Innovation Awards

Flexible automation is a common denominator with the BG Pouch System. The system enables processes such as regular sorting after picking, batch sortation and intermediate storage handling of returned items to be completed with less manual handling. A fulfillment or distribution center can flatten its ...

The SLIDE-effect™ is a revolutionary dock bumper to protect loading docks. With a built-in sliding mechanism, this loading dock bumper limits friction and abrasion; extending the bumper’s life. A high quality dock bumper, like the SLIDE-effect™, prevents expensive repairs and dock downtime (which is ...

The Shuntable Trailer Stand is a trailer collapse prevention device. This trailer stand is shunted into position by a yard jockey, which helps ensure no worker is at risk in the loading dock area in busy traffic. Its extra-wide profile covers two thirds of a trailer’s width, offering superior side-to-side ...

The BG Line Sorter sets new benchmarks for mid-size volume material handling by combining the simplicity of a line sorter with the handling capabilities of high-speed cross-belt sortation. Its modular design provides the optimal use of space efficiency, while highly durable belts ensures ultra-low maintenance. ...

Manitou, the Inventor of the Rough Terrain Forklift over 60 years ago, introduces the MC 30-4 Compact Forklift to North America. Built for dual environments, this versatile machine can perform in multiple applications; Orchards, Fruit and Nut, Industry, Rental Yards, Warehouses and more. This new machine ...

DLN has created PRODecant, a patent-pending solution, to quickly and efficiently remove products from packaging (decanting) and place them in totes autonomously. By utilizing a completely innovative process of a robot opening the packaging from the bottom, without flipping it, products are able to be ...

ABB Robotics created an intuitive, user-friendly design to encourage people, and particularly first-time users, to confidently use and interact with robots.?Narrowing the boundaries between industrial and consumer products, the GoFa™ collaborative robot is the fastest cobot in its class and is intended ...

The OTTO 1500 from OTTO Motors defined the heavy-class AMR category when it was first introduced in 2015. OTTO Motors has continued to set the standard for heavy-class AMRs, and continues to do so through the Q1 2021 update of the OTTO 1500. The new AMR is designed to autonomously move pallet-scale loads ...

PALLITE™ PIX™ are flexible and 100% sustainable warehouse storage solutions produced from paper honeycomb board. Designed to consolidate pick faces and transform warehouse spaces, this innovative range of modular storage units revolutionizes picking efficiencies, improves pick accuracy whilst helping ...

Uniquely designed to support assisted picking/person to goods (P2G) capabilities, Ranger Assist features the highest safety standards for autonomous robots. It creates better work environments for human associates in warehouses and fulfillment centers through safely leveraging automation to reduce operator ...

The 40 x 48 Odyssey® pallet is a robust reusable plastic packaging solution that supports heavy loads up to 2,800 pounds and has approximately 36 times the life span of a 40 x 48 whitewood stringer pallet. The Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design found that the Odyssey can complete ...

Topper Industrial adds Powered Daughter Cart Ejector to their Low-Profile Mother Daughter Cart. Topper Industrial is a well-known material handling carts manufacturer out of Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Topper has been pioneering innovations in material handling carts and equipment for over twenty years. Topper ...

The versatile robust Pallet Lid solution has retractable straps and an integrated tensioning mechanism that creates waste-free security. The Lid can be set on top of any load and provides a safe system for transporting goods on a pallet. This cost effective method of securing the load removes all use ...

MARK Display combines a powerful barcode scanner with a display and extensive photo functionalities. The multifunctional device is the size of a matchbox and weighs only about 50 g. The 1.54 inch E-Ink display ensures good legibility and remains energy-saving at the same time. The powerful scan engine ...

Picavi Cockpit elevates Pick-by-Vision technology using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital twin technology to not only maximize productivity and minimize error rates in warehouse processes, but to translate the Big Data generated by the wearable to Smart Data. The addition of this ...