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The Lean Workshop Group invites you to a free seminar to learn the theory of lean manufacturing techniques and to examine the operation of a Lean manufacturing cell.
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articleBuild stable mixed stacks
Witron’s Automated Case System (ACS) allows users to stack cartons, crates, plastic totes, wooden boxes etc as they react to retail challenges.
articleMany innovations highlighted
The PPMA Show 2015 returned to the NEC from the 29th September – 1st October, with more than 1,000 leading packaging and processing machinery manufacturers represented at the show and providing a platform to showcase the latest technological innovations and discuss key business opportunities with more than 7,500 visitors.
articleAsda doubles productivity
Axiom GB has designed and completed an automated packing and dispatch solution for Asda Stores at Clipper Logistics’ Boughton facility in Nottinghamshire.
articleHeinz deploys Layer Picker
Wincanton was challenged at the national distribution centre it manages on behalf of Heinz to increase automated pallet layer picking without associated changes in product configurations.
newsIgus showcases multi-direction drives for automated warehouses
Igus combines drylin SLW linear technology with opposed rotating leadscrews to provide flexible and precise drive systems for automated warehouses.
productReliable detection of medicine packages
Light section sensors designed for fully automated warehousing modules in pharmacy picking systems.
productUPS to build £120m sortation centre at London Gateway
The 32,000 sq m package sorting and delivery facility at the DP World London Gateway logistics site is one of the company’s largest infrastructure investments outside of the USA.
productUltrasonic sensors
Offering enhanced performance capability in its distance sensor portfolio, SICK has extended its family of compact ultrasonic detectors with the introduction of the UM12, UC30-2 and the UC4-Fast sensors.
news18 warehouse complex for Scotch whisky manufacturer
John Dewar & Sons has opened a blending and maturation facility in central Scotland that features a complex of 18 warehouses across the 100-acre site.
articleInsider advises on revamping your pharma supply chain
The pharmaceutical industry is facing enormous changes. Before joining Swisslog, Michiel Veenman spent 5 years optimising warehouse operations and IT systems for a pharmaceutical wholesaler. Here he explains the ways in which the industry can overcome the challenges of the future.
productCentralised automated warehouse
With over 2500 products in its portfolio, both food and non-food items, Norway’s leading grocery wholesaler, UNIL, identified a need for a more cost-efficient automated solution.
productMeeting pharma challenges
With the pharmaceutical industry facing enormous changes, Swisslog’s Michiel Veenman identifies ways in which the industry can overcome the challenges of the future.
productDream Factory expanded
Cimcorp’s revamped automation system offers an end-to-end tyre plant solution – from goods-in to finished tyre loading.
articleSwisslog provides centralised automated warehouse for grocery wholesaler
Norgesgruppen is Norway’s leading grocery wholesaler with 1,750 stores and 850 service trade customers.
productInterlocks get networked
Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks is integrating AS-interface (AS-i) and PROFIsafe (PROFIbus Safety or PROFInet Safety) connectivity into its tGard and amGardpro interlocks. The company is also developing non-contact switches and output signal switching devices which can be incorporated into its tGard and amGardpro units.
articleWarehousing dynamics shift as eCommerce kicks in
A leading think tank has recommended owners and occupiers future proof their warehouses in the face of massive market disruption from eCommerce.
productWireless remote switch
The standard transmitter unit supplied with WERMA’s WIN wireless monitoring system transmits the status change in the Andon light to the WIN software, allowing users to collect machine or workstation performance data. Now the new “Slave Control” receiver unit offers a ‘command’ function for the first time.
productComponent transfer
UPM conveyors has designed, installed and commissioned a fully automated product handling system for Lindal Group in Mexico to transfer injection moulded components to assembly hoppers located on GIMA machines for production of aerosols.
articleSwisslog wins major food sector order
Saudi Arabian food producer Almarai has commissioned Swisslog to automate its distribution logistics for its operations in Al Kharj.
