# JLS Automation acquires K2 Kinetics

JLS Automation, a designer and manufacturer of robotic packaging machinery, acquired K2 Kinetics, a provider of palletizers and case packers. The acquisition adds K2's product line to JLS's offerings and will be housed in JLS's newly expanded production facility.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-03-27
- Where: York, Pennsylvania, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: robotic primary and secondary packaging machinery, palletizers, case packers, carton loaders
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [JLS Automation](https://endata.com/companies/41219.md) (acquirer)
- [K2 Kinetics](https://endata.com/companies/47090.md) (target)

## Sources

- [packworld.com](https://www.packworld.com/leaders-new/machinery/robotics/news/22793229/jls-automation-jls-automation-acquires-k2-kinetics), 2023-03-27: "To see our partnership with K2 grow into an acquisition has been humbling."
- [cpbj.com](https://www.cpbj.com/york-based-jls-acquires-neighboring-k2-kinetics/), 2023-03-29: "To see our partnership with K2 grow into an acquisition has been humbling."
- [snackandbakery.com](https://www.snackandbakery.com/keywords/3368-packaging-machinery), 2023-04-04: "With this acquisition, K2’s full line of palletizers, as well as its cost-effective TL case packer and carton loaders, will now become part of JLS’s offerings."

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