articleRobotic solution for mixed product pick
In response to rising retailer demand for mixed product trays, FANUC has collaborated with integrator Pacepacker Services to engineer a pot swap tray loading system.
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articleIntroducing Carryline
Handling & Storage Solutions caught up with Applied Automation Industrial Systems at the PPMA Show to hear about new product ranges, and how the growing company has recently moved to much larger premises.
articleBox Order System for fresh food
Numerous food retail logistics experts from Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Scandinavia were introduced to the newly developed Box Order System (BOS) in the course of an Expert Day at WITRON’s headquarters in Germany.
productAisle-Masters are tough enough for the Commodity Centre
The Commodity Centre Group handles over 200,000 tonnes of mainly dried fruits and agricultural commodities a year from all over the world at its HQ in Essex, which are destined for major supermarkets and repackaging plants.
articleGets to grips with returnable transit packaging
Companies in the food industry can benefit greatly from a supply chain audit, says Schoeller Allibert.
productRackable multi-trip box with superior strength
Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new multi-trip pallet box. The Trip Box offers the benefits of a sleeve pack system, with improved strength and excellent performance in racking.
productHard times for UK metal industry but aluminium frame buildings still a hit
It is more than disheartening to hear about the collapse of the UK’s once mighty steel industry, says temporary building supplier Aganto.
articleTackling issues facing food logistics
The FSDF is the sole trade body which represents and supports the interests of the entire food logistics industry.
newsContract packer doubles in size
Elision UK – a specialist contract packer of fresh produce – has more than doubled its site capacity by expanding to a second site in Honeybourne, five miles east of its original base in Evesham, Worcestershire.
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.
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.
productPrepared for launch into plastic pallets
Plastic container supplier George Utz UK has taken delivery of a giant plastic injection moulding machine – the final piece of a multi-million pound investment leading to a launch into the pallet market in 2016.
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.
articleSwisslog provides centralised automated warehouse for grocery wholesaler
Norgesgruppen is Norway’s leading grocery wholesaler with 1,750 stores and 850 service trade customers.
articleMajor food retailer invests in large system from AR Racking
AR Racking, an integral supplier of industrial storage equipment, installed a new distribution centre in England for a major UK food retailer. This warehouse is one of the largest distribution centres in the United Kingdom.
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.
articleCoca-Cola speeds up loading process with scanning system
In order to gear the loading process to the accelerated warehouse processes, Zetes designed a new scanning system on Coca-Cola’s forklifts in Dongen, the Netherlands.
articleCrown RT 4000 Series rider pallet trucks launches
The trucks are designed to optimise operator performance and safety, with travel speeds up to 12.5 km/h and load capacity of up to 2,000 kilograms.
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