A robotic palletiser arm typically costs from around £20,000 to £80,000 on its own, but integration, guarding and conveyor interfacing commonly doubles the total project cost, so a complete installed cell often runs from £60,000 to £180,000.
Yes, palletisers are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £60,000 to £180,000, and most deals are written over 24-84 months with a deposit of around 10-20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£60k – £180k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £30k
Rates From
5.3% - 9.7% per annum
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical palletiser price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £110,000: a 10% deposit of £11,000, then 48 monthly payments of £2,320 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £122,360, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ABB IRB 460 (compact case palletiser, robot only) | £20,000 - £45,000 | Robotic Palletiser (Robot Only) |
| KUKA KR 180 PA (carton palletiser, robot only) | £35,000 - £65,000 | Robotic Palletiser (Robot Only) |
| Complete installed palletising cell (robot, guarding, conveyor interface) | £70,000 - £180,000 | Integrated Palletising Cell |
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A robotic palletiser is treated as plant and machinery for tax purposes, so it qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting a business deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to the current £1,000,000 annual limit. Companies buying new, unused equipment may also qualify for full expensing, a 100% first-year deduction against Corporation Tax. These allowances apply where you own the asset, so they are available under a Hire Purchase agreement. Under a Finance Lease or Operating Lease you do not own the palletiser outright, so allowances are not claimed directly; instead the payments are generally deducted as a business expense against profits. Always confirm treatment with your accountant before committing to a structure.
Robotic palletisers are increasingly displacing manual pallet stacking on lines with high or repetitive throughput, which is primarily a labour and workplace injury question rather than a cost-saving one, since the case for automating end-of-line stacking usually rests on staff availability and manual handling risk as much as anything else. The robot arm itself, from suppliers such as ABB, KUKA and Yaskawa, is typically only part of the project cost, with UK integrators such as Phoenix Handling Solutions adding guarding, safety systems and conveyor interfacing that can match or exceed the robot's own price. Buyers are food, drinks, building materials and general manufacturing businesses reaching a throughput level where manual palletising becomes a bottleneck or a recruitment problem.
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