The national mapping agency Ordnance Survey and Government backed self-driving hub, Zenzic, lay out the importance of collaborative mapping in the development of self-driving vehicles.
Joloda International is exhibiting again at the IMHX show in Birmingham. This exhibition is vitally important in the exhibition calendar of Joloda as this is one of the leading fairs worldwide for materials handling and truck loading.
Hyster Europe will be showcasing its 360-degree solutions for logistics operations, including those to support the construction materials and paper supply chains, at IMHX.
Fashion sector focused 3PL Clipper Logistics saved some £350,000 in agency fees with a recruitment initiative aimed at hiring people from groups that traditionally struggle to find work.
The manufacturer says recent investment at its UK production facility in the Black Country means that delivery lead times for new Flexi trucks have been maintained at normal levels despite heavy demand.
Intralogistics is evolving, and the future of warehousing requires flexible automation and smart data. At IMHX 2019, leading warehouse automation and software provider, Swisslog, is set to present innovations based on self-optimising, modular, software-driven and robotic technology.
Integrator Beumer Group installed its flexible and modular warehouse control system at the new European Logistics Centre of the Polish automotive parts supplier Inter Cars.
Retailer John Lewis is working with automation partner Knapp on a robot-base handling solution which will be installed this summer in its Magna Park campus.
Chinese firm Geek+ Robotics has released what the MiniSort, which it says is the first ‘smart and flexible robotic sorting solution of its kind’.
Tompsett Burgess Growers has taken on a number of Doosan counterbalance trucks.
EnerSys will showcase the latest advances in Lithium-ion (Li-ion) and Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) motive power battery technology for material handling applications at IMHX.
Having properly trained in-house LGV Driver Assessors could help employers to improve the mental health of their drivers, says the RTITB Instructor Academy, the UK’s only centre dedicated to Instructor training.
SSI Schaefer is delighted to announce it will be sponsoring the Logistics Solutions Theatre at this year’s IMHX exhibition.
As one of the leading UK suppliers of Bulk LPG and LPG Cylinders, AvantiGas is a key partner for businesses throughout the country to ensure their forklift truck fleets are running optimally.
IMHX 2019 will see the official launch Narrow Aisle Ltd’s new Flexi ACiON and Flexi LiTHiON VNA lift truck ranges.
Narrow Aisle has announced that remanufactured machines in its Flexi ECO AC range of ‘second life’ articulated forklift trucks are now offered with the same factory warranty terms as new-build Flexis.
Amid the science-fiction-fueled fear that robots are taking over, we look at the positive impact that robotics bring to society, as well as the warehouse. Is this a normal part of innovation, or does robophobia threaten the evolution of technology?
With tough governmental targets on air quality now the responsibility of local authority bodies, and Clean Air Zones in place in major UK cities, environmental efficiency is now even more important for fleets operating in urban areas.
SICK has unveiled its next-generation family of smart photoelectric 2D light array sensors, the RAY10 and RAY26 to detect even the most difficult-to-see objects moving on high-speed conveyors in materials handling & logistics.
Fetch Robotics announced a Series C round of funding of $46 million. Fetch Robotics has raised $94 million to date.
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