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Rite-Hite’s headquarters project goes green with solar panels on building
Headquarters project for provider of dock levelers, vehicle restraints and other systems and equipment, on track for completion by early summer in Milwaukee, with multiple sustainability features used, including some from the company's DuctSox subsidiary.

A3: robot sales in North America have strongest year ever in 2021
New Association for Advancing Automation (A3) report shows $2 billion in sales for provider of industrial robots in 2021 – up 28% over 2020

ZAPI GROUP acquires BlueBotics
BlueBotics offers natural navigation technology for AGVs and AMRs.

Loadsmart lands $200 million in Series D financing
Freight technology company also offers a standalone dock appointment solution for warehouses

Manufacturing begins 2022 with continued growth, reports ISM
In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, at 57.6 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), was down 1.2% compared to December’s 58.8. This marks the 20th consecutive month of growth, at a slower rate, coupled with January also representing the 20th consecutive month of growth for the overall economy.

KPI Integrated Solutions acquires Precision Distribution Consulting, and SIMCON Solutions
Move positioned as adding to KPI's expertise and software capabilities around analytics, network strategy, warehouse design, and simulation

Robotics industry pioneer John Burg retires after nearly four decades
Burg's efforts and vision credited with helped thousands of manufacturers gain advantages via robotics during his long career

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas recognizes top dealers for three brands
The 25th annual award program honors 21 dealers, representing the Mitsubishi forklift trucks, Cat lift trucks, and Jungheinrich warehouse and automation products across North America.

Sam’s Club starts national deployment of automated inventory analytics robots
Implementation to leverage scanning accessory which can attach to the almost 600 autonomous floor scrubbers already deployed within Sam’s Club stores nationwide.

Vimaan emerges from stealth, announces $25 million in funding
Startup offers solutions based on real-time computer vision, aimed at 100% warehouse inventory accuracy

Texwrap joins the Contract Packaging Association
Provider of shrink wrapping and bundling solutions aims to further its connections with contract manufacturers

Diversified Fall Protection announces two acquisitions
Acquires California-based Versatile Systems, Inc., and Utah-founded Rooftop Anchor to expand footprint of services nationwide

MiR’s autonomous mobile robot sales up 42% in 2021
MiR sees growing sales for its AMRs in the logistics and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sectors, building off its strongholds in automotive and electronics

DHL Supply Chain to invest $15 million to further automate DCs via Boston Dynamics collaboration
DHL and Boston Dynamics announce multi-year agreement that begins with equipping DHL facilities in North America with Stretch, Boston Dynamics' newest robot specifically designed to automate the unloading process in distribution centers.

Vecna Robotics gains $65 million in Series C funding
Tiger Global Management leads investment round, with aim to bring material handling automation solutions to warehouse operators and manufacturers to help solve persistent supply chain and labor problems.

ELFA equipment leasing index for December shows small year-over-year decline
December leasing business volume down 3% year-over-year, up 49% month-to-month, and up almost 9% at year-end

Exhibit sales trending up for PACK EXPO East 2022, March 21-23
Total space sales pacing ahead for PACK EXPO East, whose exhibits and content span a range of state-of-the-art packaging and processing solutions.

Supply chain intelligence provider Verusen nets $25 million in Series B funding
Funds expected to help provider of AI-based supply management analytics to expand reach into direct materials intelligence

WMS vendor Mantis merges with logistics IT provider ecovium
With merger, ecovium Group and Mantis will offer supply chain execution (SCE) solutions on an international level by combining platforms for TMS, shipping, customs and WMS.

Phantom Auto receives $42 million investment
Provider of a remote operation solution for lift trucks and other industrial vehicles also gains large orders from ArcBest and NFI


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