Materials Handling

Association's leader says he is excited to be part of the supply chain and material handling buzz on the social networking site.

The initiative aims at enhancing collaboration among regional representative bodies for the benefit of the world material handling industry.

U.S. exhibitors and attendees doubles since 2011, Russian and Brazilian attendance also rise.

The fair is expected to attract more than 1,000 exhibitors from 40 nations and occupy more than 1,291,600 square feet of exhibition space.

Modex 2014 is a done deal. All thoughts now turn to Chicago and ProMat 2015. Well, maybe not all thoughts. Here’s a few impressions I took away from the trip to Atlanta last week.

Growth will continue in the materials handling industry in 2014 and 2015, announced MHI, the sponsor of Modex, in the group’s annual State of the Industry press conference on Tuesday.

Software, software, software: That's the theme at this year's show.

After more than three decades of activity in material handling System Logistics is a leading provider of automated warehouses and material handling systems with more than twenty-five branches in eighteen countries throughout the world.

The shorter, more direct route to meeting customer demands is prevailing in global logistics, said the two executives featured in Monday morning’s keynote, “Shipping Trends for Global Supply Chains.”

One day down, three more to go. Yep, the first day of the Modex material handling and supply chain show is in the bag.

Modern’s 16th annual survey of the world’s leading materials handling systems suppliers shows the top performers have held their ground, even as the rest of the list climbs steadily upward.

With more than 800 exhibits, 150 show floor seminars, and 10 co-located education partners, Modex 2014 will showcase the “best of the best” in supply chain, transportation and logistics information and technology.

Yale customers to have opportunity to deploy vision-guided, driverless vehicles.

Program to include online and hard copy catalogs for maintenance, packaging, safety and storage needs.

Power Transmission Solutions's new business unit to increase overall equipment efficiency.