“Can a European industrial robotics manufacturer scale in North America without proportionally growing its back-office compliance overhead?”
Elettric80 is an Italian industrial automation company specializing in robotic warehouse systems and laser-guided vehicles. Upon opening a US subsidiary in Skokie, Illinois, the company faced significant sales tax compliance complexity across multiple US and Canadian jurisdictions. Rather than expanding its small administrative team, Elettric80 adopted Avalara's cloud-based tax automation suite integrated with SAP, automating exemption certificate management, tax rate updates, and use-tax calculations.