Ceo / Director
Bohdan Tool And Mold, Inc.
Northbrook, Il
Bohdan Automation was started by my father and myself as a machine shop and quickly grew into one of the main industrial automation companies in the Midwest. Originally our services included the concept, design, manufacture and servicing of dedicated automation for manufacturing and inspection. As the company grew various robotics solutions, both custom and off the shelf, were the mainstay of our business. Our clients were the food, automotive, electronics, electrical, consumer, and hospital products industries. There were over 100 clients with the majority being Fortune 1000 listed. After about 10 years the focus became mainly in the pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical, chemical and bio-medical areas. Our robotic solutions automated the manufacturing and or testing of hospital products, in-vitro devices, blood testing equipment, medical devices, instrumentation, and chemical in line testing as well as testing of many lab processes. We developed many processes and generated multiple patents that set the pace for future equipment that today is a mainstay of laboratory automation in many applications. In the 90’s Bohdan Automation’s knowledge in robotics was integrated into a new family of moderately priced products called the Discovery Series which was specifically designed for laboratories regardless of size, industry type or function. This product line automated liquid dispensing, powder dispensing, weighing, pipetting, mixing, incubation, homogenizing, ph, liquid/liquid extractions, liquid/solid extractions, centrifugation, capping, evaporations, filtration and labeling.