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Equipping pickers with automated technologies creates tangible benefits

November 7, 2017

New lower-cost sensors and other improvements in technology are making equipment such as automated forklifts, autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) and mobile robotics more practical for a wider range of applications in warehousing and distribution.

Vinamilk, Tetra Pak build advanced liquid dairy plant

Known as the Vietnam Milk Factory, this $110 million facility produces an annual capacity of 400 million liters of milk in the first phase.

July 26, 2017

Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., partnered with Vinamilk, a Vietnam-based dairy processor, to build what is dubbed as the world’s most advanced liquid dairy plant in automation and integration in Vietnam.

ProMat 2017 delivers thousands of supply chain solutions

April 11, 2017

ProMat 2017 is said to be the industry's only event that showcases the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain equipment and systems under one roof.

Partner Logistics invests in new trailers for frozen food shipment

The new Schmitz Cargobull S.KO COOL semitrailers will be used to move frozen food products between the Partner Logistics deep-freeze warehouse and the production facilities of Lamb Weston and Pinguin UK.

February 3, 2017

Partner Logistics, UK, invested in two new trailers for its shuttle operations at its near 80,000-pallet capacity cold storage center in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Vision-guided vehicles give Giant Eagle a lift in the warehouse

September 29, 2016

Giant Eagle, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based retailer, looked to eliminate manual travel of pallet trucks at its Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Ohio, distribution centers.

ProMat 2017 to exhibit solution-specific centers

These two new Solutions Centers will also include a theater on the show floor, which will hold educational sessions specific to these solutions.

May 11, 2016

For the first time, ProMat 2017 will exhibit in both the South and North halls of McCormick Place, Chicago.

Unilever, United States Cold Storage opens new cold storage facility

November 6, 2015

Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and US Cold Storage, Voorhees, N.J., unveiled a new 336,500-square-foot cold storage facility.

General Mills Utilizes LGV System for Just-in-Time Delivery

July 9, 2015

General Mills turned to Transbotics Corp. to provide just-in-time (JIT) delivery to its docks from its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plant.

Pallet Trucks Offer Productivity and Efficiency Gains

August 14, 2014

Honeywell, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., installed one of Seegrid’s automated guided vehicles (AGVs)—GP8 pallet trucks.

Seegrid, Topco Associates Form Strategic Partnership

June 11, 2014

Seegrid Corp., Pittsburgh, announced a strategic partnership with Topco Associates LLC, Elk Grove Village, Ill., to provide vision-guided automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to Topco members.