articleDatalogic secures £20m Royal Mail parcel sortation order
Datalogic has inked a deal with Royal Mail to implement a new Parcel Sorting System in around 20 mail centres across the UK.
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productLook out for doubling trends to find disruptors
An increasing number of companies and technologies are achieving exponential growth, says Salim Ismail of the Singularity University and this is proving very disruptive to established industry monoliths.
productReliable Interroll conveyor technology products for use in refrigeration applications
The market for temperature-controlled foods is becoming increasingly important, with logistics processes for refrigerated or frozen foods offering more challenges and demands. The industry is extremely energy intensive and strict hygiene and labor protection requirements must be taken into consideration throughout the entire production chain.
articleSolutions for pharmaceutical logistics
The pharmaceutical industry is facing enormous changes. New regulations, increasingly more complex products, steadily expanding product portfolios and ever smaller batches increase costs and risks in logistical processes. Michiel Veenman, Director Solution Management Pharmaceutical Industry at Swisslog, explains the ways in which the industry can overcome the challenges of the future.
productTGW boosts off-site support
Automated warehouse solutions provider TGW is transforming its Lifetime Services (LTS) proposition so customers have immediate access to round-the-clock resource without the need for permanent on site support.
productShelf-ready case loading
FANUC UK has expanded its M-710iC series of industrial robots with the M-710iC/45M, a mid-sized, high speed robot with a long reach. With a 45kg payload and reach of over 2.6m, the M-710iC/45M offers a smaller and more cost effective alternative to many large palletising robots – potentially in the order of 12%-15% reduction in robot price.
productSensors showcase
Delivering innovative sensing technologies that support a safer food chain will be the focus of SICK’s solutions for hygienic environments, quality inspection and product traceability showcased at the PPMA Show 2015.
productFormer Sainsbury’s CEO headline speaker for PPMA Show
Justin King CBE, former CEO of Sainsbury’s, and a leading figure in the FMCG and Grocery Retailing sectors, has been confirmed as the headline seminar speaker at the PPMA Show.
productInterroll grows sales by 9% in first half of 2015
Interroll Group is continuing on its growth course in 2015 and has gotten off to a good start to the 2015 financial year thanks to significant growth rates in order intake, sales and earnings.
productUS conveying firm Transnorm buys Sovex
Transnorm Group has bought Sovex, a UK manufacturer of loading and unloading modules and components that are mainly used in parcel and distribution hubs and distribution centres for an undisclosed sum.
productClarks’ automated warehouse hits 10 year milestone
KNAPP has rewarded its team of resident engineers for 10 years service at the automated warehouse of Clarks, the global shoe supplier.
articleSwarm intelligence deployed
Open Shuttle driverless vehicles from KNAPP use swarm intelligence to optimise transport processes at the automated warehouse of an agricultural products supplier.
productBiomass system order
Saxlund International, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark, for the delivery of a state-of-the-art biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam – Port Talbot, South Wales.
productPick & place motions with intelligent software
Fully fledged robot functions for simple gantry systems and automatic stackers can be designed more easily with the new robotics module in the Lenze FAST application software.
articleAGV system makes the process possible
An automated solution from Egemin machines is helping a manufacturer produce up to 5,000 crown corks per minute in three daily shifts.
articleChain conveyor transports Land Rover axles
LB Foster Materials Handling has designed, manufactured and installed a triple strand chain conveyor into Dana UK Axle in Birmingham.
productModular Conveyor Platform for PPMA Show
Interroll will present its new modular conveyor platform for the first time in the UK at the PPMA 2015 show.
productIntegrated drive solutions
Interroll will show off its range of integrated drive solutions at the PPMA Show.
article62,000 sq ft pick module boosts furniture warehouse
With the retail showroom big enough to fit three Wal-Mart supercentres inside and eight million shoppers expected per year, getting the warehouse logistics right was essential for the huge Nebraska Furniture Mart facility in Texas.
articleHitachi develops two handed free-roaming warehouse robot
A prototype has been unveiled in Japan with the company saying the technology could be production-ready within five years.
