Student Competition to Focus on Unit Load Design
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is recruiting university students to participate in its Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition this May. NIST hopes to use the event to develop performance metrics for mixed pallets...
Titan Acquires Bilt-Rite Conveyors
Titan Industries Inc., a manufacturer of industrial conveyors and conveyor systems based in New London, Wis., has acquired Bilt-Rite Conveyors of Garfield, N.J...
Harrington Hoists Joins Haiti Relief Efforts
Harrington Hoists Inc. plans to contribute equipment, such as manual hand chain hoists and lever hoists, to Haiti to assist with rebuilding efforts...
Industry Contributes to Haiti Relief Efforts
Columbus McKinnon Corp. is contributing more than $40,000 worth of products to aid the recovery efforts in Haiti, and the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is serving as a primary point of contact for donations from the U.S. logistics industry...
System Logistics Completes Merger with Diamond Phoenix
System Logistics, a material handling systems integrator, has announced that its merger with Diamond Phoenix is complete...
Ticking Away at Production Times
An Indian watch manufacturer uses robotic vision to double production volumes and free up labor resources for other tasks...
Seegrid Expands Headquarters
Seegrid Corp., a supplier of mobile robots used in distribution centers, warehouses and manufacturing facilities, is moving its Pittsburgh headquarters to a 30,000-square foot facility near Pittsburgh International Airport...
Hawthorne Retires from Hytrol Conveyor
Bill Hawthorne has announced he will retire from his post as vice president of sales for Hytrol Conveyor Co., effective Dec. 31...
Conveyor Orders Down in October
Orders for conveyor equipment in October were down 6% from September 2009 and 17% from October 2008, according to a recent report from the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA)...
Jervis B. Webb Names New President and Co-CEO
Jervis B. Webb Co., a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., announces the appointment of Brian Stewart as president and co-CEO...
Retrotech to Market Activ Automated Pallet Routing Systems
Automated material handling equipment supplier Retrotech Inc. has partnered with Finland-based Actiw to market Activ-branded automated pallet routing equipment to companies with international warehouses and distribution centers...
The Leading Edge: Technologies to Watch in 2010
Devices are growing smaller, smarter and more connected as globalization takes root...
The Biggest "Losers"
Companies that adopt lean flow in the warehouse are not only reducing inventories, but are also improving their service levels...
Automation Fair Explores Continuous Improvement, Sustainability
Plant-wide optimization and sustainable production were among the topics addressed at the recent Automation Fair held in Anaheim, Calif., by Rockwell Automation...
Conveyor Orders Up Since August But Down Overall
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports a 16% increase in booked orders for September 2009 compared to August but a decrease of 17% from September 2008...
Intelligrated Accepts $24 Million in Incentives from Ohio
Yesterday in West Chester, Ohio, Intelligrated executives officially accepted $24 million in financial incentives from the Ohio Department of Development....
Ohio Governor to Visit Intelligrated Facility for Joint Announcement
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Lisa Patt-McDaniel, director of the Ohio Department of Development, are scheduled to visit the Intelligrated facility in West Chester, Ohio, this afternoon to make a joint announcement with CEO Christopher C. Cole and the Intelligrated executive team...
U.S. Postal Service Installs Major Flats Sequencing System
Calling it “the world’s largest single material handling project,” Lenze Americas announces that the U.S. Postal Service plans to install a new automated Flats Sequencing System (FSS)...
Banner Engineering Helps Student Develop Guitar Hero-Playing Robot
Banner Engineering Corp. partnered with an engineering student and robotics instructor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College to help them develop a robot that can play the popular Guitar Hero video game...
Universal Robotics, Motoman to Develop Robots with Spatial Vision
Universal Robotics Inc. and Motoman Inc. are teaming up to develop and market a 3D vision system for a variety of robotic material handling applications...
TPM: Healthcare for Equipment
Total productive maintenance is helping material handlers keep their equipment healthy while it’s running, instead of waiting until it breaks...
A Party of Thousands
Lia sophia automates order picking to support increased demand and shorten lead times...
Selecting the Best Robotic Tooling Option
Maximize palletizing performance and ROI by choosing the proper end-of-arm tooling for the application...
ABB to Provide Robots for Vincennes University Training Center
ABB Robotics will install 29 robots and work cells, software and controllers to Vincennes University’s new Indiana Center for Applied Technology (ICAT), a $9 million industrial training facility...
Conveyor Shipments Down 18.8% in First Half
At the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) fall meeting in Chicago, Todd Swinderman, CEMA president, released the latest order and shipment figures for unit- and bulk-handling equipment...
