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The first rail shipments have moved out of Port San Antonio in Texas. Fiesta Warehouse Co. is using the East Kelly Railport in conjunction with Port San Antonio and the Union Pacific railroad for the off loading and on loading of products for delivery within a 150-mile radius of San Antonio. ... Seko has moved its Rochester, N.Y., operations into a larger facility to accommodate growth. The office handles transportation and supply chain services for customers in upstate New York between Buffalo and Syracuse. In addition, Seko has opened a new office in Norfolk, Va. ... FKI Logistex has formed a new global accounts team to optimize service to its international parcel customers. ... Schneider Electric and its subsidiary ELAU have teamed up to launch a new technology center focused on the automation, control, and power needs of the packaging machinery business. The new Packaging Technology and Solutions Center is based in Schaumburg, Ill. ... FKI Logistex has formed a new dedicated Robotics Integration Group to provide customers with focused robotic palletizing and depalletizing solutions. ... Blue Sky Logistics has changed its name to Blue Sky Technologies. Blue Sky says the new name better reflects the company's role in the supply chain marketplace. ... Automated material handling equipment supplier viastore systems has acquired Blesco Inc., a material handling engineering and automation firm based in Grand Rapids, Mich.