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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 14 Dec 2023 (#1158) It’s been a big year for automation and green energy and these trends continue in this week’s news. We have news of automated forklifts at a beverage plant in Japan...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 7 Dec 2023 (#1157) This week we bring news of the European Rental Association (ERA) commissioning carbon reporting guidance for the equipment rental industry. The ERA says there is no standard system to calculate...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 30 Nov 2023 (#1156) The automation of food processing facilities is in the news this week. In the United States, retail giant Walmart is planning an automated milk processing facility, while in Australia a...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 23 Nov 2023 (#1155) More and more warehouses around the world are turning to robots, as we see in this week’s news with a German fulfilment centre adding robotic assistance. Each week, it seems...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 16 Nov 2023 (#1154) Every week we report on exciting advances in robotics and automation in the materials handling sector. This week we have a tragic – and disturbing – story of automation gone wrong, with...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 9 Nov 2023 (#1153) New products are in the news this week, with Hyster launching an indoor-outdoor reach truck, ForwardX unveiling a new compact warehouse robot and BSLBatt introducing a new pallet jack battery...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 2 Nov 2023 (#1152) Leadership is in the news this week, in the form of a container terminal company seeking to transform global port operations. APM Terminals commissioned a White Paper that found a...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 26 Oct 2023 (#1151) In the news this week is a bipedal robot being deployed in a warehouse in the United States. While it might seem like a throwback to the 1950s concept of...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 19 Oct 2023 (#1150) Self-driving pallet trucks are in the news this week, an exciting development being rolled out in Belgian warehouses belonging to retailer Colruyt Group. The new technology is the result of...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 12 Oct 2023 (#1149) While technical advances keep rolling on, some historical parts of the materials handling sector are being preserved. But that doesn't mean they're out-of-date. In this week’s news German forklift manufacturer...

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