Meet Modern’s team of editors covering ProMat 2013. Bob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, Modern’s executive editor, has covered materials handling, technology and supply chain topics for Modern Materials Handling since 1984. A ...
Tags: ProMat, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
1. How to be a great buyer? First of all, check the information of the supplier. Try to know the capital, registry date & expiry date, third-party professional qualification certification of audit, etc. Anything which can prove the ...
Tags: Focus Vision, China Suppliers, tips
B&W Mechanical Handling Ltd. evolves into SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd. as of 1st of January 2013. This progression is a reflection of the tremendous success SAMSON™ equipment has always enjoyed worldwide. Right from the start, ...
Tags: Materials Handling, bulk materials, SAMSON, bulk handling solutions
Trelleborg Wheel Systems Industrial Tires has signed an agreement to acquire Maine Industrial Tire, the leading U.S.-based producer of large solid and semi solid tires. The acquisition places Trelleborg into the market for large solid ...
Tags: Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Industrial Tire, semi solid tires, tires
Think you know everything there is to know about how materials handling makes the supply chain work? Not so, according to the folks conducting the 90-plus free educational sessions located in the ProMat 2013 Knowledge Center. The sessions ...
Tags: On Floor Seminars, material handling, logistics solutions
ProMat, the materials handling industry’s premier trade show and educational conference, will be held at McCormick Place South from January 21 to 24, 2013, and officials are getting ready to welcome nearly 30,000 visitors. Attendees ...
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Wynright Corporation, a leading independent, U.S.-based provider of intelligent material handling systems, today announced it has earned the new Certified Robot Integrator designation from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the ...
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Last week, the 8th Annual RoboBusiness Leadership Summit posted record attendance over three warms days in Pittsburgh, Pa. Home to Carnegie Mellon University and its famed Robotics Institute, the city is a strong contender for robotics ...
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I did something online the other day that I don’t often do. But heck, if you’re honest, you’ve probably done it too. I bought a Christmas gift on Amazon. After all, it ‘tis the season for online shopping. My real ...
Tags: Amazon, online shopping, online retailer, Supply chain
Retail-ready packaging(RRP)solutions provider Polymer Logistics announced the launch of its new smart pallet,Roll n'Pall that serves as a pallet as well as a heavy duty dolly to enhance productivity throughout the supply chain and increase ...
Tags: RRP, Polymer Logistics, New Packaging Pallet
Dematic Real Time Logistics was presented with the Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety (WIS) Service Provider of the Year Award at the group’s recent Supplier of the Year Awards in Sydney. WIS is a leading provider of industrial and ...
Dematic Real Time Logistics was presented with the Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety (WIS) Service Provider of the Year Award at Wesfarmers' recent Supplier of the Year Awards in Sydney. WIS is a leading provider of industrial and safety ...
Tags: Dematic Real Time Logistics, WIS, Year Award, leading provider, Dematic
Sometimes,I may sound like a broken record.Five or six years ago,I had a fascinating conversation about pallet and packaging design with Mark White,then a professor at Virginia Tech University and Modern's resident pallet guru.I've been ...
Tags: Packaging Costs, Saving, Shipping Pallets
Retailers are at war and it's not just the usual competition.The battle here is all about logistics and it presents an opportunity for the materials handling industry to provide solutions to meet the new challenges. Just look at Wal-Mart ...
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By optimizing its product flow, weigh batching and mix-handling systems, Dawn Food Products Inc. decreased the time and labor needed to handle food mixes while containing dust at its facility in Evesham, U.K. Dawn is one of the world's ...
Tags: Dawn Food Products Inc, 55-lb bags, emptying bags, Flexicon