10,000th shuttle sold by Knapp
Austrian-owned warehouse automation group, Knapp, has received an order for the 10,000th shuttle to be supplied as part of its market-leading OSR Shuttle automated storage system.
The 10,000th shuttle will from part of a solution for footwear giant, Clarks, at its new logistics centre in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA, which will go live later this year. Knapp pioneered the shuttle storage concept with the launch of the OSR Shuttle system back in 2002. The solution forms the bedrock of Knapp’s ‘low-complexity warehouse’ concept, which aims to reduce the number of different technologies within distribution facilities in order to minimise costs. Since its launch, Knapp has continued to develop the OSR Shuttle solution and the latest generation is even more powerful, cost-efficient and flexible.
Proteus announces formation of new alliance
Proteus has announced the formation of the Logistics Technology Alliance alongside partners Imtech Logistics and Belgravium Technologies.
This formal marketing arrangement between three leading suppliers of Logistics IT will offer operations such as 3PLs, transport companies, shippers and retailers what has been described as 'a one stop shop' for a total logistics system solution.
Wireless temperature probe allows secure data transmission
The BlueTherm, Electronic Temperature Instruments Ltd's new Bluetooth wireless temperature probe, has been descibed as 'a completely wireless temperature monitoring and logging solution'. The BlueTherm probe will securely transmit temperature data up to a maximum of twenty metres to any Bluetooth enabled device. With the new probe, there is no longer any need to worry about dangling wires into food or across equipment.
The BlueTherm combined with the BlueTherm software or App provides a complete mobile temperature logging solution. Users can press the button on the BlueTherm to measure the temperature, and the data is automatically uploaded to their Android, Windows CE mobile or any Bluetooth enabled, mobile phone, PDA or computer, for convenient viewing or retrieval at a later date using bespoke software.
Joloda reaches significant milestone
Joloda International is celebrating a significant milestone in 2012 with its 50th anniversary.
The company has grown from a small manufacturer to an international market leader with, it says, more loading systems to offer than any other company in its industry. It manufactures up to 500 pre-sold truck systems per month.
Thorworld’s mobile yardramps offer flexible choice
With a fast-moving supply chain vital to the UK's economic performance during the current recessionary climate, the flexibility of mobile yardramps are proving an increasingly popular choice for safe, effective and cost-efficient loading and unloading, according to specialists Thorworld Industries.
The Midlands-based company offers the most comprehensive range of mobile yardramps, which are specifically designed for the fast and efficient loading and unloading of vehicles and containers by forklift truck where a dedicated, raised loading bay area is not available.
Preserving CESAB history at National Fork Truck Heritage Centre
A small piece of CESAB history is now preserved at The National Fork Truck Heritage Centre in Derbyshire.
As an early CESAB electric model without the overhead guard that later became standard on all forklifts, the 1956 CESAB SI 1200 is one of the more unusual machines at the museum which is based at the Midland Railway Centre.
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