LaserTruck+, an alliance between Dematic Corp. and Crown Equipment Corp., created an integrated solution that combines Dematic’s picking and voice software suite and automated guided vehicle guidance technology with Crown’s PC4500 series rider pallet truck.
As beverage companies look at ways to automate warehouse facilities, equipment manufacturers say that more beverage-makers are looking to automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems Industry Group of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) stated in its fall 2010 quarterly report titled “New Paths for Guided Vehicles” that automation today is more flexible and more accommodating to changing operational requirements.