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Seegrid hires two industry veterans

  • March 1, 2016
  • News

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

IoT Impacting Supply-Chain Management

  • February 22, 2016
  • Feature

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.

Rockwell Automation to acquire MagneMotion

  • February 11, 2016
  • News

MagneMotion is a manufacturer of intelligent conveying systems.

Mettler-Toledo weighs Asian crop food

  • February 8, 2016
  • Case Study

Asiatic Agricultural Industries updated its old scales to EX equipment.

ITAMCO connects its forklifts to the Industrial Internet of Things

  • January 26, 2016
  • Case Study

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

Egemin automates production site of Total Oil Asia Pacific

  • January 22, 2016
  • Case Study

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 picks up thin magnetic coded disks in an automated testing system

  • January 12, 2016
  • Case Study

FIPA vacuum system helps automate inspection systems at STVision.

How to Balance Risk vs. Reward for Business Success

  • December 16, 2015
  • Feature

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.

Schenker installs Noax vehicle terminals

  • November 5, 2015
  • Case Study

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

Siemens supplies gearless conveyor drive system to Peru mine

  • October 6, 2015
  • News

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