PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO, A huge success
The packaging and processing community came together this week for perhaps the most important PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO in its history, according to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Over 23,000 attendees, eager to find solutions to current challenges, engaged with over 1,500 exhibitors across four expansive halls and more than 740,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space at the...
Seegrid adds Robots as a Service (RaaS) Subscription model
Seegrid Corporation, the provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, just announced the addition of a Robots as a Service (RaaS) subscription model. The additional purchasing model provides customers with more alternatives to facilitate access to the latest Seegrid Palion AMR fleet and enterprise software solutions. In addition to the new subscription model, the company will continue to offer its customers...
Need for Resilience amid Pandemic Disruption powering Digital Supply Chain Investments
Nearly half of supply chain leaders surveyed have dramatically accelerated spending on digital technologies to make their operations more responsive and forward-looking during the pandemic, according to an industry report released Wednesday, April 14th by MHI in collaboration with Deloitte. Cloud computing, robotics, and inventory/network optimization tools saw the biggest jump in terms of supply chain investment, with 49% of survey...
Harpak-ULMA Packaging welcomes John Merritt as Business Development Manager, Medical
Harpak-ULMA continues to be a significant factor in the medical packaging industry and continues to commit resources to this market sector. As a part of this commitment, John Merritt has joined Harpak-ULMA in a business development role dedicated to medical packaging. John’s extensive experience in medical device manufacturing, medical packaging engineering, medical packaging materials, and packaging equipment, is expected to augment...
New Penn Professional Driver John D. Rogers achieves Three-Million Consecutive Accident-Free Miles
New Penn professional driver John D. Rogers recently achieved the remarkable feat of surpassing three-million consecutive miles without a single preventable accident. John Rogers is one of two active New Penn professional drivers to have reached this elite three-million safety milestone in the last two years. New Penn professional driver Donnie Wagner, domiciled in Reading, Pa., achieved the three-million milestone the year before. To...
RIA and Pittsburgh Robotics Network establish partnership
Organizations to collaborate on promoting work of Pittsburgh robotics companies across the nation The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade organization, just announced a strategic partnership with Pittsburgh Robotics Network (PRN), a grassroots organization based in Pittsburgh designed to elevate the awareness of the burgeoning robotics industry in the Pittsburgh area. “Pittsburgh has a rich history in robotics...
KION plans expansion to avoid tariffs
Germany’s Kion Group AG plans to expand its factory in Summerville, S.C., in a move to escape a 25% tariff the U.S. levied on forklifts imported from China. About half of the 3,000 vehicles that the Frankfurt-based company sells in the U.S. each year come from China, where Kion operates two forklift manufacturing facilities, Chief Financial Officer Anke Groth said Friday in an interview with CFO Journal. “It is worth exploring ways to...
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