http://www.mhia.org/rss/news MHIA.org News & Media en-us Copyright Material Handling Industry 2009 10 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:13 GMT Member News Caster Concepts, an ISO 9001-2000 certified designer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of industrial casters, was awarded the contract to build a high performance test dynamometer for the Puget Sound Naval Facility in Bremerton, Washington. The http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9589/caster-concepts-wins-contract-to-engineer-and-build-test-machine-for-navy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:46:57 GMT Member News Albion, Michigan – Caster Concepts, an ISO 9001-2008 certified designer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, has added Larry Wilken as an Account Sales Representative. Wilken has over twenty-five http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9588/larry-wilken-joins-caster-concepts-as-new-area-representative Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:42:21 GMT Member News (Albion, MI) --- Walk through KIA Motors new automobile manufacturing plant in West Point, GA, and you’ll see miles of conveyors and hundreds of robots. KIA invested heavily in state of the art manufacturing equipment to maximize efficiency when http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9587/kia-chooses-caster-concepts-as-partner--provides-safe-working-environment-at-new-georgia-facility Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:36:40 GMT Member News Albion, Michigan – Caster Concepts, an ISO 9001-2000 certified designer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of industrial casters, has added Tim Weber as its newest Area Representative. Weber brings more than twenty years of experience and http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9586/weber-joins-caster-concepts-as-new-area-representative Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:27:44 GMT Member News (Cincinnati) Intelligrated® (www.intelligrated.com), a leading American-owned automated material handling solutions provider, announces the addition of tilt-tray and cross-belt sortation solutions to its product portfolio. Under an agreement resulting http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9585/intelligrated-adds-tilt-tray-and-cross-belt-sortation-solutions-to-product-portfolio Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:18:49 GMT Member News Providence, Rhode Island –  Complementing its culture of social responsibility and its commitment to utilizing clean energy, United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) today announced plans to adopt hydrogen fuel cell technology to power the http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9584/united-natural-foods-to-adopt-hydrogen-fuel-cell-technology-at-its-sarasota--fl-distribution-center Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:55:13 GMT Member News Schiller Park, IL - ARPAC, a leading manufacturer of packaging machinery, will be demonstrating both Semi-Automatic and Automatic pallet stretch wrappers this year at the NA 2010 Show in Cleveland, Booth # 1218.The POWER SERIES pallet stretch wrapper http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9583/arpac-featuring-pallet-stretch-wrappers-at-the-na-2010-material-handling-show--booth---1218--cleveland--april-26---29- Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:49 GMT Member News Wilmington, NC - Conroll Corporation is introducing a totally new powered conveyor system concept called ShaftDrive at NA 2010. ShaftDrive totally eliminates the need for grooved carrying rollers, for exposed round or Polyvee belts and the need for spring- http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9582/conroll-introduces-shaftdrive Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:28:29 GMT Member News MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – HK Systems, Inc., a leading automated material handling and supply chain software total solutions provider, today introduces the MB-100 Multi-Belt Sorter for mid-range sortation. Specifically designed to handle and sort http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9581/hk-systems-introduces-the-mb-100-multi-belt-sorter- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:24 GMT Member News GREENE, N.Y. — The Raymond Corporation is now an independent distributor for the sale, rental and lease of Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) GenDrive™ fuel cell units in North America. As an Authorized Service Provider, Raymond also will provide warranty http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9580/raymond-is-named-independent-distributor-of-plug-power-s-gendrive--hydrogen-fuel-cells Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:59:25 GMT Member News GREENE, N.Y. — The Raymond Corporation is now an independent distributor for the sale, rental and lease of Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) GenDrive™ fuel cell units in North America. As an Authorized Service Provider, Raymond also will provide warranty http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9579/raymond-named-independent-distributor-of-plug-power-s-gendrive--hydrogen-fuel-cells Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:51:50 GMT Member News YORK, Pa. – As companies are seeking to reap the benefits of a fully integrated supply chain, it is crucial to find partners who know how to bring all the facets of warehouse logistics to maximum efficiency. Westfalia Technologies, Inc. and KUKA http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9578/at-na-2010-kuka-systems-and-westfalia-present---integration-of-as-rs-with-high-speed-layer-picking---an-integrated-warehouse-logistics-solution- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:54 GMT Member News YORK, Pa. – As companies are seeking to reap the benefits of a fully integrated supply chain, it is crucial to find partners who know how to bring all the facets of warehouse logistics to maximum efficiency. Westfalia Technologies, Inc. and KUKA http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9577/at-na-2010-westfalia-and-kuka-systems-present---integration-of-as-rs-with-high-speed-layer-picking---an-integrated-warehouse-logistics-solution- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:42:10 GMT Member News Franksville, W) – Quick Cable Corporation, a leading manufacturer of productsfor electrical storage and connectivity, announces the release of RESCUE™ BatteryContainment Systems, Battery Racks and Cabling Systems in conjunction with the release http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9575/quick-cable--launches-new-rescue--battery-containment-systems--racks-and-cabling-systems Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:35:13 GMT Member News Laurens, IA: Positech Corporation, a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment in North America, recently launched the redesign of its ReactionArm® industrial manipulator, under the Positech brand name. The ReactionArm® Manipulator http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9574/positech-corp--introduces-the-fully-redesigned-reactionarm--under-positech-brand-name Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:06 GMT Member News CHINA – RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, announced today that Harbin Pharmaceuticals has selected RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management solution to support its 30,000 square meter distribution center in Harbin City, Hulan http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9573/harbin-pharmaceuticals-selects-redprairie-warehouse-management-for-30-000-square-meter-distribution-center Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:05 GMT Member News LEWISTON, MAINE — System Logistics Corp., previously known as Diamond Phoenix, has announced a newly assembled team of intra-logistics implementation experts to provide solutions for complex supply chain challenges. This new team, known as the Supply http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9572/announcing-new-supply-chain-solutions-group-at-system-logistics- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:49:41 GMT Member News Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) Chambersburg, Pennsylvania has named Alfatec Solutions, located in Itapevi, Sao Paulo, a Premier Dealer in Brazil. Alfatec Solutions is a full service dealer carrying Hirschmann's entire line of PAT and Krueger http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9571/hirschmann--pat--names-new-premier-dealer-in-brazil- Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:44:42 GMT Member News Lexington, KY – CLARK Material Handling Company (CLARK) is proud to announce that its prestigious “Dealer of the Year” award has been awarded to Tri-Lift NC, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina. CLARK selects its Dealer of the Year http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9570/clark-recognizes-the-dealer-of-the-year-for-2009 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:37:34 GMT Member News On March 1st, 2010, FSIP formalized an acquisition of certain assets of General Electric’s Motion Controls Business. The acquired business is primarily located in Patillas, Puerto Rico and it manufactures and distributes controls used in various http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9569/flight-systems-industrial-products--fsip--acquires-certain-product-lines--assets--and-jv-equity-interests-from-general-electric Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:25:05 GMT Member News Walled Lake, Michigan. Herkules Equipment Corporation has designed and built a new Scissor Lift Table that Tilts and Rotates, providing a unique solution for certain applications. This lift system was specifically requested for an application that raises, http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9568/herkules-pneumatic-scissor-lift-table-with-tilt-and-rotate Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:31 GMT Member News Nashville, TN – Nashville Wire Products announces that it will now offer Protect-it™ rack column guards as part of their product line. Adding Protect-it™ to its stocking program allows Nashville Wire to become more of a one stop shop http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9567/nashville-wire-set-to-offer-new-product-in-2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:53 GMT Member News The combination of optical vehicle navigation and the long-term, proven technology of mobile racking systems unite to completely lead to automation in a cold chain environment.A fully automated mobile racking system offers many benefits including the http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9566/mobile-racking-systems-provide-maximum-economic-efficiency Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:11:27 GMT Member News The most challenging task in any warehouse automation project is picking, i.e. compiling different articles to create the desired shipment. Until now companies could only apply totally automatic solutions to border items, such as an A-frame for fast-moving http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9565/robotic-pick-station Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:17:27 GMT Member News Chicago, IL – Illinois Engineered Products, Inc. (IEP) a leading manufacturer of standard and customized barrier gate products, has named Andrea Stricker as its new Inside Sales Representative.Ms. Stricker who had been a sales representative for http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9563/illinois-engineered-products-announces-new-sales-representative Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:13:06 GMT Member News Chicago, IL – Illinois Engineered Products, Inc. (IEP) a leading manufacturer of standard and customized barrier gate products, announces a major revision to their website located at www.fgfred.com.IEP made this strategic upgrade based on improvement http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9562/illinois-engineered-products-announces-major-website-revision Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:59:29 GMT Member News Company ProfileIllinois Engineered Products, Inc. (IEP) is a leading manufacturer of standard andcustomized barrier gate products in North America with over 40 years of experience andengineering excellence. IEP features folding gates for dock, overhead, http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9561/company-profile---market-opportunity Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:16 GMT Member News Chicago, IL – Illinois Engineered Products, Inc. (IEP) a leading manufacturer of standard and customized barrier gate products, has named Carina Diaz as its new General Manager.Ms. Diaz who had been an Architectural Service Representative for United http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9560/illinois-engineered-products-announces-new-general-manager Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:41:07 GMT Member News Naperville, Illinois - Empowering over 1400 worldwide clients to achieve sustainable competitive advantage; CreateASoft, Inc. celebrates more than 16 years of delivering leading edge, scalable business intelligence developed and supported in the United http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9559/createasoft--inc--releases-simcad-pro-patented-dynamic-simulation-software--9-4-version-upgrade- Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:34:15 GMT Member News CreateASoft, Inc. Naperville, Illinois – Inspired by the success of Simcad Pro’s™ dynamic patented technology, CreateASoft, Inc. has released the much anticipated SimTracK™: Dynamic Visibility & Analysis tool.Utilizing a patented http://www.mhia.org/news/members/9558/new-product-release--simtrack---dynamic-visibility---analysis-tool