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2020 Special Report: Conveyors - Sponsored Content
Material Handling
This Time It's Personal! Welcome to the Era of Personalized Fulfillment
Learn how companies are leveraging their supply chains to create a memorable post-click eCommerce experience by downloading this white paper.
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Geek+ launches first South American project with Walmart Chile
Deal will install goods-to-person picking system with firm’s P-series warehouse robots.
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Material handling companies focus on social distancing
From battery makers to integrators, industry firms continue to find ways to reduce human interaction in the workplace to promote health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Large NYC container port buys fleet of electric yard tractors
Move follows California initiative to require zero-emission trucks by 2045.
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Podcasts
Logistics Matters podcast: The Logistics Managers' Index; lift truck, robotics firms collaborate; can DCs save commercial real estate? | Season 1 Episode 18
How supply chain professionals can use the monthly findings of the Logistics Managers' Index; new collaborations may spur development of more autonomous forklifts; warehouse space is a bright spot in the commercial real estate market.
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Inbound
Program turns coastline waste into reusable packaging
Orbis Corp.’s “Ocean in Mind” initiative repurposes plastic litter recovered from major waterways.
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Trio of firms launch material handling robot for retail stores
Freight robots cover the "last 500 feet" from stockroom to store shelves, say UniCarriers, Brain Corp, Dane Technologies.
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Batteries and Charging Systems
The heat is on—for cold storage equipment
Forklift batteries that promote peak performance in refrigerator and freezer environments are in demand as e-commerce intensifies the need for cold storage warehousing.
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Applications
Refrigerated warehouse gets racking makeover
Third-party logistics service provider Americold needed to retrofit one of its cold storage facilities without shutting down operations. Steel King used rolling racking installation to get the job done.
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