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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced today it has made the difficult decision to postpone Automate, North America’s leading automation trade show and conference, until June 6-9, 2022, at TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan. A3 also announced Automate Forward, a virtual conference and trade show for the robotics and automation industry, which will be held March 22-26, 2021. The…
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Venida Packing, a fruit packer, newly built a lunchroom mezzanine (above the fruit packing floor) that required gentle and even airflow, and—due to its proximity to the inherently dusty process of packaging kiwi and other fruit—it needed to be easily cleanable. Additionally, any ductwork option needed the ability to incorporate custom printed logos to satisfy Exeter, Calif.-based Venida’s passion for…
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Founded in 1991, New Belgium Brewing Company currently ranks as the United States’ fourth-largest craft brewery, as it produces 14 year-round beers, including Fat Tire Belgian Style Ale, at its two facilities in Fort Collins, Colo., and Asheville, N.C. In late 2015, New Belgium opened the Asheville location, as it was committed to scaling up to a capacity of 250,000…
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Since 1963, Lipari Foods has been a wholesale distributor of dry, refrigerated and frozen foods, as it now serves 14 states across the Midwest. Headquartered in Warren, Mich., Lipari recently completed the development of a new 260,000-square-foot warehouse to support its rapid growth. Upon taking on a significant project like this, Lipari wanted to ensure its business decisions—about the warehouse…
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It’s time to show Industry 4.0 is more than a concept. It’s time to show how machine-to-machine communication and the internet of things are making a difference in the real world for real companies. And not only are we going to present how Industry 4.0 is bringing positive change to the way distribution centers operate, but also the long-promised increases…
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Renowned as the company behind the leading direct-to-consumer brand for premium adult incontinence supplies, NorthShore Care Supply has evolved from a catalog Internet retailer to a direct-to-consumer brand of high-absorbency adult diapers and incontinence supplies in the United States. In doing so, NorthShore’s brand has undergone significant expansion, as the company has grown by more than 30% annually during the…
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Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announced that it has passed the quarter-billion (250,000,000) units picked volume level heading into the 2020 holiday peak season. Locus robots now pick more than ten-thousand units every 15 minutes, a 263% increase in units picked vs. the same period last year. Locus’s 250 million pick milestone…
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Non-profit food rescue organizations City Harvest and The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) have joined forces with industrial automation pioneer Berkshire Grey to bring much-needed food to thousands of families this Thanksgiving. The partnership will help feed thousands of New York and New England families through special packages of Thanksgiving foods such as potatoes, beans and stuffing that are in…
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Beginning as a pushcart delivery service 120 years ago, as it brought fresh market fruits and vegetables to the doorsteps of Chicago residents, Maglio Companies now processes, stores and transports fresh produce from facilities in four different states—Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Texas. One of the keys to Maglio’s success has been the efficiency of its state-of-the-art warehouses. The company’s flagship…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, today unveiled a new e-commerce site for U.S. customers. The online store, at shop.crown.com, provides customers with the ability to purchase select Crown products and thousands of forklift parts and supplies at any time from a computer, tablet or mobile device. More than 4,000 forklift parts and supplies from…
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The e-commerce industry has been exhibiting increasing demand for single-SKU pallets typically used for retail and warehouse fulfilment, which results in smaller cases and pallet sizes. As a result, robotic palletizers need to operate at a faster rate to operate smaller loads instead of larger loads, finds a new study on robotic palletizers by Future Market Insights (FMI). Robotic palletizer…
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While investment in automation is seen as vital for companies to remain competitive, supply chain leaders of American companies still envision a strong need for human capital in the workplace, according to a Honeywell study. Most companies that responded to the 2020 Honeywell Intelligrated Automation Investment Study indicate that automation in supply chains can lead to opportunities for new jobs…
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Kindred today announced a partnership agreement with VARGO to incorporate its artificial intelligence (AI) pick and place robotic solutions with VARGO’s warehouse execution system 〈WES〉 to enhance both parties’ solutions for retail and e-commerce fulfillment. Kindred has been working with Hilliard, Ohio-based VARGO since 2017 and partnered on e-commerce fulfillment system design and integration for Gap Inc. Gap has deployed…
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What Are TPPL Batteries? TPPL is an abbreviation for Thin Plate Pure Lead batteries. These types of batteries are a new type of Absorbed Glass Mat batteries or AGM, which have been on the market for some time now. TPPL Batteries and AGM Batteries Are Both Lead-acid. The way that TPPL batteries work is very similar to the AGM battery.…
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Seegrid Corp., a provider of self-driving industrial vehicles for material handling, today announced that it acquired Box Robotics, a mobile robotics startup bringing high-definition maps, three-dimensional lidar, and deep learning to the warehouse and manufacturing automation space. According to Seegrid, the acquisition will help accelerate next-generation perception and more human-like, situational awareness technology to Seegrid’s vision-guided vehicles (VGVs), making manufacturing,…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
