Topic: News

Advance Charging Technologies (ACT) opens second manufacturing facility in Texas

Founded in 1926 and based in Fremont, Ohio, Crown Battery Manufacturing will commemorate its 95th anniversary this month.

Advanced Handling Systems (AHS) contracted by Gap Inc. to design and integrate an Exotec Skypod system to improve its returns picking process

The test center located in Karmøy, Norway, can replicate hot and cold weather conditions as well as simulate earthquakes

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation's overall March confidence index reaches 67.7, an increase from the February index of 64.4, and the highest level since April 2018.

Study from Persistence Market Research foresees strong growth for voice-directed solutions across food & beverages and grocery distribution to apparel and pharmaceutical supply

NAM and the Manufacturing Institute announce three-year grant from the Caterpillar Foundation to support Heroes MAKE America initiative connecting the U.S. military community to careers in manufacturing

IFCO and RTI will leverage embedded RFID technology and barcodes on IFCO RPCs across North America to more easily track RPCs and their contents

Polte's Cloud Location over Cellular (C-LoC) technology will be leveraged for a 5G-enabled smart warehouse prototype at the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Naval Base Coronado.

Women in Manufacturing Association elects 22 members to its 2021 board.

Commerce reported that February retail sales—at $561.7 billion—fell 3.0%, from January to February, with a 6.0% annual increase. NRF's data pointed to pointed to a 3.4% seasonally-adjusted decrease, from January, and a 7.1% unadjusted annual gain.

Kenco Logistics releases the fourth edition of its annual State of Supply Chain Innovation Survey

Interact Analysis study also estimates global warehouse and fulfilment center footprint will require a 50% increase in staffing by 2025

The report, entitled, “Forever Altered: The Future of Logistics Real Estate Demand,” points to various trends and themes related to how the pandemic “has forever altered the logistics real estate landscape,” with supply chain decisions having become more holistic, more data-driven, and more urgent

Total February U.S.-bound import shipments—at 1,099,310—were up 29.3% annually, while also outpacing February 2019 by 20.1% and are up 25.9% year-to-date, at 2,338,297. Meanwhile, containerized freight imports—at 2,464,007 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) saw a 20% annual increase, for the month, with a 17.8% annual gain, to 5,270,966 TEU. The firm said that cumulative January and February shipments helped to “scrub the effect” of the timing of Lunar New Year imports from Asia and were up 17.9% compared to the same period in 2020.

Nimble provides automated piece-picking, sorting, and packing solutions for ecommerce order fulfillment

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Group names Dealer of Year honorees across its lift truck brands

Every market segment covered by the Industrial Printer Tracker research saw growth in Q4 2020 compared to Q3

Nearly a year after global electronics giant Panasonic made a 20% equity investment in Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, in May 2020, it looks like the companies may be taking their relationship to the next level, with various media reports indicating that Panasonic will acquire Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion

Newark and element14 launch Women in Engineering survey. The survey is open until April 31, 2021