The new 1,400-square-foot lab features various magnetic products and test stands designed to replicate the customer’s application in the field.
August 30, 2018
Industrial Magnetics, Inc. (IMI), Boyne City, Mich., completed its new, on-site R&D lab for simulated application testing of customer’s prospective holding, lifting, automation, conveying and magnetic separation projects.
Having the right technology in place to capture data is becoming critical.
August 29, 2018
InfinityQS International, Inc., Fairfax, Va., released results from its latest manufacturing industry survey, revealing that 64% of global manufacturers find a lack of available budget as the main barrier preventing them from greater IT investment.
Organic waste consisting of grocery, restaurant and food processing wastes will be processed at off-site locations and delivered in fully enclosed tanker trucks to the PBRE facility.
August 29, 2018
RNG Energy Solutions, Philadelphia, Pa., and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC (PES), Philadelphia, announced plans to build a state-of-the-art anaerobic digester facility named Point Breeze Renewable Energy (PBRE).
The collaboration will focus on developing a next-generation architecture to control and operate multiple robotic applications.
August 28, 2018
Honeywell, Morris Plains, N.J., announced a strategic collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., to advance artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic technologies to help distribution centers address rapid growth in e-commerce.
The additional square footage allows Freund to expand its product offering to serve additional market segments and fulfill even more orders in an efficient manner.
August 27, 2018
Berlin Packaging, Chicago, opened a new facility in Lockport, Ill., for Freund Container & Supply, a Lisle, Ill.-based division focused on convenience quantities of packaging and industrial supplies.
This next-generation equipment will have more space will be able to haul up to 44,000 pounds.
August 27, 2018
Infinity Transportation Logistics, LLC (ITL), Atlanta, announced plans to add new next-generation domestic refrigerated intermodal containers to its fleet beginning this fall to create new capacity and density in various lanes to/from Washington State and Oregon.
The new company will operate under the name Stäubli WFT GmbH.
August 23, 2018
Stäubli Group, Duncan, S.C., acquired a 70% stake in WFT GmbH & Co. KG, a Germany-based specialist in the construction of special purpose machines and mobile platforms.
The new service will enable the firm’s clients in the food distribution industry to have a pre-existing architecture/engineering contract in place to address emergency issues.
August 23, 2018
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN), a Houston, Texas-based division of LEO A DALY, announced plans to launch a new rapid response architecture/engineering service for its food distribution clients.