Steffen Flender has been named Managing Director of Interroll Automation GmbH. The 41-year-old Flender heads the Sinsheim, Germany, site and the associated global Center of Excellence Sorters. In this position, he reports to Jens Strüwing, Interroll Executive Vice President Products & Technology and member of the Interroll Group Management.
Apex Motion Control, specialists in robotics and automation for the baking and food industry, has created a new function for its Baker-Bot: end of line palletizing.
Our annual July State of the Industry issue is now ready to read in our redesigned digital magazine--even easier to navigate than before. We also feature our annual North American Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Warehouse Guide. put together with the help of the Global Cold Chain Alliance. In this issue, we dive deeper into how COVID-19 has not just impacted, but altered many areas of the cold foods supply chain the first half of 2020. It's a mid-year snapshot that also serves as a map for what will likely continue the rest of the year.
Company designated as an essential business during coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020
CCS is an essential supplier to businesses that are vital to the United States economy. Our conveyor, components and warehouse automation solutions are implemented by grocery, pharmaceutical, transportation, manufacturing and direct to consumer e-commerce distribution centers. We are following guidance from the CDC and national and local governments to take extra precautions. We are continuing to closely monitor this global health crisis and will provide relevant updates through our website.
Check out why this lineup of palletizers and warehousing equipment offer automation, flexibility and efficiency for today’s refrigerated and frozen food processors.
The new operation primarily supports a customer whose products are housed in both the automated and conventional storage areas for both full-pallet and case-pick load preparation.
July 11, 2019
United States Cold Storage (USCS), Camden, N.J., opened a 5.1 million-cubic-foot freezer addition at its warehouse in Lebanon, Ind.
Using a combination of vision sensors and deep learning software, Kinema Systems’ Pick technology works with commercial robotic arms to move boxes from pallets to conveyors or to build stacks of boxes on pallets.
April 5, 2019
Boston Dynamics, Waltham, Mass., acquired Kinema Systems, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of industrial robotic arms.