Feedback From The Field.
Real insights and data from companies who have used the Apex 2.
HeroWear’s ProMat 2025 Presentation
Our presentation at ProMat 2025 featured a groundbreaking array of customers sharing best practices and results from their exosuit projects ranging from initial pilots to long-term, large scale deployments.
Results from Exosuit Deployments
- Workers in the distribution centers for Amerisure Insurance client Auto-Wares reported an average of:
- 40.74% decrease in worker fatigue from heavy lifts
- 26.92% reduction in lower back discomfort
- Teams at Amerisure Insurance client Beverage South experienced an average of:
- 42.19% decrease in fatigue from heavy lifts
- 32.84% reduction in lower back discomfort
- URM Foodservice saw reported back injuries drop to zero among the case-picking teams using exosuits in their distribution centers.
- They also reported having more energy at the end of the day and less work-related discomfort.
- As a part of an overall worker-focused initiative lasting more than a year, nearly 100 distribution center workers at a premium grocery chain used the Apex 2 exosuits and reported:
- Zero back injuries
- Average of 42% reduction in work-related lower back discomfort
- Average of 26% reduction in work-related fatigue
Exosuit Deployment Tips from the Panel
- Engage your workforce and leadership throughout.
- Both formal leadership and informal leaders among your teams are critical to success.
- Engage them before deployments begin
- Make sure they understand why you’re rolling out this new technology: to help them!
- Provide training and guide them through.
- Make sure workers have a plan and know the plan.
- You can’t “set and forget”
- Follow-up
- Verify that the plan is being followed.
- Repetition is needed to establish new habits.
- New workers rotating in should be trained and brought up to speed
Create a Safer Workplace
Team members can perform physically demanding tasks with reduced strain on their bodies, minimizing discomfort, error-causing fatigue, and the risk of musculoskeletal injuries.
Improve People’s Lives
Reduced risk of workplace injuries enables team members to avoid missed work days. The 40% reduction in fatigue means people have the energy left to do what they love.
ROI in 3-4 Months
Boost your bottom line: Teams who are fresher at the end of the day translate into increased productivity and fewer mistakes. Set yourself apart from competitors while keeping people safer.
Boost Your Company Culture
Showing you care about people by protecting them and improving their quality of life leads to increased employee satisfaction and retention, and can be a powerful recruiting tool.
By the Numbers
Back pain costs American businesses $100 billion per year in direct and indirect costs.
Case studies have shown productivity increases of 8% and more.
The lightweight Apex 2 weighs less than 3 lbs, which is about the same as an empty backpack.