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Seegrid continues to experience personnel growth and expansion to address the strong demand in the marketplace. Staff has increased dramatically over 2015 and continues well into 2016. The company's strength is due to the growth of fork truck free mandates among large manufacturers and e-commerce distribution. Several Fortune 1000 firms are selecting Seegrid as the best option in lieu of AGVs, automated guided vehicles. The DCs (distribution centers) with several hundred thousand square feet and large manufacturing facilities are finding better throughput, operational efficiency, and lean manufacturing best practices.

Hoj Innovations, Hytrol's integration partner, worked with Backcountry to develop a unique solution capable of providing an increase in their logistic footprint and fulfillment space, while reducing processing costs and shipping expenses. The system is comprised of several customized applications, one of which provides a noteworthy approach to the traditional "pick and pass" order fulfillment process. This solution utilizes an overhead conveyor spine to vertically sort product to the three levels of the pick module. This allows the main conveyor line to transport customer-order totes only, while replenishment and empty totes are transported directly to their specified zone.

viastore Systems' Nancy Malone, regional sales manager, discussed why the majority of surprises in automation and/or software implementation in warehouse or distribution centers are unwelcome. Malone recommended seven tips to help avoid setbacks to both schedule and budget.

The industrial workplace contains many hazards that put workers' health at risk. Hazards such as fire, smoke, flying debris, poor air quality, falling objects, slip-and-falls, biological hazards and others are all concerning. For more severe conditions, Downdraft.com/MTA Technical Sales created a special downdraft table and booth. Their wet downdraft table is designed for the safe and efficient capture of flammable or explosive metal dust generated from aluminum, magnesium, titanium, or similar metals. It features 12 gauge stainless steel construction for all metal surfaces that are in contact with water.

Several manufacturers are implementing material handling products known as "mother/daughter" (M/D) cart delivery systems to improve operations. Topper Industrial, maker of M/D cart delivery systems, typically has two small carts within a larger cart. Bulk parts can be manually or forklift-loaded onto the two daughter carts in the stock or storage area. One or two complete M/D frames can be towed by a tugger to line-side positions and "dropped" for the assemblers to use, or daughter carts are removed and positioned for use in the cells.

Hytrol is proud to announce the promotion of Cliff Mullis to Hytrol's Director of Systems Development. Mullis took the position in mid-March. In this role, Mullis will be responsible for business development, new market development and penetration, point-of-sale support for Hytrol integration partners, and for driving end user value.

Seegrid continues to experience personnel growth and expansion to address the strong demand in the marketplace. Staff has increased dramatically over 2015 and continues well into 2016. The company's strength is due to the growth of fork truck free mandates among large manufacturers and e-commerce distribution. Several Fortune 1000 firms are selecting Seegrid as the best option in lieu of AGVs, automated guided vehicles. The DCs (distribution centers) with several hundred thousand square feet and large manufacturing facilities are finding better throughput, operational efficiency, and lean manufacturing best practices.

Topper Industrial introduces the mother-daughter cart delivery system with diamond pattern. Topper Industrial's mother-daughter cart delivery system is an industrial cart system consisting of one large mother cart and two or more, smaller daughter carts.

Robotics company Seegrid has announced the addition of two industry veterans to its operations and product teams. The announcement was featured in Photonics Spectra magazine. Tim Spang has been appointed vice president of operations, and Sean Stetson has been appointed director of product development.

Hytrol integration partner, Advanced Equipment Company (AEC), provided a pallet conveyor solution for Arcadia Dairy Farm in NC. A customized pallet handling solution for conveying and wrapping pallets was needed at the Arcadia Dairy Farm (juice bottling plant). The carton filler room was expanded because of a new machine.

One of the most sought after names in the industry, 1 Click SMT Technology Co. Ltd. provides top class equipment & consumables to the electronics assembly industry at the industry's best rates. They have been in this business for years and are well known for providing products as per the needs and specifications of their customers. To cut down on labor costs, 1 Click SMT Technology Co. Ltd. is now offering Lead Free Wave Solder Machine S400 at the most competitive prices. This wave soldering machine provides a consistent performance and is featured with PLC and touchscreen controlling system, high quality sprayers, forced air convection preheat zone, cast iron heater for the solder pot, dual wave solder pot and many others. This wave soldering equipment has a net weight of 800 kg and dimensions 2900 length, 1150 width and 1350 height. This Lead Free Wave Solder Machine is corrosion resistance and provides long lasting protection against lead-free corrosion.

The award acknowledged top journalists in the materials handling industry who have reported on the vital roles robots play in today's factories and distribution centers. The awards were profiled in the recent issue of Modern Materials Handling magazine.

George Reyher, Hytrol Director of International Business Development, recommended four steps for businesses when seeking international growth. According to Reyher, "As companies continue gaining market share in their own backyard, more businesses are looking outside their borders to expand their markets. Seeking international sales growth can create a vast number of opportunities for your company— too vast to list them all here —but should be aware that some extra planning may be required."

Engineered for transport of food, packaging, and pharmaceuticals, the Connex plastic conveyor chain was featured in a presentation on Tuesday by Bruce Gray, product manager, at Hytrol during MODEX 2016. The new Connex conveying solution was profiled in Modern Materials Handling magazine. The plastic chain will be offered on Hytrol's aluminum, stainless steel, and powder-coated steel conveyor products in a variety of configurations and with multiple accessories.

ProservCrane Group now manufactures and designs custom solutions for the crane industry. ProservCrane Group, a supplier of all types and makes of crane parts, now uses their engineering and fabrication department to create custom solutions for specific parts, regardless of the manufacture of the part in question. This is also true if a crane part is discontinued or not in stock. ProservCrane Group's massive inventory of crane parts allows them to be the leader in their industry. Their product categories include hoists, trolleys, and jib cranes. They also use several finders such as Budgit parts finder, World Series parts finder, and Shaw-Box 800 Series Parts finder.

Those who are looking for truck crane solutions may be interested in the news that Henan Symmen Machinery Co.,LTD., that is located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, China, is offering these solutions at reasonable costs. SYMMEN adds that they make it a point to know the needs as well as the working situation of their customers before providing them with the right truck cranes solutions.

viastore Systems, a Hytrol integration partner, will be exhibiting at MODEX 2016 April 4-7. John Clark, Director at viastore Systems, noted, "viastore Systems is a proud integration partner for Hytrol Conveyor. Our strong relationship will be on display at MODEX April 4-7. Hytrol brings nearly 70 years of technological excellence and innovation to our customers in food logistics, cold supply chain, automotive, and more."

Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) expert Roger Tomlinson, is working closely with Jim Gage Plant Manager at Magline to conduct various lean manufacturing actions to ensure best practices, heightened efficiency, and elimination of waste.

MHI has announced that Hytrol's Chris Glenn, Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering, is the winner of the 2016 YPN Mentor Award. This award is given to one MHI member who instills and nurtures talent, advocates for employees, is a positive and inspiring role model, and offers professional guidance. Glenn received the award at the MODEX Industry Night April 6.

Bastian Solutions' special session presentation was well-received by dozens of MODEX attendees. The session titled, "Mobile Robotic Shuttles: Extending Beyond the Storage Buffer" was held yesterday at the Georgia World Congress Center. Derek Cribley, Director of Systems Engineering; Kevin Darby, National Accounts Manager; and Joe Zoghzoghy, Mobile Robotics Manager addressed how transporting, buffering of products, and mobile robots provide a great solution for receiving, put-away, production, picking, packing, and shipping. Bastian Solutions is also exhibiting April 4-7 at booth #3779 during the conference. For those who were not able to attend, learn more here: bit.ly/1UsnwAc

Seegrid, maker of vision guided vehicles, was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal. Steve Rosenbush, authored the feature titled, "Seegrid Calculates a New Route for Autonomous Vehicles." According to Rosenbush, "Many of the autonomous vehicles that are expected to come to market by 2020 tackle the problem of perception by using laser sensors or high-definition cameras to absorb data about their environment. Seegrid takes a different approach. Five pairs of low-end cameras maintain a 360-degree view of the vehicle's environment. The data is plotted on a three-dimensional grid. Proprietary algorithms determine the probability that an object is in the space represented by each cell of the grid and assess what that object is likely to be."

Hydrojet, Inc., located in Berks County, PA, is continuing to take new clients in need of composite machining services throughout spring 2016. Those who are interested in acquiring the company's services can get in touch with them by dialing 610-285-9019, or by filling out a contact form on their website.

Seegrid announced the recipients of the first annual Robo Journalist of the Year Award last night during MODEX 2016. Jeff Christensen, Vice President of Products and Services, shared, "I would like to thank the many experts in robotics journalism who applied for this award. It was difficult to choose between all the leading journalists reporting on the critical roles robots perform in the supply chain."

Hytrol included two in-booth presentations as part of its participation in MODEX 2016. The presentations this week during the manufacturing and supply chain industry expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta were well-attended with many interested prospects.

Seegrid will announce the recipients of the first annual Robo Journalist of the Year Award tonight during MODEX 2016. Jeff Christensen, Vice President of Products and Services, shared, "I would like to thank the many experts in robotics journalism who applied for this award. It was difficult to choose between all the leading journalists reporting on the critical roles robots perform in the supply chain."