Topic: News

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced today the first Founding Members of its new Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA): Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Claroty, and Nozomi Networks.

The North Texas WERCouncil is hosting their 18th Annual Warehousing Resource Convention on Oct 24th in Grapevine, Texas.

Platform will connect, integrate and automate the client’s sales and supply ecosystem from customer-facing listings all possible sources of supply, including MonarchFx.

Collaboration creates world’s first stacked master’s degree on edX.org from two top-ranked universities in the field

Acquisition to bolster suppliers, B2B application footprint and customers' shipment planning and execution.

Research issued last week by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate firm CBRE pointed to a mild uptick in the second quarter availability rate for United States industrial real estate, snapping what the firm called a historic run of consecutive quarters of declining availability at 34, its longest stretch going back to when it first started tracking this data in 1998.

Following a three-month stretch of gains from March through April, United States-bound waterborne shipments fell in June, according to data recently issued by global trade intelligence firm Panjiva. The gains from March through April followed a decline in February, which was the first one in 24 months.

According to the report findings, pallet wraps sales are likely to grow by 3.2% YOY in 2019.

Before joining Dematic, Biolchini served as GM for AMD in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa and previously held the role of president of Invensys Controls Europe and senior sales director for Hewlett-Packard Europe.

The study finds that the molded wood pallets market is anticipated to grow at a volume CAGR of approximately 3% through 2029.

Warehouse automation collaboration to deliver complex human-robotic interaction through augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), and computer vision.

Carlos Milan, Manager of Business Development for MHI member company Oceaneering, will be serving as the new chair for the group.

PMMI awards three scholarships totaling $15,000 for processing, mechanical and electrical engineering

Company increases knowledge of ESD control to help customers protect sensitive electronic parts

Commerce reported that June retail sales, at $519.9 billion, were up 0.4% compared to May and up 3.4% compared to June 2018. NRF reported that June retail sales were up 0.6% in June on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to May, and up 2.3% annually on an unadjusted basis.

Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and Jungheinrich warehouse products Maine, Rhode Island, Eastern Massachusetts, the Eastern half of New Hampshire and the majority of Vermont.

North American distributors of Universal Robots are now opening Authorized Training Centers, offering classes spanning basic to advanced programming of UR cobots. The first four Training Centers have launched, with another nine to follow by end of 2019.

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), a philanthropic, industry-wide organization that provides free logistics assistance to disaster relief organizations before, during and after catastrophic events, this week issued a statement, calling on United States Gulf Coast residents to follow local advisories and warnings­­––and asking logistics professionals to be at the ready––with Tropical Storm Barry continuing to intensify.

Business conditions for the equipment finance industry softened in the first half of the year, and investment growth in several key verticals is expected to slow or contract in the second half of 2019.

May 2019 booked orders decreased 12.2% when compared to May 2018 orders.