Promat 2009, Chicago: Articles and blogs covering materials handling exhibitors, suppliers and industry experts plus keynote speaker, Forrest Sawyer, presented by the industry leader, mmh.com.
ProMat 2009: Looking back at ProMat 2009 Staff, 2/1/2009
Held last month in Chicago's McCormick Place South, ProMat 2009 showed a record number of exhibitors, a record number of on-floor educational seminars and 35,000 visitors who perused the 300,000 square-foot show floor over the four days. These numbers confirm ProMat as the most extensive and comprehensive materials handling and logistics event in North America in 2009. More
ProMat 2009: Solution central Staff - 02/01/2009
SSI Schaefer unveiled fully automated case picking system The Schaefer Case Picking System (SCP) was introduced in a press conference. The SCP system seamlessly automates all processes from receiving, de-palletizing, selecting, sequencing and palletizing of mixed case palletloads, said Cory Flemings, executive sales manager for the automation and systems division of SSI Schaefer.
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ProMat 2009: Axium showcases robotic order picking solutions By Staff - 01/14/2009
Canadian-based Axium, Inc. has reinforced its comprehensive materials handling automation solutions with the introduction of the ROP300 and the ROP600, robotic order-picking solutions.
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ProMat 2009: Vitronic presents VINTEC Award to Numina Group By Staff - 01/14/2009
At ProMat on Wednesday, Vitronic Machine Vision named The Numina Group this year's winner of its prestigious VINTEC award in recognition of outstanding advancements in automating order and product picking validation through the combined use of bar code and vision technology for the order fulfillment and warehouse distribution industry.
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ProMat 2009: ADSI releases software for shippers By Staff - 01/14/2009
Saving money and reducing costs just got easier for shippers with the addition of three new cost saving features into ADSI Shipper, a multi-carrier shipping solution from ADSI.
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ProMat 2009: viastore systems introduces a stationary sequence buffer By staff - 01/14/2009
viastore systems has developed a stationary sequence buffer, specifically designed to address the challenges of predicting the order picking time necessary for selecting, counting and packing components out of storage totes in conjunction with picking systems such as high-speed, multi-aisle, mini-load automated storage and retrieval systems.
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ProMat 2009: Manhattan provides visibility to 3PLs By Staff - 01/14/2009
The latest release of Manhattan Associates' Extended Enterprise Management (EEM) solution features instant visibility for third-party logistics providers (3PLs) that need to manage orders, shipments and inventory for their customers.
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Forward-thinking companies entrust HighJump Software to power their supply chains. HighJump Software simplifies the art and business of creating, selling and moving products across global networks. HighJump Software helps more than 1,300 clients...
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We have been helping businesses organize since 1909, when Cel-U-Dex Corporation began developing and manufacturing high quality plastic insertable label holders and associated products. Purchased by Aigner Index in 1998, we continue to supply...
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IFCOs pallet programs include pallet supply, repair, recycling, surplus pallet retrieval, and reverse logistics. We utilize a nationwide supply of environmentally-friendly reusable stringer pallets, delivered with our fuel-efficient company-owned...
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LXE Inc. drives supply chain excellence by applying over 36 years of experience developing and installing rugged wireless computers and RF networks. Our data collection solutions have delivered dramatic improvements in inventory tracking and...
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Company Briefings Bob Trebilcock, Executive Editor, Modern Materials Handling January 21, 2009 Final thoughts on ProMat 2009
If you were in Chicago last week, you know it was cold. I live in New Hampshire, wher... More