BD Rowa

BD Rowa is a pharmacy automation company headquartered in Kelberg, Germany, specializing in robotic medication storage and retrieval systems for retail and hospital pharmacies. Founded in 1996, the company has installed over 15,000 systems across 30+ countries, making it one of Europe's leading pharmacy robotics providers. BD Rowa was acquired by CareFusion for approximately 150 million USD in 2011 and is now a business unit of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). Its flagship product, the Rowa Vmax, is a high-speed Modular dispensing robot widely deployed across European pharmacies and increasingly in the US.

BD Rowa has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Rowa Vmax (BD Rowa builds physical robots).

BD Rowa is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of BD on the DEPLOY registry.

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to BD Rowa building in the same form factors include Savoye, Ambi Robotics, DENSO Corporation, FANUC Corporation.

Markus Willems is the founder of BD Rowa, per the DEPLOY registry.

BD Rowa has no separately traded stock; it is owned by BD (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).

BD Rowa is owned by BD, per the DEPLOY registry.

BD Rowa operates 8 verified deployments, including at London, United Kingdom, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Detroit, MI, USA.

DEPLOY has 8 verified BD Rowa deployments on record at sites including London, United Kingdom, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Detroit, MI, USA. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, BD Rowa ranks in roughly the top 15% of companies tracked by the registry.

BD Rowa was founded in 1996.

BD Rowa has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.