Materials handling & storage and supply chain

Manufacturers urged to crack down on food safety

25 July, 2023

LRQA has urged manufacturers to increase focus on change management to ensure supplier approval processes remain effective, following food safety concerns.


Building the foundation for AI-powered coffee

24 July, 2023

Imagine coffee farmers and roasters using AI tools to better their harvests and blends — a once-impossible fantasy that is becoming a reality with greensquare.


Tompkins Robotics PickPal pick assist AMRs

19 July, 2023 | Supplied by: Primary Sight

PickPal robots carry orders between workers, and can group orders together to minimise travel and increase productivity.


Roundtable talk: food industry supply chain challenges

19 July, 2023 by Cameron Greening, Senior Vice President, Sales ANZ, Fortude and Bruce Heaney, Strategic Sales Director, Infor | Supplied by: Fortude

A recent roundtable discussion among major food and beverage executives emphasised the importance of collaboration to overcome common issues such as the supply chain.


BLOCK-BUSTERÒ Hydraulic Bulk Bag Conditioner

11 July, 2023 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd

The BLOCK-BUSTERÒ Hydraulic Bulk Bag Conditioner from Flexicon features arched doorway masts that increase overhead clearance for easier insertion and removal of palletised bulk bags using a forklift.


Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor

11 July, 2023 | Supplied by: Balluff Pty Ltd

The Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor is designed to read barcodes, 2D codes and DMC codes to improve identification tasks.


Adiona Tech AI-powered route planning service

07 July, 2023

Two Australian software scaleups, Adiona Tech and CartonCloud, are teaming up to reduce costs/emissions for thousands of delivery vehicles on the road.


Dematic Third Generated Freezer-rated AGVs

30 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Dematic Pty Ltd

Dematic has launched its latest AGVs, with a third-generation model featuring advancements in sensor and navigation technology that meet safety standards.


HMS Networks Ixxat Safe T100 controller for functional safety over EtherCAT solution

30 June, 2023 | Supplied by: HMS Industrial Networks

HMS Networks has released a new version of the Ixxat SafeT100 module allowing users to implement safe I/Os for FSoE — Functional Safety over EtherCAT.


NCS Australia FreshFocus Enterprise Resource Planning solution

30 June, 2023 | Supplied by: NCS Australia

FreshFocus is an ERP solution, built on Microsoft technology, tailored to meet the challenges faced by the fresh food supply chain industry.


Enmin Generate+ modular automation system

21 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Enmin Pty Ltd

Enmin's Generate+ range of modular automation systems comprises inline blending, seasoning and packaging systems.


Vegetable grower sorts out canned green bean processing

21 June, 2023 | Supplied by: TOMRA Sorting Solutions Pty Ltd

McCall Farms has increased output of its canned green beans and now processes around 304 million cans per year with the help of TOMRA sorters.


3D vision allowing robots to take on challenging terrains

15 June, 2023

Researchers have developed a model that trains four-legged robots to see more clearly in 3D, enabling them to easily cross challenging terrain.


Novitool Amigo 625 Splice Press

09 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Flexco Australia

The Novitool Amigo 625 Splice Press is designed to splice homogenous belts safely in approximately 1 min by a user's in-house maintenance team.


MHM Automation Automated Robots (AMRs)

09 June, 2023 | Supplied by: MHM Automation

MHM Automation has launched an autonomous vehicle that is suitable for handling materials in food processing and logistic operations.


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