When lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home recognised the importance of upgrading the maintenance and support of its automated warehouse systems by outsourcing to Invar Integration. Maintaining uptime was critical to ensuring customers received their orders on time. Pets at Home is the UK’s leading …
Read More »Invar Group to offer HAI ROBOTICS’ ACR systems
Invar Group, leader in advanced warehouse automation, has entered into a partnership agreement with global robotic systems manufacturer, HAI ROBOTICS, to include the manufacturer’s cutting-edge Autonomous Case-handling Robotic (ACR) systems as part of the Invar solutions suite for customers in the UK, Europe and the USA. HAI ROBOTICS is a …
Read More »Budget’s ‘super-deduction’ capital allowance offers logistics sector a golden opportunity
By Tim Wright, Managing Director of Invar Systems Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement of a capital allowance ‘super-deduction’ could be a game-changer for many warehouse owners and operators. The super-deduction, which will apply for two years, allows firms to claim 130% of their expenditure on approved plant and machinery against …
Read More »Superdry and Invar Systems with Hikrobot win Technology Transformation Award
An Invar Systems project, involving the rollout of Hikrobot AMRs across Superdry’s international DC network, has won the Technology Transformation trophy at The Logistics Awards and follows accolades received at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards in the autumn, where the entry won the highly coveted Technology Supply Chain Excellence trophy. …
Read More »Five key trends in smart warehousing for 2021 and beyond
2020 was a year like no other. So what are the implications for warehousing and fulfilment in 2021? Tim Wright, Managing Director of Invar Systems looks to the future of the smart warehouse. Here are five key trends. 1. The ecommerce dilemma and micro-fulfilment centres Ecommerce has boomed during the …
Read More »Five key drivers for agile fulfilment
As the Coronavirus creates turmoil in our daily lives, businesses are moving quickly to respond to a radical shift in consumer behaviour. A boom in online orders, likely to become a feature of the ‘new reality’, is triggering a major re-think of the fulfilment operation. Here are five key factors …
Read More »Hikrobot launches UK intralogistics robot revolution
Hikrobot has launched its range of flexible mobile robots for intralogistics applications to the UK and Europe through Cranfield–based systems integrator, Invar Systems. The robots can be supplied as part of a complete solution to provide highly productive automated transport and goods-to-person order picking operations. Hikrobot systems deliver significant benefits …
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