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Past Colloquia

The International Material Handling Research Colloquium (IMHRC) is a biannual event sponsored by CICMHE, the Material Handling Institute, a local corporate host, plus many of the industry's leading suppliers. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) also provided support for the 1990-2000 colloquia. Each IMHRC produces a hardbound proceedings of the invited papers.

The following is a list of past colloquia with locations, corporate hosts and links to the table of contents, abstracts, and papers (2008, 2006, and 2004 papers currently available) for each event.

2008 IMHRC held in Dortmund, Germany
Corporate Hosts: Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Beumer, Savoye, DHL.
2008 IMHRC Table of Contents, Abstracts, and Papers

2006 IMHRC held in Salt Lake City, Utah
Corporate Hosts: Daifuku America
2006 IMHRC Table of Contents, Abstracts, and Papers

2004 IMHRC held in Graz, Austria and Wels, Austria
Academic Host: Technical University of Graz
Corporate Hosts: Knapp Logistik Automation, Salomon Automation, SSI Schäfer Peem, TGW
2004 IMHRC Table of Contents, Abstracts, and Papers

2002 IMHRC held in Portland, Maine
Corporate Host: Southworth International
2002 IMHRC Table of Contents

2000 IMHRC held in York, Pennsylvania
Corporate Host: St. Onge Company
2000 IMHRC Table of Contents

1998 IMHRC held in Phoenix, Arizona
Corporate Host: Motorola Corporation, Semiconductor Products Sector
1998 IMHRC Table of Contents

1996 IMHRC held in S'Hertogenbosh, Netherlands
Corporate Host: Vanderlande Industries
1996 IMHRC Table of Contents

1994 IMHRC held in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Corporate Host: Rapistan Demag Corporation
1994 IMHRC Table of Contents

1992 IMHRC held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Corporate Host: Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley
1992 IMHRC Table of Contents

1990 IMHRC held in Hebron, Kentucky
Corporate Host: Litton Industrial Automated Systems

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