Tag Archives: automation

The supermarket chain is investing €120m in automation to enhance freshness and lengthen shelf life. Manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic handling solutions, Cimcorp, has received its largest ever order in the intralogistics market from Mercadona, one of Spain’s leading grocery retailers. Under the deal, worth over 120 million euros, …

A third of British manufacturing is expected to be automated within the next three years, according to a report investigating the rise of technology and the impact of Industry 4.0. The report from Sheffield Hallam University and SSG Insight reveals one in eight (12%) of UK manufacturers are going further …

Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, today announces it will open a new sequencing and distribution center to accommodate growing customer demand for automated technology solutions. The new sequencing and distribution center will replace an existing smaller Dematic distribution …

Automation specialists Daifuku AFA and Jervis B Webb have confirmed the formation of a strategic alliance which will provide car makers and industrial manufacturers with a world-class, in-plant, turnkey automation partner. As subsidiary companies within the global Daifuku organisation, the two businesses can provide vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers with …

More than 10,000 projects delivered, branches and contract partners in 23 countries and over 8,600 employees – Daifuku is celebrating a major milestone in its history. For the past 80 years, the company has been offering its customers comprehensive intralogistics solutions. Coinciding with this anniversary, Daifuku launched its medium-term business …

Latest independent industry figures* confirm that with annual sales in excess of £2,9 billion, DAIFUKU is the world’s leading provider of automated handling systems. This is the third year in succession that the Japanese headquartered business has topped the global automation leader board. With more than 10,000 projects completed across …

Lenze, a driving force in providing the latest drive and automation technology, is celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary in November. Since its creation in 1947, Lenze has seen many changes. From post WW2 mechanical drive technology and frequency inverter drives in the ‘90’s, to today’s networking, automation and Industry 4.0, …

World leading provider of automated handling systems, Daifuku, has successfully completed a complex project to design and install two state-of-the-art, high bay stacker cranes at Trinity Mirror’s Oldham print facility. Now the UK’s largest newspaper, magazine and digital publisher, Trinity Mirror operates in a highly competitive market, where process efficiencies …

Daifuku, the global leader in automotive factory automation, has completed an upgrade project at Honda of the UK Manufacturing, which has achieved a 30 per cent increase in output. Completed during a series of shutdown periods over the past six months, the project demonstrates how significant improvements in productivity can …

Lenze is serving up innovative drive and automation concepts for a virtual world on Stand J56 at PPMA Show in September. Demonstrations show how Virtual Reality can give engineers an insight to the operation of complex mechanics and software, leading to faster machine development. Visitors who participate in a demonstration …