newsKörber buys Siemens parcel business for reported 1bn euros plus
THE INTERNATIONAL technology group Körber has signed an agreement to acquire Siemens Logistics’ global mail and parcel business.
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articleMobile robots are the right option for SMEs too
An order for an innovative robot system shows the time is right for SMEs to invest in flexible warehouse automation, says Harry Watts.
productFlexible – Reliable – Profitable
When you order a product online, Daifuku’s world-class material handling solutions kick into action, helping ensure that you get your order when you want it.
articleFive trends shaping eGrocery fulfilment in 2022
The top five trends based on our work with industry leaders who have successful MFCs and EFCs operating today.
articleThe age of self-learning robots
Magazino envisages that self-learning robots will conquer eCommerce logistics, with the company making a start with fashion pure-play leader Zalando.
articleParcels: time for tech
Sortation technology is playing a key role as courier, express and parcel firms emerge into a post-pandemic world while striving to reconfigure supply chains that have experienced major disruptions and delays in deliveries.
product24/7 warehouse picking
VERTICAL STORAGE lift company Randex is launching ‘Compact 24/7’, a solution that integrates the company’s ‘Compact’ family of automated vertical storage systems with robotics technology to allow continuous, 24/7 warehouse picking with up to 50% fewer warehouse workers, says Randex.
productGrowth despite challenges
INTERROLL ACHIEVED significant growth in the financial year 2021, with sales increasing to CHF 640.1 million (+20.6% year-on-year). Order intake climbed significantly to CHF 788.4 million (+43.9%).
productSwiss sorter firm launches to UK
FERAG HAS launched its hi-tech, Swiss engineered overhead pouch and sorter systems to the UK market.
productParcel firm needs sorting boost
FIVES HAS been selected by Post Nord to install two turnkey sorting systems in Norway and Germany.
productSimpler and easier robot guidance
WITH THE launch of its LiDAR-LOC 2 solution, SICK has made it easy to teach mobile machines virtual paths in order to enhance, expand, or replace physical floor-based guidance systems that use taped lines or 2D-codes.
productMajor step in supermarket’s warehouse optimisation programme
AS PART of its optimisation campaign Logistics 2030, EDEKA Nord again relies on the storage and picking systems of the general contractor Witron, for the design and implementation of the new regional warehouse in Neumünster.
articleOcado refreshes tech and strategy
The innovative grocer and integrator says technological breakthroughs will boost the Ocado Smart Platform, allowing it to work faster with lower operating costs, with the strategic aims of providing shorter delivery times and quicker speed to market for installations.
articlePatient-focused automated logistics
Warehouse automation is enabling PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution to fulfil patients’ repeat prescription orders efficiently and securely from its facility in Runcorn, Cheshire.
productWarehouse robotics market sees growth
A REPORT by Style Intelligence, a research firm focused on warehouse robotics, says ‘growth returned in 2021 having been stagnant at best in 2020, with many vendors reporting greater than 50% expansion’.
productJungheinrich integrates robotics company Arculus
THE SOFTWARE and robotics start-up was acquired by Jungheinrich at the end of last year and will be used by the German intralogistics leader to expand into the AMR sector.
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productIntegration platform said to level the tech playing field
STAYLINKED HAS launched the Evolve integration platform for UK warehouse and logistics providers.
news3PL found for 40000 sq m fashion DC
CEVA LOGISTICS has won a long-term eCommerce fulfilment contract with fashion platform About You, for the management of a 40,000 sq m fulfillment operation in Poland.
productTwo new multimillion e-grocery projects for Rohlik
SWISSLOG HAS strengthened its leading position in e-grocery automation solutions by landing two new projects for Rohlik, the fast-growing European e-grocery retailer. The projects are part of the Rohlik 45 MEUR automation investments.
