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TABLE OF CONTENT 10 22 24 16 NEWS AND MARKETS 03 EDITORIAL 05 NEWS AND MARKETS LOGISTICS 08 COVER STORY READY FOR THE FUTURE 10 FOR UNIVERSAL USE IN THE WARE HOUSE AND IN DAILY OPERATION 12 MOUNTED ABOVE HEAD HEIGHT TO LEAVE MORE SPACE IN THE HALL AUTOMATION 22 TECHNICAL REVOLUTION IN AUTOMATIC TURNING 24 ASIA’S PROCESS AUTOMATION CONTINUES TO GROW 26 A NEW LOOK AT ART Advertising MOTION AND DRIVES 16 SMART HYDRAULICS: WHEN POWER MEETS INTELLIGENCE 20 HIGHLY PRECISE MOTION CONTROL 19 PRODUCT NEWS COVER Beumer Group, GmbH & Co. KG, Beckum, Germany 4 WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 2020
W RLDWIDE NEWS Schmersal India pushes export activities In the year 2007, Schmersal India was incepted as a ‘Sales’ only organization and to becoming the youngest production site of the Schmersal group, located at Ranjangaon, Pune, has written a real success story in the last thirteen years. The state of the art manufacturing facility, established in 2012 -2013 with the main goal to provide the Global Players of mechanical engineering with safety switches and safety systems for their local production sites and service units. Within the next few years, export activities shall be expanded in a large extent. The first step for this aim has been taken: Schmersal has just expanded the Export Oriented Unit” in its factory. The EOU scheme of the Indian government was established to promote export activities by granting a variety of advantages. www.schmersal.com Fast and efficient online grocery fulfilment As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for online groceries has increased with a more diversified group of consumers discovering such services. Shoppers demand a wide assortment of high-quality and fresh products, and rapid deliveries, as well as convenience and service at competitive prices. At the same time, food retailers are continuously facing new competitors entering the market. In response, Vanderlande has developed Homepick. It is a solution that seamlessly integrates the company’s systems, software and life-cycle services to create a concept that should support food retail operations. Homepick is designed to facilitate the fast and efficient processing of online orders in food retailing. At its core, Homepick is based on a goods-to-person (GtP) picking solution that makes use of Adapto, Vanderlande’s 3D, shuttle-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). Due to its modern configuration, Homepick offers, among other things, high picking efficiency, shorter lead times, higher accuracy. It also supports an omni-channel approach and can seamlessly match any growth strategy. www.vanderlande.com WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 2020 5
