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Kivnon to introduce its new forklift pallet stacker at ProMAT

February 1, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Kivnon will showcase the latest addition to its AGV portfolio, its Forklift Pallet Stacker, at this year’s ProMAT, running March 20-23 in Chicago.

Kivnon says its AGVs/AMRs are “heavy-duty vehicles that improve safety and process efficiency”.

The new Forklift Pallet Stacker automatically transports stack pallets, handling loads of up to 2,645 lb, and is ideal for any pallet storage application for internal logistics or warehousing. [Read more…] about Kivnon to introduce its new forklift pallet stacker at ProMAT

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: approach, automation, customers, experts, forklift, kivnon, local, move, pallet, project, promat, safety, stacker, support, vehicle, vehicles

ABB opens its Mexico Technology and Engineering Center

January 20, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

ABB has established a new regional operations center for North America, bringing technology expertise closer to customers and building on its similar resources globally.

An initial $1 million investment has been made for the new Mexico Technology and Engineering Center (MXTEC) in the city of Merida, Yucatan, to help the technology leader to reach higher project delivery capacity and increase competitiveness.

The center, located within the modern SkyWork building alongside a community of technology and cyber security companies, will be a go-to resource for ABB engineers and covers disciplines including automation, electrical and software engineering. [Read more…] about ABB opens its Mexico Technology and Engineering Center

Filed Under: Engineering Tagged With: abb, america, capacity, center, community, engineering, including, industries, local, merida, mexico, north, operations, process, projects, resources, talents, technology, time

Uber and Nuro agree 10-year partnership for autonomous food deliveries starting in California and Texas

October 9, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Uber Technologies and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle technology company, have agreed a multi-year partnership to use Nuro’s autonomous, electric vehicles for food deliveries in the United States.

Uber Eats consumers will be able to order meals and goods delivered by Nuro’s zero-occupant autonomous delivery vehicles, which run on public roads and are built specifically to carry food and other goods.

The partnership will kick off this fall with deliveries in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California. Uber and Nuro plan to expand the service to the greater Bay Area. [Read more…] about Uber and Nuro agree 10-year partnership for autonomous food deliveries starting in California and Texas

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: autonomous, california, delivery, food, local, nuro, partnership, technology, uber, vehicles

Udelv autonomous vehicle provides services for nonprofit organizations

August 4, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Udelv, a maker of autonomous delivery vehicles, has teamed up with Toyota Mobility Foundation and Energy Systems Network to provide services to two non-profit organizations in central Indiana under TMF’s Together in Motion initiative.

The delivery vehicle – which was launched in Indianapolis on November 5th, 2021 – and has enabled HATCH for Hunger and Southeast Community Services to provide essential goods to community members and food pantry partners.

The rising necessity of contactless delivery throughout the coronavirus pandemic led TMF to explore implementation of advanced goods delivery methodologies. The service will end at the beginning of May 2022. [Read more…] about Udelv autonomous vehicle provides services for nonprofit organizations

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: community, contactless, customer, delivery, director, food, goods, hatch, hunger, indiana, local, mobility, month, neighbors, organizations, provide, services, southeast, technology, tmf, toyota, udelv, vehicle, weekly

Mitsubishi Electric to build new factory in India

July 29, 2022 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Mitsubishi Electric says it will invest approximately 3.1 billion yen ($22.3 million) in its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India to establish a new factory in India.

Expected to start operations in December 2023, the new factory will manufacture inverters and other factory automation control system products, expanding the company’s capabilities to meet the growing demand in India.

The rapidly growing Indian market is expanding at an annual rate of about 8% mainly in industries such as automobiles, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, data centers, and textiles, with further market expansion expected in the future. [Read more…] about Mitsubishi Electric to build new factory in India

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: automation, business, capabilities, carbon, company, control, demand, electric, establish, expanding, expected, factory, growing, india, indian, local, market, meet, mitsubishi, products, systems

Lenovo opens first European manufacturing facility in Hungary

June 15, 2022 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Computer giant Lenovo has officially opened the doors to its first in-house manufacturing facility in Europe.

Based in Ullo, Hungary, the factory focuses primarily on building server infrastructure, storage systems and high-end PC workstations used by customers throughout the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Extending Lenovo’s international manufacturing operations, the investment represents significant economic potential for both the private and public sectors in Hungary, with increased production capacity, greater potential for collaboration with local vendors, and the creation of new job openings. [Read more…] about Lenovo opens first European manufacturing facility in Hungary

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: building, capacity, customers, europe, european, facility, global, hungary, in-house, investment, lenovo, local, location, manufacturing, officially, site

AutoStore accelerates international growth with new Singapore office

April 21, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Leading warehouse automation company, AutoStore, announces the opening of its new Singapore office.

The location will serve as the local hub for AutoStore in the Asia-Pacific region as the company positions itself to serve both local partners and clients, while adapting to meet the growing demand for Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems in the region.

The new Singapore office builds upon the company’s existing presence in the area. [Read more…] about AutoStore accelerates international growth with new Singapore office

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: asia-pacific, automated, autostore, clients, company, demand, local, meet, office, partners, positions, presence, region, singapore, solutions, storage, systems

Agtonomy raises another $5 million to develop technology platform for local agriculture

January 24, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform, has raised an additional $5 million in Seed II funding from strategic and venture investors Toyota Ventures, Flybridge, Hampton VC, E²JDJ and Momenta, for a total of $9 million in seed funding to date.

The startup, which is developing a platform for local agriculture, raised $4 million in its seed round from Grit Ventures, GV (formerly called Google Ventures), and Village Global, the venture firm backed by some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Michael Dell, in September last year.

This latest round will be used to accelerate development and trials of the Agtonomy platform to address the growing labor and sustainability challenges facing local agriculture. [Read more…] about Agtonomy raises another $5 million to develop technology platform for local agriculture

Filed Under: Agriculture, News Tagged With: accelerate, agriculture, agtonomy, autonomous, autonomy, challenges, equipment, funding, future, investors, labor, local, platform, round, seed, technology, ventures

Nuro raises $600 million in Series D funding

January 13, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Nuro, a startup that has produced an autonomous delivery vehicle, has raised $600 million in its latest funding round. The company is currently valued at almost $10 billion and is building a manufacturing facility in Nevada.

This latest financing round was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Gaorong Capital, Google, Kroger, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Woven Capital, and other existing investors as part of the company’s Series D funding round.

This $600 million financing will support the development and deployment of Nuro’s autonomous delivery service in communities across the country. [Read more…] about Nuro raises $600 million in Series D funding

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: autonomous, company, delivery, funding, kroger, latest, local, nuro, partnership, round, vehicles

Hai Robotics installs smart warehousing solution for European intralogistics company

January 12, 2022 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Hai Robotics, a hugely well-financed new warehouse automation company, has installed a range of smart warehousing solutions for a European intralogistics company called Voyatzoglou Systems.

Hai Robotics has implemented its Autonomous Case-handling Robotic (ACR) system – a new type of automated storage and retrieval system – for warehouse logistics as part of a “strategic partnership” with Greece’s market leader in intralogistics, Voyatzoglou.

The implementation is being described as a “joint effort to offer more smart warehousing solutions to the supply chain in Greece and the Balkan area”. [Read more…] about Hai Robotics installs smart warehousing solution for European intralogistics company

Filed Under: Features, Logistics Tagged With: acr, automation, balkan, chain, company, european, goods, hai, haipick, intralogistics, local, luo, market, picking, robotics, robots, service, smart, solutions, storage, supply, system, systems, voyatzoglou, warehousing

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