articleIn today’s challenging economic times, the growth in e-commerce has proven to be a lifeline for many retailers. As online sales continue to rise, many e-tailers are realising the many benefits that logistics automation offers to help win market share and maintain customer loyalty in this crucial sector.
productInterroll is one of the worlds leading innovative designers and manufacturers of key products for unit-load handling, internal logistics and automation in specific target markets such as food processing, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, e-commerce, airport logistics, postal services, distribution and many other sectors.
productSDI Group specialist in the provision of integrated materials handling solutions for retail, wholesale, fulfilment and ecommerce distribution operations.
productWärtsilä, a provider of power solutions, needed to improve the productivity of its spare parts supply chain. It operated eight spare parts warehouses but recognised that major efficiencies could be achieved through centralising into one global distribution centre.
productWITRON is an international leader in the field of systems integration for turnkey warehouse automation. More specifically, the company is focused on designing and realizing highly dynamic order picking and material flow solutions that provide competitive advantages to its clients.
productBlackstar Materials Handling Systems’ new collaboration with Messersi Packaging has secured its first UK order and installation for a Messersi strapping and stretch wrapping system.
productUPM Conveyors has reported a record final quarter following the Total Show, which surpassed all expectations in terms of enquiries for product handling systems and orders taken on the stand.
productColwall Conveyor Systems (CCS) has recently completed a £480K contract for one of the UK’s contract packers.
productDaifuku’s sliding-shoe sorter, named the Jet Surfing Sorter, is a high-speed automated sortation system for channeling and sorting medium size items, totes, and cartons.
productAustrian-owned group, KNAPP AG, has improved on last year’s record turnover, reporting an all-time high of approximately 380 million Euros on 31 March 2013.
productGuidance demonstrations of the latest innovations in picking, storage and materials handling systems can be viewed on BITO’s own YouTube channel.
productThe innovative Tool – Mover is one of RUD’s latest innovations, a manipulation device for the safe turning and tilting of heavy and awkward plant items such as plastic injection moulding tools.
productAvailable from chain specialist, iwis drive systems, are side-plate chains for use in material handling systems.
articleTamar Foods won a contract with Marks and Spencer to produce a range of M&S savoury pies. A stipulation of the contract was that the Tamar conveyor system would handle M&S green totes.
articleAutomated racking and LED lighting installed in a new northern cold store ‘superhub’ in Heywood.
productExmac Automation has designed and installed a materials handling system for a new Completely Knocked Down (CKD) facility at the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant at Halewood, where complete car sets are prepared for shipping to various locations around the world for local re-assembly.
articleGroupe Beaumanoir is a major player in France’s important clothing industry with six successful ready-to-wear labels sold in over 2300 stores in 40 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
articleHenry Schein is a global distributor of medical supplies to clinicians, so smooth supply chain performance is absolutely critical.
articleFIMEC Technologies has released the U-Care Unloader, a process for tipping pallets, thus reducing parcel damage.
articleSDI Group has claimed a ‘world first’ in developing an automated Hanger Sorter system for recycling empty coat hangers used extensively by the fashion sector.
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