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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 …

With a client list that includes such e-commerce giants as Alibaba, PDD and JD.com, ZTO Express’s share of the Chinese express parcel delivery market is approaching 20 per cent, which makes it one of China’s most significant parcel handling businesses. The company operates a highly scalable partner network model – …

LiBiao Robot has supplied parcel sortation solutions based on its ‘Mini Yellow’ autonomous mobile robot technology to four sites operated by Yamato, Japan’s leading parcel delivery company. Cross-belt robots with a capacity of 30kg have been deployed at the facilities which are strategically located to process parcels destined for the …

Although initially reluctant to embrace internet retailing, Japan’s consumers are now such avid online shoppers that the Japanese e-commerce market is set to be worth USD 325.9 billion by the end of 2026. Only the USA, China and the UK spend more online. One of the country’s most successful internet …

New use cases for robotics are being identified almost daily. The rapid growth of ecommerce, fuelled in part by necessity from Covid-19 lockdowns, has meant that for many organisations, the requirements for staff and goods is growing at a rate too fast to meet demand – the need for automation …

In 2019 China’s express parcels market was valued at US$100 billion. Driven by the growth of e-commerce across the country, this figure was up by more than 8 per cent on the previous 12 months and the sector is expected to sustain double-digit increases for the foreseeable future. To put …

Interactive exhibition stand demonstrates the future of packaging and processing With this year’s PPMA show being postponed, ABB has created a virtual exhibition stand demonstrating its latest products and solutions for processing and packaging applications. Accessible via bit.ly/ABB_PPMA2020, the stand is built around a panoramic tour that enables you to …

Sophisticated robotic solutions by Yale Europe Materials Handling can adjust to changes in their surroundings. All trucks in the Yale robotics range can be linked to a warehouse management system and feature a touchscreen interface to give instructions to the robot. Yale robotic solutions also offer manual operation at the …

ABB remanufactures robots, controllers and manipulators, refurbishing them to give them a second life Remanufactured robots help customers unlock new functionalities and advanced services while reducing maintenance costs and maximizing return on investment Sourcing unused and discontinued robots for remanufacturing ensures older robots avoid being scrapped when their lifetime could …

Swarm Intelligence (SI) and bio-inspired computing have attracted great interest in almost every area of science and engineering, including robotics, over the last two decades. Being an innovative manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), AGILOX directs most of its effort into developing one of the most unique robotic material handling …