March 2019

NEWS Camozzi Automation’s UK customer base is set to benefit from a € 9 million investment in efficiency, sustainability and innovation in the form of the company’s newly opened Italian distribution hub. With a pneumatic product stock holding that is already amongst the largest in the UK, Camozzi will now have the added advantage of being able to dispatch additional product from Italy, when required, faster than ever before. Camozzi Automation’s managing director, Adrian Farnham, said: “The new distribution hub complements our multi-million-pound UK stock holding and means we can now be even more flexible when it comes to responding to modern buying trends.” The first plant in Italy to have installed SSI Schaefer’s Cuby Multishuttle automatic warehouse handling management system, the 5000 m 2 facility has 40,000 locations containing 160,000 items, with the capacity to process 25,000 order lines per day. The heart of the system is the WMS warehouse management software, integrated with the company’s ERP SAP system. Raising efficiency The final solution has been developed both for the purpose of raising the efficiency of the typical processes of a logistics hub and to develop workflows that guide operators in the timely execution of orders according to the specifications of each customer; reducing the risk of error to nearly zero. The impressive new facility will dramatically increase the storage capacity of finished products, with a single shift now capable of handling the same amount of goods as were previously handled over three shifts. The site has been strategically situated in Palazzolo sull’Oglio, a provincial district of Brescia, giving it close proximity to the main freight forwarders, the A4 motorway and Orio al Serio airport. Centralising logistics and distribution operations in a single hub also enables shipments to be fully optimised, facilitating daily instead of weekly shipments. BFPA member Manuli Hydraulics UK Ltd has announced that Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. has been chosen to supply Hydraulic Hose Assemblies to John Deere’s operation in Dubuque, Iowa. Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. is a supplier of fluid conveyance solutions, components and associated equipment for high pressure hydraulics, based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. Strengths and aspirations Ryan Turner, general manager for Manuli Hydraulics North America, said: “We’re delighted to begin this supplier relationship with John Deere which plays to the strengths and aspirations of both companies. Here at Manuli we take pride in our position as innovators within the field of Hydraulics and it is this approach which has kept us at the forefront of the heavy duty, high demand systems required by John Deere to ensure their construction equipment, can meet the performance and reliability demands their customers have come to expect.” Manuli Hydraulics (Americas) Inc. joins John Deere supply base Camozzi unveils € 9 million European logistics hub OF SWIVEL O THOUSA PTIONS NDS Hy & In draulic 90° line In BSPP Available e vLi GH¿LOSPL6 elsv Swi HVR+ 10,000 P T a • R ted o .S.I. • Superior Quality Al • Rebuildable Ball Be • Withstands Heavy S • 304 & 440 Stainless ¿&RQ JXU loy Steel aring Design ide Loads Steel DWLRQ Email: sales@supe r .SuperSw i w vels.com ww Heat T • Full Flow — Low P • reated 1 - 7 6 3 - 7 8 4 swivels.com ressure Drop - 5 5 3 1 16 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS March 2019 www.hpmag.co.uk