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Dematic’s Crystal Parrott has been invited to participate in a panel discussion on the Future of Robotics in Logistics during the upcoming SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas. On Sunday, March 10, industry experts on robotic automation including Parrott, a vice president for the Dematic Robotics Center of Excellence, will discuss …

Dematic is set for an extraordinary year: 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of this international enterprise. Friedrich Wilhelm Harkort launched the predecessor of the intralogistics automation specialist with the Mechanische Werkstätten Harkort & Co. in Wetter an der Ruhr in 1819. Since then, corporate development has been …

With continued high demand for its vertical conveying solutions, Nerak Wiese has boosted the capacity of its engineering design department by recruiting William Thayer-Jones and Matthew Allen as Solution Design Engineers. A graduate in Aerospace Engineering from Swansea University, William Thayer-Jones has completed work placements with Airbus and Momentive Specialty …

Visitors to the IntraLogisteX exhibition in February will have the opportunity to discuss their handling needs with the team from vertical elevation specialist, Nerak Wiese. Based on stand 542 at the show, which takes place on 26th and 27th February at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, sales staff of the …

In response to high demand for its vertical conveying solutions, Nerak Wiese has recruited Jason Burrill as Business Development Manager to promote the company’s bulk-handling range. Having worked for 19 years for a direct competitor – beginning as an apprentice and working his way up to Area Sales Manager – …

A West Lancashire conveyor solutions company has just completed its most unusual contract ever – helping to animate a nine-foot-high dog, the canine star of a giant puppet spectacular that attracted more than one million people onto the streets of Liverpool. Engineers from Burscough-based Cobalt Conveyors helped the dog Xolo …

Aggregate Industries’ (AI) Torr Works site in Somerset is benefiting from significant cost savings and improved system reliability following the installation of four new conveyors complete with bespoke variable speed drive (VSD) bypass technology, a concept requested by the customer and developed by Siemens. The site’s four new conveyors, which …

Leicester based, BS Handling Systems has completed an automated sortation project for the BMW Group at its MINI plant in Oxford. The sortation system has been designed to sort and return empty totes and pallets in the ILC building (80) at the Oxford plant. Located in the Rudolph and Hellmann …

Hallamshire Engineering Services, a leading manufacturer of materials handling equipment, including pulleys, rollers and conveyors, has won a contract with Roltech Mechanical Ltd in Newcastle-under-Lyme to supply pulleys for conveyors on a new 2000 TPH ballast washing system for a major UK quarrying company. Roltech Mechanical, which operates in the …

An apprentice with Nerak Wiese, the vertical conveyor specialist, recently passed his mid-course exams at distinction level. Oliver Davies, 21, will complete his two-year Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship this year and is looking forward to a career with the Brecon-based company. “We are delighted with Ollie’s success,” commented John Oakley, Nerak’s …