Automation

Walmart Drops Plans To Use Robots For Tracking Inventory

Walmart Inc has dropped its plans to use roving robots to scan shelves and keep track of inventory, squashing the world's largest retailer's years-lon...

Meatpackers In The Americas Accelerate Automation After Outbreaks, Lagging Europe

As coronavirus outbreaks among workers closed several Canadian meat plants, Henry Mizrahi saw a different future for Lesters Foods, the hot dog factory he...

METRO Trusts WITRON’s Warehouse Automation Technology For The Third Time

Canada's METRO Inc. and the WITRON Group are to build another automated distribution centre, having completed two projects in the Toronto area. The comp...

Omni-Channel: The Future Of Food Retail

The food sector is moving towards e-commerce. In order to combine traditional and e-commerce business optimally, food retailers must become flexible. This...

Cimcorp Opens Office In Spain To Meet Rising Demand

Logistics automation specialist Cimcorp has established an office in Spain, Cimcorp Iberia, S.L., in response to growing interest in its robotic autom...

Vanderlande To Develop New Office Facilities In Veghel

Logistics automation specialist Vanderlande has announced the commencement of construction of new state-of-the-art office facilities at its campus in Veghe...

Mercadona To Automate Fresh Food Distribution At Four DCs With Cimcorp

Manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic handling solutions, Cimcorp, has received its largest ever order in the intralogistics market from Mercadona...

Dutch Retailer Albert Heijn Unveils Delivery Robot

Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn has unveiled its new delivery robot at the Digital Food 2019 conference, put on by multimedia and news platforms Emerc...