Finnish container handling innovator Confoot will be showcasing its products at Intermodal Hamburg next month.
Confoot’s ‘leg’ product is a quartet of metal struts which can be used to remove, stand and replace a shipping container on to/off of a truck chassis, saving time at the loading bay and in storage waiting times.
Intermodal is staged at Hamburg’s Fair site between November 5-7. Meet Confoot at Stand D98
Finnish container handling innovator Confoot will be showcasing its products at Intermodal Hamburg next month.
Confoot’s ‘leg’ product is a quartet of metal struts which can be used to remove, stand and replace a shipping container on to/off of a truck chassis, saving time at the loading bay and in storage waiting times.
Intermodal is staged at Hamburg’s Fair site between November 5-7. Meet Confoot at Stand D98
The long-standing Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region now heads Dachser’s global air and sea freight business. Edoardo Podestá (above) replaces Jochen Müller as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Müller, who will now leave the company, was responsible for developing the air and sea freight business into a network company with operations worldwide, thereby putting in place the foundations for globally integrated supply chain solutions. “It is thanks to his commitment that the structures to support the future expansion of the air and sea freight business could be further cemented. Dachser is grateful to Jochen Müller for all his hard work over the years and for the mutual trust upon which it was based, and wishes him every success in his personal and professional life in the future,” it said in a statement.
Podestá, a 57-year-old Italian, joined Dachser back in 2003 as part of the management team for the Züst Ambrosetti Far East Ltd. joint venture after Dachser had taken full control. In recognition of his successful expansion of the air and sea freight business in Asia, he was appointed Managing Director of the Asia Pacific business unit in 2014.
The long-standing Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region now heads Dachser’s global air and sea freight business. Edoardo Podestá (above) replaces Jochen Müller as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Müller, who will now leave the company, was responsible for developing the air and sea freight business into a network company with operations worldwide, thereby putting in place the foundations for globally integrated supply chain solutions. “It is thanks to his commitment that the structures to support the future expansion of the air and sea freight business could be further cemented. Dachser is grateful to Jochen Müller for all his hard work over the years and for the mutual trust upon which it was based, and wishes him every success in his personal and professional life in the future,” it said in a statement.
Podestá, a 57-year-old Italian, joined Dachser back in 2003 as part of the management team for the Züst Ambrosetti Far East Ltd. joint venture after Dachser had taken full control. In recognition of his successful expansion of the air and sea freight business in Asia, he was appointed Managing Director of the Asia Pacific business unit in 2014.
ASTI Mobile Robotics Group has signed an agreement for the acquisition of InSystems Automation, a German company which develops automation solutions including a mobile robot range based on natural features navigation. With this full acquisition, the Spanish company is building on its position as a European leader in Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) manufacturing, facilitating its access to the German market and boosting its presence in Central Europe, creating a complementary product portfolio of additional state-of-the-art solutions covering the entire value chain.
Founded in 1999 in Berlin by the two CEOs Henry Stubert and Torsten Gast, InSystems Automation currently employs 66 professionals, sales in several countries in Central Europe and in the United States, where it has a sales office and after-sales service.
InSystems Automation develops customer-specific transport robots under the proANT brand since 2012 and implements them as an experienced automation company in the existing production control and manufacturing environment to create comprehensive material flow solutions. The mobile robots navigate automatically by means of laser scanners without ground loops or wall reflectors and react independently to changes in their working environment.
The Group formed by highly qualified talent now has the broadest range of automated vehicles in the market with various navigation systems, an important manufacturing capacity of several thousand vehicles per year, runs a joint R&D strategy that will be reinforcing its market value proposition and consolidates its services in Europe and US always driven by a customer centric common culture.
Verónica Pascual, CEO of ASTI Mobile Robotics said: “This movement forward will reinforce our companies maximizing the access to market of our complementary product portfolio and R&D capabilities.”
Henry Stubert adds: “Our companies fit together perfectly not only in their portfolio but also in their corporate culture”. And Torsten Gast comments: “The demand for our AGVs is enormous and we are delighted that we can now rely on such large manufacturing capacities”.
After this acquisition, ASTI Mobile Robotics Group will have a workforce of over 300 employees in 2019 and presence in Burgos, Madrid (Spain), Berlin (Germany), Mulhouse (France) and North Carolina (United States).
From the start, ASTI has made clear its commitment to the talent of the German company as well as the importance to grow the activity in the DACH region.
Seen pictured are Verónica Pascual, ASTI Mobile Robotics CEO,with Henry Stubert and Torsten Gast, InSystems Automatio founders.
ASTI Mobile Robotics Group has signed an agreement for the acquisition of InSystems Automation, a German company which develops automation solutions including a mobile robot range based on natural features navigation. With this full acquisition, the Spanish company is building on its position as a European leader in Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) manufacturing, facilitating its access to the German market and boosting its presence in Central Europe, creating a complementary product portfolio of additional state-of-the-art solutions covering the entire value chain.
Founded in 1999 in Berlin by the two CEOs Henry Stubert and Torsten Gast, InSystems Automation currently employs 66 professionals, sales in several countries in Central Europe and in the United States, where it has a sales office and after-sales service.
InSystems Automation develops customer-specific transport robots under the proANT brand since 2012 and implements them as an experienced automation company in the existing production control and manufacturing environment to create comprehensive material flow solutions. The mobile robots navigate automatically by means of laser scanners without ground loops or wall reflectors and react independently to changes in their working environment.
The Group formed by highly qualified talent now has the broadest range of automated vehicles in the market with various navigation systems, an important manufacturing capacity of several thousand vehicles per year, runs a joint R&D strategy that will be reinforcing its market value proposition and consolidates its services in Europe and US always driven by a customer centric common culture.
Verónica Pascual, CEO of ASTI Mobile Robotics said: “This movement forward will reinforce our companies maximizing the access to market of our complementary product portfolio and R&D capabilities.”
Henry Stubert adds: “Our companies fit together perfectly not only in their portfolio but also in their corporate culture”. And Torsten Gast comments: “The demand for our AGVs is enormous and we are delighted that we can now rely on such large manufacturing capacities”.
After this acquisition, ASTI Mobile Robotics Group will have a workforce of over 300 employees in 2019 and presence in Burgos, Madrid (Spain), Berlin (Germany), Mulhouse (France) and North Carolina (United States).
From the start, ASTI has made clear its commitment to the talent of the German company as well as the importance to grow the activity in the DACH region.
Seen pictured are Verónica Pascual, ASTI Mobile Robotics CEO,with Henry Stubert and Torsten Gast, InSystems Automatio founders.
Global floorcare market leader Vax is enjoying huge growth in its ‘direct to consumer’ ecommerce channel, because of very low overheads and bigger margins.
Central to this neat and clean expansion is the company’s best-of-breed SnapFulfil warehouse management system (WMS)- which was originally brought in to handle the inventory side of Vax’s B2B business, whereby large pallets had to be shipped into the distribution centres of retailers, such as Argos and Currys, for them to send onto their fulfilment centres.
However, latterly the more fluid D2C division has marked a step-change from packing pallets to picking items. This has led to Vax increasing its item picking areas and introducing pick face packing, whereby operatives pick from ground level at a fast rate, ensuring high success rates for forecasted replenishment.
At the heart of this fulfilment success is SnapFulfil’s cloud-based WMS solution, as explained by Suki Lotay, European business systems lead at
Vax: “The SnapFulfil system makes sure the pick is in place and the first time pick is successful, as for us it’s all about a quick pick, pack and dispatch.
“Because a good customer experience from start to finish is vital, we’ve evolved too and started to offer things like free next day delivery, timed delivery and have opened the gates for nominated delivery. If a customer does come to the site for vacuum cleaners and accessories, we ensure they get the full story from start to end – when it’s been picked, dispatched and signed for.”
The introduction of pick waves, managed by the SnapFulfil system, has also helped the company to reduce warehouse labour. Plus, by using the WMS’ cross docking functionality, Vax can identify when a product is to go directly to the pick face for an order, rather than being put away.
Lotay added: “Cross docking, replenishment and pick facing are some of the tools we use to ensure we are always meeting the customer’s service level agreement, for example, if it’s next day delivery. Customers
expect the delivery to be clean, efficient and trouble-free. That’s where the power of the SnapFulfil WMS comes into play and illustrates why we need best-in-class systems to consistently deliver that for us.”
SnapFulfil MD Tony Dobson said: “Taking a warehouse or distribution centre from B2B to D2C requires operations-supporting software applications to innovate and improve – and offer value, flexibility and responsive support options. More nimble, configuration-based applications, such as SnapFulfil, facilitate change management by allowing the flow of data and order of operations within the application to be changed – empowering management to easily store, organise, deliver, and track the accomplishment of work throughout a facility on a consistent basis.”
Global floorcare market leader Vax is enjoying huge growth in its ‘direct to consumer’ ecommerce channel, because of very low overheads and bigger margins.
Central to this neat and clean expansion is the company’s best-of-breed SnapFulfil warehouse management system (WMS)- which was originally brought in to handle the inventory side of Vax’s B2B business, whereby large pallets had to be shipped into the distribution centres of retailers, such as Argos and Currys, for them to send onto their fulfilment centres.
However, latterly the more fluid D2C division has marked a step-change from packing pallets to picking items. This has led to Vax increasing its item picking areas and introducing pick face packing, whereby operatives pick from ground level at a fast rate, ensuring high success rates for forecasted replenishment.
At the heart of this fulfilment success is SnapFulfil’s cloud-based WMS solution, as explained by Suki Lotay, European business systems lead at
Vax: “The SnapFulfil system makes sure the pick is in place and the first time pick is successful, as for us it’s all about a quick pick, pack and dispatch.
“Because a good customer experience from start to finish is vital, we’ve evolved too and started to offer things like free next day delivery, timed delivery and have opened the gates for nominated delivery. If a customer does come to the site for vacuum cleaners and accessories, we ensure they get the full story from start to end – when it’s been picked, dispatched and signed for.”
The introduction of pick waves, managed by the SnapFulfil system, has also helped the company to reduce warehouse labour. Plus, by using the WMS’ cross docking functionality, Vax can identify when a product is to go directly to the pick face for an order, rather than being put away.
Lotay added: “Cross docking, replenishment and pick facing are some of the tools we use to ensure we are always meeting the customer’s service level agreement, for example, if it’s next day delivery. Customers
expect the delivery to be clean, efficient and trouble-free. That’s where the power of the SnapFulfil WMS comes into play and illustrates why we need best-in-class systems to consistently deliver that for us.”
SnapFulfil MD Tony Dobson said: “Taking a warehouse or distribution centre from B2B to D2C requires operations-supporting software applications to innovate and improve – and offer value, flexibility and responsive support options. More nimble, configuration-based applications, such as SnapFulfil, facilitate change management by allowing the flow of data and order of operations within the application to be changed – empowering management to easily store, organise, deliver, and track the accomplishment of work throughout a facility on a consistent basis.”
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