Tension Packaging & Automation is set to launch two new order-fulfillment systems at the ProMat trade show in Chicago, US. At the event, which will take place from 3 to 6 April, the firm will introduce BoxSizer and Pack+Sort ...
Tags: Tension Packaging, Automation
Modex has been named to the Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Trade Shows of 2012 list. The list represents the top 100 trade shows held last year in the U.S. ranked by verified exhibit space. "To achieve this recognition for a new show ...
MHI, the organization representing materials handling in North America and the sponsor of ProMat and the upcoming Modex event in Atlanta, unveiled the first draft of the Material Handling & Logistics U.S. Roadmap at its annual meeting in ...
Tags: Roadmap, Processing Machinery
MHI has announced the dates for ProMat 2015. ProMat 2015 will be held March 23-26, 2015 at Chicago's McCormick Place South. ProMat 2015 will be the largest international material handling, logistics and supply chain show and conference ...
Two years ago, I attended a meeting of Hytrol distributors in Little Rock. At heart, these were conveyor and equipment guys. Yet, two of the best presentations were about warehouse and equipment control systems. It highlighted how our ...
Tags: Software, Automation
In many respects, automated materials handling systems are like mutual funds: They’re front-end loaded. We put a lot of emphasis on conveyors, sorters, pick-to-light, voice technology and automated storage solutions. Packing stations, ...
Tags: automated materials handling systems, Processing Machinery
A recent donation of $7,500 in products from Akro-Mils, a North American leader in storage, organization and transport products, is aiding the educational mission of the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) in Schnecksville, Pa. ...
Tags: Akro-Mils, transport products, Lehigh Career&Technical Institute
Wooden pallets are more of a local than national sale when compared to plastic pallets. That’s because its cost prohibitive to ship a load of pallets more than a couple of hundred miles from the plant to the customer. As a result, ...
Tags: Wooden pallets, Pallets, pallet services
As an indicator of the continued economic recovery of the material handling, supply chain and logistics industry, U.S. and international attendees registered in record numbers for ProMat 2013—the premier North American manufacturing ...
Tags: ProMat, supply chain, logistics industry
Automate 2013, North America’s leading automation event, was attended by a record 10,975 attendees from across the United States and 55 countries. The event took place January 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago. “Automate ...
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Plastic pallet manufacturers were out in force at ProMat 2013, displaying a variety of new products. While replacing existing pallets to keep up with damage or growth has long been a market driver for the industry, the plastic market is ...
Tags: Plastic Pallets, Beverage, Pharmaceuticals
The argument for the creation of Modex, a show that will co-locate a logistics show within a materials handling show, is the recognition that what happens outside the four walls is converging with what happens inside the four walls. After ...
Tags: ProMat, 2013, Packaging, Materials Handling
January 30, 2013 “….. and its all tied together by software.” That was the phrase I heard at nearly every press conference I attended last week at ProMat. It reflects a significant shift in our industry. Equipment is ...
Tags: software, software solutions, operations
Yale Materials Handling Corporation introduced a factory-backed Certified Remanufactured Program at last week’s ProMat 2013 show. Select Yale dealers will be authorized to offer certified remanufactured Yale lift trucks that will be ...
Tags: Yale Materials Handling, Certified Remanufactured Program
Hyster Company unveiled a new factory-backed certification program for remanufactured Hyster lift trucks at ProMat 2013. Select Hyster dealers will be authorized to offer Hyster Certified Remanufactured lift trucks, which will come with a ...
Tags: Hyster, lift trucks, remanufacturing process