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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 …

A leading 3PL provider turned to Conveyor Systems Limited CSL to provide the automation know-how for a new ecommerce operation, on behalf of their client, a multi-channel fast fashion retailer. The project was an integral part of the fit-out of a new 250,000sq ft site, which was undertaken recently. The …

Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain, has announced the formation of the Robotics Center of Excellence business unit, dedicated to the development and engineering of robotic automation. The new business unit is responsible for the application and implementation of …

The demonstration conveyor being presented by Ferag AG at LogiMAT 2018 is able to simulate a variety of Skyfall applications in production and distribution logistics. Also, there’s a premiere to come: a first-time presentation by the Swiss company of automatic infeed and delivery stations specifically developed for the Skyfall pocket …

Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, today announces a new solution for customers looking to save space and improve product handling. The new Roller Non-Contact Accumulation (RNCA) Decline allows systems to accumulate and decline items on a single conveyor, …

Rapidly expanding discount supermarket chain Heron Foods has chosen a new Presona LP 50 EH2 prepress baler for its main distribution centre in North Ferriby in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Heron Foods, which has just become part of the B&M group, has also installed a new Presona PUK Conveyor …

US fashion retail chain Stage Stores used a Skyfall solution to modernise its regional distribution centre in Jacksonville, TX. It boasts impressively high efficiency and reliability, and with 12 sortation lines and over 5,000 transport pouches it is the first system of its kind that Swiss company Ferag AG has …