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Material handling is the movement, protection, storage and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption and disposal. As a process, material handling incorporates a wide range of manual, semi-automated and automated equipment and systems that support logistics and make the supply chain work.

With a record 155,000 square feet of exhibit space reserved by nearly 350 companies back in December 2014, Modex 2016 will continue the show’s expansion in both solution offerings and popularity. Show sponsor MHI anticipates a total of 800 exhibits in the 250,000-square-foot space.

SpeedCell Storage Solutions (Booth 4527) introduced a new way to pick orders with its SpeedCell Cart at a Wednesday press conference. The cart allows users to fill, pick and stock products in a flexible and mobile manner.

Are you looking for a faster, simpler way to calculate dimensional weights and shipping rates?

Are you incurring unexpected freight charges due to discrepancies between your dimensional measurements and your carriers’ dim weight measurements?

Ryson foresees an increasing demand for their high capacity Spiral Conveyors because they can go higher and have double the weight capacity of their standard spiral models. These spirals can convey Totes from the floor level up to the top of a pick module at a 30 ft elevation. Each tote can weigh as much as 125 lbs. Ryson's High Capacity Spiral Conveyor has a total weight capacity of 3600 lbs making it a prime candidate for applications such as this.

Wynright’s new Green Line conveyor platform takes conveyor from commodity to cool. Helping clients reduce their carbon footprint is crucial. They challenged their engineers to re-evaluate their equipment and to use the latest technology available to design the next generation of material handling products. In doing so, they not only came up with revolutionary innovations to improve energy consumption and ease of control, but they addressed the age old problem of conveyor aesthetics by incorporating a common side channel into the design of four different conveyor families.

Vangard Voice Systems, Inc. (Vangard) announced today that its 'server-less' AccuSpeechMobile™ Universal Voice Utility now simplifies the adoption of warehouse voice productivity for companies using any commercial warehouse management system (WMS), including market leading solutions offered by Manhattan Associates SAP, RedPrairie and Oracle.