productAudi Smart Factory pilots Egemin AGVs
The concept of the smart factory – featuring intelligent, integrated and connected processes – is at the heart of Industry 4.0 and the manufacturing world.
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article3PL to automate Singapore warehouse
Yusen Logistics has awarded Swisslog the contract to build an automated storage system in its Singapore facility.
productReal world Santa’s little helpers
The young kids in this Swisslog video get close to the truth behind Christmas deliveries.
articleAgile solutions for Peak as Kion and Dematic come together
Greater 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.
articleSynergy Logistics invests in next generation picking
Handling & Storage Solutions Editor Simon Duddy caught up with Synergy Logistics UK MD Tony Dobson to discuss the company’s exciting R&D and expansion plans.
articleLong-term benefits
The National Distribution Centre for British Gas in Leicester is proof that logistics automation can provide low lifetime costs – the automated handling solution supplied to the site by KNAPP recently achieved ten years of successful operation.
productFlexibility is top priority for food and drink client
SSI Schaefer has implemented one of the largest and most modern beverage distribution centres in Germany as a general contractor for A. Kempf Getränkegroßhandel GmbH, a subsidiary of Edeka Südwest.
articleStingray Shuttle a key growth component for Würth
Automated materials handling solutions specialist TGW Logistics has completed a major two-year warehousing project for Würth Elektronik eiSos, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of electronic and electromechanical components.
product‘Just enough’ automation works for fast growing e-commerce firm
Thrive Market, one of the nation’s fastest-growing e-commerce companies, is a membership-based online platform focused on making healthy living easy and affordable for all.
articleGlobal pharma players trust in Swisslog to strengthen intralogistics
Swisslog is a leading automation expert for robot-based and data driven intralogistic solutions, with many satisfied customers in the pharma sector.
productFlashPick offers goods-to-person split case picking
TGW Logistics has announced the launch of FlashPick – a piece-picking system that is said to have the flexibility, speed and modularity required by retailers and manufacturers looking to respond to a fast-moving omnichannel market.
articleFashion retailer goes omnichannel with goods-to-person picking
A new logistics centre by SSI Schaefer has recently become operational for omni-channel retail distribution by the Finnish Stockmann Group.
productDaifuku UK secures contract with leading car manufacturer
Following the award of two major contracts in the second half of 2016, Daifuku UK finished the year on a high by securing a major contract at one of Europe’s leading car manufacturing plants.
articleAutomation powers John Lewis’ Omnichannel growth
KNAPP explains how it helped add capacity to the retailer’s Milton Keynes NDC, as well as helping it better consolidate garment orders with ‘binnable’ items.
productInterroll presents dynamic storage
Interroll will present conveying technology and dynamic storage solutions for pallet live and carton live buffer and order picking at IntraLogisteX.
productMassive garment handling facility for John Lewis
An automated garment conveying system supplied and installed by Dϋrkopp Fördertechnik – part of the KNAPP Group – is helping John Lewis service its continuing omni-channel growth.
articleIOT in delivery: pallets and packages talk back
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises big things in the world of consumer goods but even bigger things in the evolution of the supply chain, says experienced multichannel retailer Ian Jindal.
articleSwisslog helps DB Schenker Logistics get ahead in the eCommerce race
Swisslog was contacted for consultancy to identify a future proof solution that could deliver the e-commerce success that Schenker and its customer Lekmer.com required. Detailed analysis determined that CarryPick would be the best solution; one of the technologies within Swisslog’s Click&Pick portfolio designed specifically for retail applications.
articlePowerful intralogistics in a compact footprint
Consolidating dry-food goods from several warehouses into a non-food distribution centre, Coop Denmark turned to Dematic for high performance and flexibility in a compact footprint.
productMeet SSI Schaefer at the Southern Manufacturing
‘Maximising efficiency and process cost reduction’ is the overriding message from SSI Schaefer to all manufacturers attending the Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Show 2017.
