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Tompkins International announces three additions to executive leadership team

  • May 29, 2019
  • News

Tompkins announces Jim Herman as Chief Commercial Officer, Gene Tyndall as Chief Strategy Officer and Jeffrey Godwin as Chief Technology Officer

Improved Productivity Drives Fork Truck Free Initiatives

  • May 10, 2019
  • Feature

The ergonomic design of tow tractors is beneficial to workers. With the help of tow trucks, people can move heavy carts without strain. Workers no longer experience the same fatigue they get from using forklifts.

Paxiom Group announces creation of Las Vegas-based Paxiom Automation

  • May 10, 2019
  • News

While its first facility serves as its showroom, the Xperience Center, Paxiom Automation will be dedicated to systems integration, project management and customer service for its manufacturing brands WeighPack Systems, EndFlex, CombiScale and ValTara.

FLEXSPACE announces Brendan Jones as Director of Operations

  • May 3, 2019
  • News

In this role, Mr. Jones will be responsible for leading the company’s operational strategy, project management, supplier management- both domestic and international, and management of internal teams to ensure consistent client delivery.

The Instagram Effect: How social media is changing the food and beverage plant

  • March 19, 2019
  • Feature

By Darcy Simonis, ABB Anyone who uses social media will know how prevalent pictures of food are. This article looks at how the impact of social media is changing the priorities of food and beverage managers.

Rhenus Group announces acquisition of Rodair

  • March 18, 2019
  • News

The core business activities at Rodair involve international freight forwarding, project logistics, courier, warehousing and distribution, 3PL services, and e-commerce solutions.

PPC Flexible Packaging announces acquisition of HFM Packaging

  • February 8, 2019
  • News

PPC, headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL, is a specialist in flexographic printing and converting of flexible films, bags, and pouches The firm operates five manufacturing facilities in Buffalo Grove, IL, Mission, KS, Rome, GA, Payson, UT, and Colombia, South America. Its facilities are SQF and ISO-9001 certified.

Dematic to help Australian grocery retailer install robotic order fulfillment system

  • October 31, 2018
  • News

The robotic system will be used to piece pick inventory items for retail store replenishment using a “goods-to-robot” configuration. The order fulfillment system will support replenishment of approximately 50 retail stores and is scheduled to start up during the 2nd quarter of 2019 in a new distribution center building.

Westfalia Technologies helps Heaven Hill enhance warehouse efficiency

  • September 6, 2018
  • Case Study

The combination of the AS/RS and layer pick system allows Heaven Hill to convey pallets from palletizing to storage and to truck-staging lanes, thereby streamlining the entire order fulfillment process.

BEUMER GROUP helps Röfix AG enhance automatic palletizing

  • August 21, 2018
  • Case Study

BEUMER Group provided an entire system to the site in Sennwald, Switzerland and integrated it into an existing building. The system can be adapted to the different materials, no retrofitting required.