Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, said its Vilter Manufacturing LLC business opened a $2 million technology and innovation center at its Cudahy, Wis., headquarters.
Automated material handling solutions providers Intelligrated, Mason, Ohio, and Swisslog Holding AG, Buchs, Switzerland, said they formed a strategic alliance in North America to serve food, beverage and retail markets.
Nercon, an Oshkosh, Wis., designer, line integrator and manufacturer of packaging and process conveyors and material handling equipment, has joined Rockwell Automation's machine builder program.
France's SAVOYE said its Chicago-based subsidiary, SAVOYE Inc., purchased Retrotech Inc., a Fishers, N.Y., firm specializing in the design, installation, modernization, and support of automated material handling systems.
PRAB, Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., said it purchased Triple/S Dynamics, Inc., a Dallas supplier of horizontal motion conveying systems, screening and separation equipment.