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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

The Association for Supply Chain Management announces 2022 Board of Directors
ASCM names 2022 board is comprised of three newly appointed members and nine incumbents.

Caja Robotics and Bastian Solutions to deliver mobile goods-to-person integrations in the USA
Bastian will be able to integrate and deploy Caja's mobile GTP automation solution in U.S. market

Equipment finance industry confidence steady in January
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation's monthly confidence index for January sticks at 63.9, unchanged from the December index.

ShipMonk acquires Ruby Has Fulfillment
Deal bolsters ShipMonk's network with eight fulfillment centers spanning 1.3 million square feet of warehouse space

Wynright Corporation names Christoph Schenk president
Schenk takes over at Wynright as president to replace Kevin Ambrose, who is retiring

Gartner: by 2026, three-fourths of large enterprises will adopt intralogistics smart robots
Gartner analysts also predict that by 2025, 25% of supply chain decisions will be made across "Intelligent Edge Ecosystems."

Miner Limited, an OnPoint Group company, acquires C&M Garage Doors
Miner has acquired C&M Garage Doors, a Nevada-based industrial and residential dock, door and gate service provider

New CEO for AMR provider AGILOX
Helmut Schmid takes the helm at AGILOX, which offers larger format autonomous mobile robots capable of pallet handling

Robotics-as-a-service provider Formic Technologies raises $26.5 million
Series A funding round will help Formic offer RaaS solutions to U.S. manufacturers

Robotic order picking automation vendor Exotec raises $335 million
The Series D funding, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is expected to support continued large-scale deployments in North America, and with plans to hire 500 new R&D engineers by 2025

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: How to make your team the GOAT
Listen in as Stanley Fawcett and Michael Knemeyer discuss what it takes to make your supply chain team The Greatest Of All Time. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Retail sales finish up 2021 on solid footing, reports Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that December retail sales—at $626.8 billion—were off 1.9% compared to November, while seeing a 16.9% annual increase. And it noted that total retail sales, for all of 2021, saw a 19.3% annual gain, and retail sales, from October through December, rose 17.1% annually.

Darein Gandall named CEO of Cisco-Eagle
Gandall was previously president of the Dallas-based material handling systems integrator, and takes the helm from Warren Gandall, who becomes senior advisor to the board.

Sellick Equipment Limited co-founders retire
Over 50-plus years, the co-founders built the Harrow, Ontario-based company into a leading vendor in the rough terrain forklift segment

University study: what supply chain teams need right now is women
New research by University of Akron faculty says supply chain teams composed of all women achieve the best performance

Geek+ and Körber digitalize Ariat supply chain with mobile robotics
Leading apparel retailer Ariat International has turned to AMR-based solutions from Körber and Geek+ to enhance employee and customer experiences

Analyst firm foresees global micro-fulfillment center market topping 6,600 installs by 2030
Study by LogisticsIQ estimates rapid growth for micro-fulfillment center automation solutions and services through 2030.

Hyster partners with RICO on expanded line of explosion-proof lift trucks
Partnership centers on a certified Explosion Proof (EX) lift truck line in which traditional Hyster lift trucks are converted by RICO Manufacturing, which has three-plus decades of experience in manufacturing EX solutions for the North American market.


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