![]() KBX provides advantaged global transportation and logistics solutions to help customers win in the markets they choose to compete in. For more information on Gatik, visit and follow the company on Twitter, LinkedIn and Medium. Founded in 2017 by veterans of the autonomous technology industry, the company has offices in Mountain View and Toronto. Gatik is backed by Koch Disruptive Technologies, Innovation Endeavors, Wittington Ventures and others, and partners with industry leaders including Ryder, Goodyear and Isuzu. Gatik’s class 3-6 autonomous box trucks are commercially deployed in multiple markets including Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Ontario. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial delivery service. Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of light and medium duty trucks. Gatik’s operations with Georgia-Pacific and KBX in the Dallas Fort-Worth area represent a hyper-efficient and customer-centric model designed to address shifting consumer behavior through higher asset utilization on the supply chain’s middle mile. ![]() The company’s operations there are anticipated to create over 500 new jobs by 2025, including operational, technical and business roles. Gatik opened the doors to its autonomous trucking facility in Texas in 2021, and has established a long-term presence in the state. We’re excited to see these operations form the foundation of KBX’s Autonomous Vehicle Program, as we prepare for wider-scale adoption of autonomous trucks to meet customer demand." "Our partnership with Gatik will enable us to redefine the traditional class 8 short-haul market and deliver Georgia-Pacific goods with even greater speed and efficiency. "KBX is focused on providing services that increase capacity and reduce costs in a safe, efficient way for the customers we serve," said Paul Snider, President of KBX. "Once proven, we believe autonomous deliveries will enable us to remove cost and complexity from the supply chain so that we can better serve Sam’s Club, and their members." "We are looking forward to testing this transformational technology to deliver Georgia-Pacific brands like Quilted Northern ® bath tissue and Dixie ® products to Sam’s Clubs," said Hayes Shimp, vice president of sales for Georgia-Pacific. "By integrating our class 6 autonomous solution into KBX’s sophisticated infrastructure across Dallas-Fort Worth, Gatik will be able to deliver Georgia-Pacific products to a vast network of Sam’s Club locations with unparalleled reliability, speed and consistency." "Our partnership with Georgia-Pacific and KBX is poised to transform regional distribution architecture that has traditionally relied on class 8 platforms," said Gautam Narang, CEO and co-founder, Gatik. The operations will commence in July 2022. ![]() By replacing traditional tractor trailers with autonomous box trucks, Gatik’s operations will establish a more responsive and flexible logistics network, increasing the cadence of delivery runs and the flow of goods, while reducing logistics costs and enabling near real-time inventory fulfillment. The operations involve moving Georgia-Pacific shipments from point to point on predefined short-haul routes using a dedicated autonomous vehicle fleet with 26-foot boxes, representing the first time that class 6 autonomous box trucks have been deployed to disrupt short-haul logistics networks traditionally involving class 8 trucks. Gatik’s class 6 autonomous box trucks will deliver goods to Sam’s Club locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Gatik, Georgia-Pacific and KBX announce multi-year commercial partnership to disrupt class 8 short-haul market. ![]()
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