articleAs the digitisation of markets continues to disrupt supply chains around the world, Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA), considers the ways in which today’s logistics trends are favouring automation.
articleAutomated handling of returns using KNAPP technology is a key feature of 3PL Fiege’s operation to serve its client, SportScheck.
articleGreater flexibility and lower risk when procuring equipment could be a key benefit for customers of Dematic and Linde in the UK, following the recent acquisition of Dematic by the Kion Group. Simon Duddy reports.
productNon-emergency machinery stops can be avoided with the arrival of a “failover” safety concept for use with ABB’s safety programmable logic controller (PLC).
articleDomus Logistics despatches thousands from its distribution centre to deliver home furnishing articles to 520 CASA stores in eight different European countries.
articleAutomated intralogistics specialist Swisslog has completed installations for two leading healthcare firms, and is partnering long term with many of the sector’s biggest companies.
productBoth companies have been acquired by the KION Group in recent years, and Dematic says the integrated company will be the world’s largest AGV supplier.
productKernPack, a distributor of specialist packaging machinery and solutions, has signed an exclusive UK and Ireland distribution deal with Skilled Group, enabling it to sell the company’s range of robotic palletising systems and AGVs.
articleThe latest move in a trend of major forklift manufacturers making large acquisitions in automated intralogistics sees Toyota Industries buy Dutch automated player Vanderlande.
articleMachines are increasingly taking over tasks that humans have performed for decades. From Luddites in the 1800s to modern day “digital refuseniks”, some have always resisted change, and yet today’s robots are more capable than ever. So will workers rejoice at being unshackled from repetitive and dangerous tasks, or should we brace ourselves for high-performing smart warehouses becoming deserted dark logistics facilities?
productHorizontal transport – in the form of conveyor systems and AGVs – will be the focus of KNAPP’s activities at this year’s WTG Live.
productKernPack has announced an exclusive distribution deal with Skilled Group, enabling it to sell its range of robotic palletising systems and automatic guided vehicles in the UK and Ireland.
articleJames Sharples, Managing Director of Swisslog UK, shares his thoughts on the challenges impacting warehouses, and how using tomorrow’s technology today could abolish these issues.
articleTake a look at the future and you find our what is important now – eCommerce, concerns about finite warehouse space, Brexit, automation and robots et al – the following Special Report give managers an insight into the challenges that are here now and on the horizon, with some ideas as to how you may plan for them.
productSICK has launched the Visionary-T, its first robust, industrial imaging camera to capture high-resolution 3D data with a single ‘snapshot’, whether the object is stationary or moving.
articleThe software is called SynQ – Synchronised Intelligence, and is the next generation of its proven warehouse management software platform, WM 6.
articleRobotics and automation should be a natural fit in supply chains, offering an appropriate solution to the efficiency challenge. But while we have seen some businesses automate their operations to improve efficiencies and reduce errors, there are still relatively few examples of robotics helping meet the challenges of modern logistics and distribution, says Mark Parsons, chief customer officer, DHL Supply Chain.
productDematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain, has announced the completion of the transfer of Egemin UK and all its assets and activities to Dematic.
articleOnce again, the PPMA Show highlighted why it’s the UK’s unmissable event for processing and packaging machinery, when it returned to Birmingham’s NEC between 26 and 28 September.
articleDematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain, announced the next step in the integration of Egemin Automation and NDC Automation with Dematic by consolidating the brands into a single global Dematic brand.
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