The most efficient heavy-duty counterbalance forklift for warehouse and manufacturing applications to come from Crown Equipment has been launched in the Australian market. Helping the company deliver a more extensive counterbalance ...
Tags: heavy-duty forklift, FC 5200
Australia’s first fully driverless and electric shuttle bus, the RAC Intellibus, has started the on-road stage of its trial in South Perth. The RAC Intellibus will carry passengers and interact with traffic, parked cars, cyclists ...
Tags: RAC Intellibus, driverless and electric shuttle bus, South Perth
Australian packaging company Amcor has signed an agreement to acquire the North American plastic blow molding operations of US-based packaging firm Sonoco Products for $280m. Under terms of the deal, Amcor will acquire Sonoco Specialty ...
Tags: Amcor, Sonoco Products, agreement
On 1 July 2016, the Australian Border Force (ABF) voluntary trade facilitation initiative, Australian Trusted Trader (ATT), opened to all Australian businesses active in the international supply chain. In the first six weeks of full ...
Selected mini straddle carriers can now be fitted with VGM container weighing equipment, as a cost-effective solution to the new SOLAS weight requirements that came into effect globally on July 1st 2016. Managing director of Mobicon Mini ...
America’s back, free trade agreements are helping (particularly with China), and Europe remains on Australian business horizons despite Brexit. This is according to the 2016 DHL Export Barometer. However, exporters are muddling ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose two separate proposals by consortia to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne, following careful consideration of potential cross-ownership interests and ...
Tags: ACCC, Port of Melbourne
Dematic has made its first delivery of the company’s new range of automated guided vehicles (AGV) from its factory in Belrose, NSW. A major Australian beverage company is the first to receive a delivery of the Dematic AGV. The order ...
GS1 Australia officially launched the new Apparel RFID Implementation Guidelines to provide retailers and suppliers in the Australian apparel, fashion and footwear industry with best practice guidance on RFID implementation based on global ...
Tags: RFID, GTIN, supply chain efficiency
Business expectations for sales, profits and employment have bounced back for the three-month period to 31 December 2016, according to Dun & Bradstreet’s July Australian Business Expectations Survey. The surprising turn of events ...
YPB Group has expanded its Protect solutions suite with the introduction of anti-theft solutions for retail business. The company will deliver anti-theft solutions such as radio frequency (RF) and acousto-magnetic (AM) pricing and product ...
Tags: YPB Group, self-alarming tags
Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), a leading provider of flexible packaging solutions, recently announced the opening of its new 20,000ft2 facility for non-food contract packaging. Expected to be operational in ...
Tags: flexible packaging, packaging
Nutella-maker Ferrero International’s Canadian subsidiary is planning to expand its Ontario factory in Brantford to begin production of three new products. The company is looking to invest CAD36.1m ($27.6m) to scale up its ...
Tags: Ferrero, Australian markets
The Retail Food Group (RFG) has confirmed it is not currently engaged in any discussions to acquire Eagle Boys Pizza after its head office entered into voluntary administration late last week. SV Partners were appointed as the ...
Tags: Pizza, Retail Food Group, Eagle Boys Brand
Robots are no longer the unyielding, one-task giants doing humans' dull and dangerous work. The new breed can perform more than one task and work alongside humans without being a physical threat. As a result, manufacturers across industries ...
Tags: Next-Gen Robots, Robots