In The News
Packaging Essentials June 2008
Cox Target media facility wins three CIP4 International Print Production Innovation (CIPPI) Awards for 2008. Daifuku supplied AS/RS technology along with sorting transfer vehicles, conveyor, and software.
Modern Materials Handling April 2008
Modern's 11th-annual ranking of worldwide materials handling system suppliers reveals 2007 was a big year for most of the industry's top players. Daifuku retains its ranks as the second largest, and sees a revenue boost with our recent acquisition of the Jervis B. Webb Company.
Material Handling Management March 2008
Every year, Cox Target Media mails more than 19 billion coupons in 500 million of the familiar blue, #10 Valpak envelopes. Faced with rising variable costs and looming capacity constraints, Cox managers could see a rapidly approaching day when the company’s growth would overtake its production capacity. Cox looked to Daifuku to automate the material flow between certain processes and the buffer storage areas with AS/RS mini load, AS/RS unit load, and STV technology.
Printing Impressions February 2008
Daifuku’s material handling solutions for the Valpak Manufacturing Center consist of automated storage and retrieval systems, conveyors, sorting transfer vehicles (STVs), automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), as well as software and controls. The project is an example of how utilizing vertical space and automating storage functions can enhance the growth potential for printing operations. (Daifuku was one of 30 manufacturing and technical partners involved in building the manufacturing center. Learn about our involvement by clicking on the title above and viewing page 15 of this Printing Impressions magazine insert. Go to www.piworld.com to learn more about this publication.)
Modern Materials Handling February 2008
Modern Materials Handling checked in with engineers at a few of the country's leading conveyor suppliers (including Daifuku America) to discuss recent innovations that enhance and differentiate their conveyor and sortation offerings.
Fastener Technology International February 2008
Winzer Corporation employs Daifuku's mini load AS/RS, pick-to-light, put-to-light, conveyor, and WMS software. This article originally appeared in the Fastener Focus section of the February 2008 issue of Fastener Technology International (www.fastenertech.com).
Food Logistics February 2008
Food manufacturers and retailers have used automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) in frozen and refrigerated environments for a number of years to speed-up storage and retrieval times and to limit the time employees spend in hostile environments. This article features a look inside the DC of Yili Industrial Group, which was outfitted with Daifuku's unit load AS/RS rack-supported building system.
Industrial Engineer October 2007
The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control choose Daifuku America to create an automated warehouse that would meet all the state specifications. Daifuku’s hybrid solution integrates conventional and automated material handling systems. The unique AS/RS handles full pallets of merchandise both in and out of the facility. The individual case picking for supplying the stores is done manually in the old warehouse.
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Modern Mateirals Handling October 2007
Top materials handling system supplier Jervis B. Webb's sale of its company to global leader Daifuku expands and strengthens the Japanese company's overseas business.
Refrigerated and Frozen Foods September 2007
Experts, including Daifuku America's Nobo Morita, explain that new automated storage and retrieval systems are faster, smarter and more flexible.
