DC & Warehouse Operations
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Actively cooled cold chain tote
Phononic’s Intelligent Actively-Cooled Tote provides cooling and freezing of perishable goods while en-route to their final destination
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Warehouse robotics firms merge
Locus Robotics buys Waypoint Robotics
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EPA strikes deal for cleanup of burned battery warehouse
Warehouse fire in June led to the evacuation of thousands of nearby residents due to fear of toxic fumes
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DC Developments: September 16, 2021
Who’s building, buying and developing greenfield, brownfield, new and repurposed distribution centres around the world
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Rapid delivery: A potential warehouse automation goldmine
The grocery sector will account for a major hike in warehouse automation annual revenues in the coming years, growing from US$2.7 billion in 2019 to $9.8 billion in 2025
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Teamsters plan unionization vote at Alberta Amazon DC
Teamsters Local Union 362 said Tuesday it has filed for a unionization vote at the Amazon warehouse in Nisku, just south of Edmonton
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Amazon hiring 15,000, raising wages
Also offering $100 bonus for vaccinated workers
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Robert investing in automated storage
Dematic ASRS will be first of its kind in Quebec
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Contactless dock procedures
Rite-Hite recently introduced Dok-Chat Logistics Communication Software
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Coles and Woolworths are moving to robot warehouses and on-demand labour as home deliveries soar
Australia’s supermarket duopoly, Coles and Woolworths, have raced to implement new technology and transform labour arrangements to keep up with the e-grocery boom
