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Low-profile lift table

February 21, 2019

Southworth Products, Portland, Maine, introduced LiftMat low-profile lift tables have, with a lowered height of just 3¼ inches.

Drive-in, drive-thru rack systems

February 8, 2019

Steel King Industries, Inc., Stevens Point, Wis., introduced drive-in and drive-thru rack systems for high-density storage applications.

Pallet drop zone safety gate

February 6, 2019

Wildeck, Inc., Waukesha, Wis., introduced the Pallet Drop Zone (DZ) Safety Gate.

EDEKA Nord expands distribution center

Upon completion, EDEKA Nord will have a total of 16 case order machines in operation, providing fully automated case picking onto pallets and roll containers.

January 21, 2019

EDEKA Nord, Germany, expanded its state-of-the-art logistics center in Zarrentin, Germany.

JMP Solutions acquires Alfacon Solutions

Alfacon maintains project execution framework, project management resources and control system design and implementation expertise.

December 4, 2018

JMP Solutions, Canada, acquired Alfacon Solutions, a Canada-based custom material handling solution provider, to form JMP’s material handling division.

Grocery pallet ships finished goods from distribution centers to retail stores

September 17, 2018

ORBIS Corp., Oconomowoc, Wis., introduced a new pallet to its XpressPal family.

Southworth Products Pallet Rotator Inverter

Rotator inverter for pallet load handling

August 21, 2018

The PalletPal Rotator Inverter from Southworth Products Corp., Portland, Maine, offers an easy way to invert a fully loaded pallet without the need for manual re-stacking.

CHEP develops reverse logistics, waste diversion solution for Walmart Canada

Since the recycling of wooden waste began, more than 2,000 tons of plant racks have been transported to recycling facilities.

April 12, 2018

Working closely with operation managers at Walmart's 400 Canadian stores, CHEP, Livonia, Mich., developed a reverse logistics and waste diversion solution to quickly and efficiently move all the excess racks to a recycling facility.

Research reveals ORBIS plastic pallet can withstand up to 200 cycles

Researchers from the Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design used the center’s FasTrack life-cycle analysis to compare relative durability.

March 21, 2018

ORBIS Corp., Oconomowoc, Wis., learned its 40x48-inch RackoCell plastic pallet has approximately 18 times the life span of a 40x48-inch whitewood stringer pallet, according to a recent study.

Grimmway Farms, CHEP partner to improve sustainable practices

March 1, 2018

Grimmway Farms, a carrot producer based in Bakersfield, Calif., tapped CHEP, Livonia, Mich., to improve its sustainable practices and increase operations efficiency.