A complete palletizing unit in action can be viewed at the W+D-Langhammer stand at the FachPack in Nuremberg from September 28 to 30. Besides a high performance palletizer with transport technology for consumer goods and pallets the setup also includes an articulated arm robot.
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The number of logistical shipments increases every year. In most cases, goods are delivered at the right place, in the right condition and at the right time. But sometimes things go wrong. Product damage during transport can arise from freezing, tilt, breakage, temperature changes, UV radiation and varying humidity. This often results in product loss.
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced that the first shipments of the 65GByte SDXC memory card to the retail channel will begin in May 2010 in Europe.
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“Savings on the operating budget from day one” claims PAL-Cut A/S
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A transport packaging material has to meet the individual protection requirements of high-quality,fragile products to avoid damage as the result of mechanical stress and strain, temperature fluctuations or weather influences. At the same time, optimum packaging is a decisive factor in ensuring logistic operations run smoothly, for example, in storage/stock-keeping applications or in effectively utilising freight space.
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The award ceremony of the 31st German Packaging Prize took place in Nuremberg on the afternoon of November 12th in line with the BRAU Beviale, the European beverage trade fair. The German Packaging Institute dvi awarded prizes to 22 new developments from 18 companies and 3 students in 7 categories. Prizes were awarded for functional and novel solutions which promote the packaging practice in an economical, technical, creative and ecological respect. The Oscar of the packaging industry enjoys increasing international attention. For example 13 of 16 submissions were selected for the WorldStar 2008 at the jury meeting of the World Packaging Organisation in Cape Town through the German Packaging Prize. This year, German innovations could mainly prevail among the strong international competition in the consumer area.
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Informore, a company that specializes in Transport Management services for large carriers, recently selected the load optimization solution ORTEC Loaddesigner. The solution will initially be used to increase the load factor at Samsung in order to save on transport costs.
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After more than two years of development it is finally done! In co-operation with Fraunhofer Institute Overath GmbH developed a new product which offers a new, intelligent and practical solution in the area of insulated transport packaging.
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Iggesund Paperboard is increasing prices on its folding box board, Incada, by 6 – 8 percent per tonne for deliveries as of 1 March 2008.
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This year’s special show at LogIntern also invites visitors to hall 4A. The linking of production, packaging and transport plays a decisive role in improving the efficiency of process chains and networking all concerned to form a value creation partnership. “Packaging and Transport”, the logical development of the familiar special show on “AutoID”, illustrates the potential offered by the symbiosis of packaging and the rest of the supply chain. As in previous years, the consultant partner of NürnbergMesse is the Verein zur Förderung innovativer Verfahren in der Logistik (VVL) in co-operation with its accredited research centre, the Logistics Department (FLog) of the University of Dortmund, directed by Prof. Rolf Jansen.
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Smart Label Summit Europe, is the only European conference this year to focus on the combined advances in Smart and RFID label technology and will be taking place 15-16 November at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam. The summit hosted by the organizers of Labelexpo Europe is designed to help label converters learn about the size of the market and growth forecasts as well as provides practical advice on how to adopt this technology. Leading experts from some of the world's top consumer brands will be taking center stage in Amsterdam later this month to share their vast expertise with the international delegation.
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