Material Handling & Transportation
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Laser Loader System
February 3, 2009The patent-pending Laser Loader System allows for automatic, 24-hour-a-day loading of feed trucks with limited human assistance required. The system is designed for operators of high-volume feed mills who need to increase speed, improve safety and accuracy, and reduce errors and expenses from the...
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Material Transfer Appoints Operations Manager
December 2, 2008Material Transfer and Storage Inc., Allegan, Michigan, has announced the appointment of Jim Altvater to the position of operations manager. In this position Altvater will be responsible for the engineering, production control, and assembly groups. Altvater holds a degree in Business Administration...
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Labelmaster Partners with Instructional Technologies to Launch Online Hazmat Training Program
November 21, 2008Labelmaster, a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of hazardous materials and regulatory compliance products, has teamed up with Instructional Technologies of Vancouver, Washington, to launch an online hazmat training program in the U.S. for professional truck drivers. Highly experienced in...
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Laser Innovations Improve Powder and Bulk Material Handling
November 20, 2008Radanov Ivo Radanov K-Tek Corp. The times, they keep on changing. In the 1990s, noncontact level measurement technology was beginning to be deployed in powder and bulk...
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Kellogg Expands Deployment of I.D. Systems' Wireless Industrial Vehicle Management System
November 18, 2008I.D. Systems Inc., a leading provider of wireless asset tracking and management solutions, has announced that it has received a follow-on purchase order from Kellogg Company to implement I.D. Systems’ Wireless Asset Net industrial vehicle management system for a fleet of material handling...
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Advanced MI Payload 1.03 Software Gains NTEP Certification
November 12, 2008Avery Weigh-Tronix LLC has announced its newest software product, Measurement Intelligence (MI) Payload 1.03, has been awarded the Certificate of Conformance by the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP). MI Payload is a software solution for truck scale applications, where documenting the weight...
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New Keystone Award Presented to Recognize Effective Training for Dangerous Goods Transportation
November 10, 2008The first Dangerous Goods Training Keystone Award was presented last month during the Labelmaster-sponsored, third annual Dangerous Goods Instructors Symposium, October 21-24, in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The award was presented to the CAP 483 team of the UK Civil Aviation Administration’s (...
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Miranda Automation North America LLC Opens New Headquarters
November 10, 2008Miranda Automation North America (MANA) LLC recently opened its new headquarters in the Houston, Texas area. MANA specializes in the design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and support of automated processing and bulk material-handling systems with primary emphasis on bakery, snack foods...
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C&D Robotics' Assets Acquired by Euroimpianti SpA
October 31, 2008The assets of C&D Robotics Inc. have been acquired by Euroimpianti SpA, Schio, Italy, a worldwide leader in the production of automated end-of-line palletizing systems, such as scara robots, articulated arm robots, laser-guided vehicles, and automatic truck loading, with thousands of...
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Metso to Supply Bulk Material-Handling Equipment to Heavy Engineering Corp. in India
October 29, 2008Metso will supply bulk material-handling equipment to Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. (HEC) for its material-handling project at the Steel Authority of India's (SAIL) Rourkela steel plant in Orissa, India. The plant is scheduled to commission in February 2011. The value of the order is...
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