Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Schoeller Arca Systems (Booth 3908) told Modern that it is re-entering the bulk container market with two new lines of green, collapsible large container solutions: the ComboLife 315 NG and the Magnum Optimum.

Representatives from Savoye and Retrotech spoke at a press conference Wednesday about their new union, finalized in February.

Following Beumer’s acquisition of Crisplant in August 2009, Barr said the company will begin a full North American rollout of Crisplant technology and services beginning in July 2011.

Following upgrades to its air flow systems, Berner is looking to enter the materials handling industry’s dock and door segment

SICK (Booth 1031) put its ICR880 camera system on display at ProMat 2011, a solution that in combination with SICK’s software, provides analysis of bar code reading failures and other problems to get at the next level of process improvement.

Voxware (Booth 3672) is promoting portability for voice recognition solutions.

Aldata, has developed a multi-modal voice recognition and bar code scanning solution “to cover the mandates.”

Kurt Fichtman, director of sales for Technology Transfer Services (Booth 4180), showcased his company’s internet-based Odesie training software for maintenance personnel.

In a press conference held Tuesday, Intelligrated (Booth 2903) introduced a variety of new technologies in sortation, robotics and automation, including the Trak3 xD and Trak3 xL extended display pick-to-light system.

Kiva reported that upgrades to the company’s software-based materials handling mobile-robotic solutions have resulted in as much as 15% higher throughput for some end users.