Universal Robots welcomes new VP Service and Aftermarket

Universal Robots has announced the appointment of a new VP Service and Aftermarket, effective February 1, 2024. Anurag Thakur, who is based in Colorado, USA, has extensive experience of developing customer support having led service businesses in various technology companies.

Close work with partners and end customers

Thakur will work with existing company leaders to continue to grow UR’s highly-regarded collaborative robot (cobot) Academy and to ensure that customers are well supported throughout their automation journey with progressive service and value added offerings.

President Kim Povlsen said: “With an install base of over 75,000 cobots, it is more important than ever that we consider customer care post-deployment. We are committed to every customer’s success and an exciting new range of technical capabilities, from AI to predictive maintenance, will soon help us offer our customers support at a whole new level.”

Thakur’s role will involve close work with partners and end customers

Understanding the unique needs of each customer is absolutely critical to offering world class service and aftermarket care. This role is ultimately about maximizing the value that our customers get from their cobots, helping them to be as productive as possible across the entire operational lifecycle of the product

Anurag Thakur, VP Service and Aftermarket
Understanding the unique needs of each customer is absolutely critical to offering world class service and aftermarket care. This role is ultimately about maximizing the value that our customers get from their cobots, helping them to be as productive as possible across the entire operational lifecycle of the product
Universal Robots

We believe that collaborative robotic technology can be used to benefit all aspects of task-based businesses – no matter what their size.

We believe that the latest collaborative robot technology should be available to all businesses. The nominal investment cost is quickly recovered as our robotic arms have an average payback period of just six months.

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