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> EcoSonic ESD Self- Seal Bubble Bags provide corrosion protection for metal components. Corrosion inhibitors form a protective molecular layer on packaged metals, making this packaging product suitable for electronic parts and electric vehicle components.
> Pio (Product In/Out), a plug-and-play version of AutoStore’s cube storage technology tailored for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is now available in North America. Based on a pay-per-pick service model, Pio allows SMBs, such as retailers of apparel, sporting goods, crafts, and cosmetics, to deploy robotic automation for storage and distribution for a relatively low investment. Retailers pay a fee per item picked; robots, ports, and software are owned and maintained by Pio.
ORBIS added the 40x48 Odyssey Low Profile pallet to its reusable plastic pallet line. Designed to provide repeatable performance with automated equipment, it has a low-profile 5.6- inch height and can carry 2,800-pound-plus loads. The PullBuddy Automatic Guided Vehicle from ResGreen Group International can transport loads up to 450 pounds up and down inclines of 5 degrees or less. The vehicle is designed to clear ramp entry, exit, and cresting.
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Orleans, and Mobile. The facility introduces a 90-foot refrigerated loading dock section for trucks to streamline loading and unloading of refrigerated cargoes. > Hellmann Worldwide Logistics now offers specialized logistics services for the consumer goods, technology, and industrial sectors. The consumer goods service provides global transportation solutions, sets up online stores, and lends support at the point of sale; the industrial and technology solutions offer supply and returns management.
> Logistics Plus opened a 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in the greater Phoenix area. The new warehouse, located at the NEC Loop 303 and Bethany Home Road intersection in Glendale, Arizona, offers freeway access, 395 trailer stalls, and 40-foot ceilings. > Performance Team is supporting cold chains in the U.S. Gulf with its new cold storage facility in Houston, Texas. Within a one-day drive, customers can reach the markets of San Antonio, Dallas, Laredo, McAllen, New
Designed to produce fluffy paper pads for void filling in large and medium- sized boxes, Storopack’s new PAPERplus Dragonfly machine can reduce the amount of paper used in packaging. Adjustable to three different speeds, the machine produces between 160 to 200 feet of extra- wide crimped paper pads per minute.
52 Inbound Logistics • February 2023
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