BMW supplier MM Technics will equip its facility in Prosperity, South Carolina, with the  Easy WMS warehouse management system  from Mecalux. The software will supervise and optimise all warehouse processes to enable the company to supply the car maker with components and tools at just the right time.

The new Alfa Laval CM Connect marks the next step in the digitalization journey to drive innovation and growth for customers in the hygienic processing industries. The CM Connect is a subscription-based condition monitor and cloud gateway. It enables plant operators to access data of rotating equipment on processing lines from a remote location. With data on actual runtime, trend analysis, and time to next service close at hand, plant operators can make informed maintenance decisions using their personal computers and mobile devices. This protects process continuity and critical assets, improves workplace safety, saves time and money, and delivers competitive advantage.

The theme of the forest industry’s PulPaper 2022 is Building tomorrow’s bioeconomy. The PulPaper event, which is free of charge for professionals in the field, will host presentations by forest industry companies on Future Square as well as the PulPaper Conference and the Green Economy Business Summit, both of which are paid events. In the exhibition area, companies in the forest industry meet their clients and present their products. PulPaper 2022 will be arranged on 29-31 March 2022 at Messukeskus Helsinki.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the present and future of technology. But how can we implement it to make our production and supply chain processes increasingly more efficient? AI opens up a huge number of scenarios to discover and delve into. It also provides the possibility to explore new business opportunities to achieve greater growth, profitability and sustainability. An example illustrating this is the use of AI combined with digital twins (digital replicas of a process, product or service) to personalise production according to a customer’s requirements.

Manitou Group, a global benchmark in the manufacture of handling, lifting and earthmoving equipment, will completely renovate its logistics facility in Ancenis, France, with the cooperation of Mecalux. Its aim is to ramp up its product turnover and boost order picking. To do this, it will instal the  Shuttle System  and two pick stations.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with ONE-Dyas B.V. which will employ the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolute to drill the IJssel and Clover exploration wells in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The contract is expected to commence in December 2021, with a firm duration of 84 days. The contract value is approximately USD 6.9m, excluding an agreed fee for the potential use of the rig’s SCR system. The contract includes two additional one-well options.

International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a chemi-thermomechanical pulping system delivered to Sun Paper for its mill in the city of Beihai, Guangxi, China.

With current market conditions putting pressure on exports from China, our new liner service from Dalian in the northeast of the country to North America offers customers a reliable solution to meet their shipping needs.

August 2021 saw the completion of Lyckeskolan school in Kinna, the main town in Mark Municipality and about 50 km to the southeast of Gothenburg. Designed for 650 pupils in grades 7-9, the new school replaces an earlier school from the 1960s.

With the introduction of the new Alfa Laval PlusClean ® cleaning nozzle, Alfa Laval’s broad tank cleaning portfolio is set to take a giant leap forward. The PlusClean delivers unprecedented 100% tank cleaning coverage, up to 80% savings in water and cleaning media costs, and no product contamination. Paired with a top-mounted tank cleaning device and installed flush with the tank wall or bottom, the PlusClean raises productivity and lowers total cost of ownership.