Monday, March 21, 2011

The Intelligent Machine Health Monitoring (IMHM) system is now offered standard on all Hornet horizontal conveyors from Sapient Automation

Vocollect is highlighting the latest enhancements to its voice-directed picking solution with a live, continuous demonstration of how voice enhances picking, receiving and putaway processes at ProMat.

MHIA is expecting more than 30,000 attendees and exhibitors to the show this week, making it one of the best attended ProMat shows ever.

New exhibitor to ProMat, Cognex is showcasing its DataMan 500 image-based bar code reader.

Opened in January, CHEP’s new materials handling simulator facility in Orlando provides testing for pallets and customer unit-loads.

ProMat attendees will find more than 700 exhibits, two keynotes, two educational tracks and 80 educational sessions spread over four days.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Federal Equipment Company, a Cincinnati-based supplier of integrated systems to the defense industry and commercial helicopter market, has agreed in principle to buy TKF, a Cincinnati-based conveyor systems and manufacturing company.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The product, entitled 3PLAdvisor.com, enables 3PLs to receive free customer feedback, with shippers able to anonymously rate the 3PLs they use, as well as send request for information forms to 3PLs they may want to use in the future

Columbus McKinnon will be offering visitors the opportunity to earn discounts on future orders by sharing unique applications with members of the company.

A new program is available through participating Toyota U.S. dealers offers industry and safety training opportunities for veterans seeking a career as a forklift operator.