articleThe decision to opt for any form of automated handling solution requires careful analysis and detailed planning. Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), presents a 12-point plan to a successful project.
articleSensor manufacturer Pepperl + Fuchs has built a European Distribution Centre (EDC) in Germany with Witron as designer and general contractor of this highly automated logistics centre.
articleAutomated warehouse solution provider TGW has launched new range of Pick Centre solutions to support picking performance, accuracy and short throughput times.
productThe SICK Flexi Loop offers a simple connectivity solution for safety and plant design engineers to meet recent regulatory changes.
productAutomated material handling systems integrator, SDI Group, has secured a three year contract to maintain all three of George at Asda’s UK automated distribution centres.
articleOnline store wehkamp.nl has awarded Knapp with a contract to provide an automated handling system for a new distribution centre.
productKNAPP AG will provide the automated handling systems in a new distribution centre for the e-commerce specialist, wehkamp.nl, in the Netherlands.
articleWe’re unlikely to see the end of the last minute mad dash along the high street for Christmas presents anytime soon, but with e-commerce sales becoming an increasingly vital part of the retail mix, there may be a little more elbow room this year for the more forgetful of shoppers.
productVitronic Machine Vision has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to automate the manual processing of flats and small parcels from a large parcel and post customer.
articleThe Autocruiser can play a major role in keeping costs down at the same time as increasing efficiency, particularly when used with the LogiMat vertical lift storage system, says SSI Schaefer business development & marketing manager Mike Alibone.
articleGerman healthcare products supplier ProServ redesigned operations at its 4000 sq m warehouse installing the OSR Shuttle from KNAPP.
articleOnline sales of non-food products in the UK grew 19.2% in December versus a year earlier, the highest growth in four years, according to the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.
articleEvery year there are winners and losers in the flurry of retail activity around Christmas and the New Year – 2013 was no different.
articleSPAR will expand its existing logistics centre in Wels by more than 107,639 sq ft. The Austrian food retailer will gear its logistics processes towards future market requirements. The contract for the design and construction phase of the extension has been awarded to the Witron.
productAutomated warehouse provider TGW is installing a materials handling solution for car battery manufacturer Banner in Linz, Austria. The new warehouse solution will create 10,000 new pallet storage locations for car batteries.
articleDistrelec, a company specialising in the distribution of technical and electronic components, is a business unit of the publicly traded Swiss company Datwyler Holding. Datwyler generates revenue of approx. 1.4 billion Swiss Francs with more than 7,000 employees.
articleSDI Group has introduced a hanging pouch sortation system, called the MonaLisa, to the UK market following successful applications in Germany.
articleToyota Material Handling UK has launched a Logistics Solutions team who will be responsible for providing support to companies who can benefit from its growing range of automated products.
productFor the first time, automated materials handling and integrated storage solutions expert, SSI Schaefer, will be exhibiting at the MACH 2014 exhibition in Birmingham, 7th – 11th April, highlighting its LogiMat storage and order picking system.
articleWhat you need to know to get the most out of your automated Omni-channel Retail operations. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
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