Zebra has released technology designed to enhance productivity in the Australian manufacturing and transport and logistics sectors. The new Windows 10-ready VC80 is said to virtually extend any PC-based application to material-handling ...
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Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, earned a win in the WorkCover NSW SafeWork awards for the Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System (Private Sector). According to WorkCover NSW, the ...
Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced several school districts nationwide have selected Orion lighting solutions to reduce their ...
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General Motors (GM) has received the first load of massive stamping presses for its $174m stamping facility, which is a part of the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan, US. The new presses, which will save about $14 million a ...
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Air Products announced today that it will bring onstream three more SmartFuel hydrogen fueling stations in California during the month of October. The three stations are coming onstream, with another 25 hydrogen fueling stations involving ...
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PPG Industries has announced that it has completed its acquisition of IVC Industrial Coatings, Inc., a U.S.-based specialty powder and liquid coatings manufacturer with 2014 sales of more than $100 million. Financial terms were not ...
Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that an MDS-100 MicroDie Singulator plasma dicing system has been ordered by a global LED maker for high-volume LED production. The manufacturer produces LEDs ...
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Menasha Packaging is doubling the space at its preprint unit at Neenah, Wisconsin, in the US, to accommodate a new flexographic printing press for preprinted linerboard. The facility will add 45,500ft2 to its existing area of 94,000ft2. ...
Dutch materials handling automation company Vanderlande has experienced strong growth in Australia, requiring a move to new, larger premises. Vanderlande’s specialities are baggage handling systems for airports, and sorting ...
Equipment maker Duravant has purchased packaging machinery manufacturer Hamer to boost its capability in bag management systems. Known for its specialization in automated bagging systems, fillers, sealers and robotic palletizers, Hamer ...
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Imagine you stood in a room with 393 fellow exhibitors, and asked them the question, “How did you stretch your exhibiting budget over the past two years?” Think of all the great advice they could share. Well, now you have all ...
Charlotte based Spiroflow has acquired Food Control Solutions, systems integration and automation company in the food industry, for an undisclosed price. This new development combines the strength of Spiroflow's worldwide bulk material ...
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Snack food maker Pure Foods is planning to build a new manufacturing facility in the city of Kingsport, Tennessee, a move that could create 273 new jobs. The proposed 88, 000ft2 facility will see an investment of around $22m and will ...
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Forklift industry sales results for 2014 show that Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) retained overall national forklift market leadership for the sixth consecutive year. TMHA says it also extended its uninterrupted dominance ...
US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
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