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VARGO® Expands Cincinnati Office

VARGO® doubles the size of its Cincinnati office to to keep up with continued growth

VARGO® Expands Cincinnati Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2022

VARGO Contact: PR Contact:
Bart Cera, President, VARGO® Kelly Galindo, GREENCREST
614.319.5842 phone 614.885.7921 phone
bcera@vargomail.com kgalindo@greencrest.com


VARGO® Expands Cincinnati Office to Keep Up With Continued Growth

HILLIARD, Ohio (December 20, 2022) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling systems integration, warehouse execution software and automation solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, recently completed an expansion project of their office in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.

VARGO® opened its Mason office in the fall of 2019 in the Governor’s Pointe Office Park at 4680 Parkway Drive. Since then, the company has experienced substantial growth. To accommodate this growth, VARGO® doubled its existing space.

Bart Cera, president of VARGO®, said “There is a wealth of supply chain, logistics and warehouse automation experience in the Cincinnati-Mason area. With our expanded investment in this market, we can double the size of our already talented staff to support our continued business growth.”

Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, VARGO® also has a Technology Center in Dublin, Ohio, and an office in Austin, Texas.

About VARGO®
VARGO® is a team of mechanical and software engineers on the forefront of waveless and continuous e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment solutions. For over five decades, VARGO® has worked with manufacturers, distributors and leading retailers — including numerous e-commerce providers and 3PL’s — to improve their e-commerce fulfillment and material handling systems, increase processing capacities and reduce order cycle times. VARGO® uses its proven, pull-based methodologies to create intelligent solutions for fulfillment centers and leads the industry by integrating robotics and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) into solutions. VARGO® is the only company that offers COFE® (Continuous Order Fulfillment Engine), the software that does for fulfillment what Lean did for manufacturing. For more information, visit www.vargosolutions.com.

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