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Tim Spang joins Seegrid as the Vice President of Operations and Sean Stetson as Director of Product Development.

By Oleg Logvinov, chair, IEEE P2413 The IoT is opening up new and innovative ways for manufacturers and suppliers to accurately track parts and materials in real time, reducing or eliminating delivery delays or mix-ups that can cost millions of dollars.

MagneMotion is a manufacturer of intelligent conveying systems.

Asiatic Agricultural Industries updated its old scales to EX equipment.

Each forklift is linked to ITAMCO’s ERP system through its GPS and an application on a smart tablet mounted in the forklift.

The lubricant oil-blending plant of Total Oil Asia Pacific in Singapore uses Egemin AGVs to transfer pallets from the four filling lines in the production area to the distribution zone.

FIPA vacuum system helps automate inspection systems at STVision.

By Bob Jones, Integrated Systems Design One of the principal challenges any organization encounters is how to know when it may be strategically beneficial to push the envelope on an internal logistics system automation project. First you need to ask yourself and your organization some tough questions. Here we will focus on the top five questions to ask.

At Schenker Deutschland, noax forklift terminals now guarantee seamless data transfer for fulfillment right up to the production line.

The belt conveyor will replace a railway system currently used to transport ore out of the mine to the processing plant.

NTK is installing a control system based on safety PLCs from ABB that continuously monitors load torque as well as working and collision areas in real time.

QComp Technologies, founded in 1990, is an automation systems integrator specializing in material handling automation solutions.

The conveyor is used to transport front and rear axles of Jaguar Landrover vehicles from the end of Dana's assembly line to the dock audit area close to despatch.

Industrial PCs ride around on forklifts to direct operators to the proper locations and allow activities to be entered directly on the touchscreen.

Delmenhorster Kork-Fabrik will install AGVs to convey empty containers to a filling station and collect them once the production machines have filled them with corks.

Moss holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Houston and has more than 25 years in the industry.

Rockwell Automation helps Johns Manville clean up their storeroom and identify more than $1.3 Million of excess and obsolete inventory.

AMT says June U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $355.43 million, up 4.6% from May’s $339.86 million.

Training program teaches customers how to maintain and modify their SmartCart Automatic Guided Carts.

At the upcoming CeMAT RUSSIA intralogistics show, which runs in Moscow from September 22 to 25, 2015 more than 170 exhibitors will showcase their products and solutions.