable.
Want to join the team?
The people who built it are the people who support it. If you want to help build the automation that feeds the world — from one accountable team in York, PA — we’d love to meet you.
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