MHI’s ProMat has achieved a finalist distinction in four categories of the Trade Show Executive (TSE) 2025 Gold 100 Grand Awards program. ProMat 2025 was nominated for Best Attendee Acquisition Model, Best Exhibitor ROI of 2025, Staying Connected Award, and the Greatest Trade Show of 2025. The winners of the categories will be announced at TSE’s Gold 100 Awards Summit this September."Exhibitor ingenuity is the engine behind ProMat's growth. As companies race to meet rising consumer expectations, our exhibitors are answering with equipment and technologies that make supply chains faster, smarter and more resilient," says Daniel McKinnon, MHI Chief Exhibitions Officer. “This recognition from TSE underscores the role ProMat plays in connecting buyers with the full breadth of advanced supply chain and logistics solutions available today.""MHI's priority is to bring key supply chain decision-makers and a growing global audience to ProMat. As digital technologies reshape the industry, we have expanded the range of innovative solutions on display at the show,” says MHI CEO John Paxton. “Being named a finalist for Greatest Trade Show of 2025 reflects that commitment — and reinforces the competitive edge we aim to deliver for every exhibitor and attendee who walks the floor."Adding to its accomplishments, ProMat was also recently named to TSE’s Gold 100’s honoree list for being one of the 100 largest trade shows in the United States in 2025.ProMat, held April 19-21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, will be the largest supply chain event of 2027. The show will host more than 1,100 exhibitors, 200+ education sessions, three keynotes and over 50,000 attendees from the supply chain and manufacturing industries. To learn more, visit promatshow.com.About MHIMHI is an international trade association that has represented the material handling, logistics and supply chain industry since 1945. MHI’s over 1,000 members include material handling and logistics equipment and systems manufacturers, integrators, consultants, workforce solution providers, publishers and third-party logistics providers. MHI offers education, networking and solution sourcing for their members, the members’ customers, and the industry as a whole through programming and events. The association produces the ProMat and MODEX expositions that showcase the products and services of its member companies to educate manufacturing and supply chain professionals. The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) is a division of MHI and provides education and research to the warehousing, distribution, and logistics community.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich., August 4, 2026 – KUKA Robotics is assisting warehouses and distribution centers in creating safer working environments through automation solutions that reduce repetitive lifting, bending, and twisting. As companies turn to robotics to automate physically demanding tasks such as case unloading that can contribute to employee injuries, KUKA enables customers to meet those challenges with flexible, reliable automation.According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overexertion involving outside sources such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, and carrying continues to rank among the leading causes of workplace injuries. Repetitive case unloading from non-climate-controlled trailers is one of the warehouse operations most susceptible to these ergonomic risks.To improve worker safety, third-party logistics provider States Logistics partnered with KUKA and AI-powered robotics company Contoro Robotics to automate manual semi-trailer unloading at one of its California distribution centers. The solution combines a KUKA industrial robot with Contoro's intelligent software to perform repetitive case unloading, allowing employees to transition away from one of the facility's most physically demanding jobs."The need for change was about protecting our employees, not just our throughput," said Javier Sevilla, Vice President of Operations at States Logistics. "Worker safety is our highest priority, and we were seeing a significant number of back strain-related health claims associated with manual case unloading. By implementing the KUKA robots through Contoro, we've created a safer work environment while allowing our employees to focus on work that is much less physically demanding."While improving employee well-being was the driving force behind the project, the automated solution also provides the consistency and reliability needed to support the company's growing logistics operations. Before making the shift to automation, roughly two to four States Logistics employees loaded and unloaded two to three truck trailers per shift. The automated system now handles four to five trailers per shift, reducing repetitive lifting while equally increasing throughput."Automation is an essential tool for creating safer workplaces," said Nate Brazelle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Many warehouse tasks require employees to perform the same strenuous motions thousands of times throughout a shift. By automating these repetitive applications with KUKA robots, companies can significantly reduce ergonomic risks while allowing their workforce to take on more engaging and less strenuous responsibilities."The States Logistics installation reflects a growing trend across the logistics industry, where robotics are being deployed not only to improve operational performance but also to help address workforce well-being. Through collaborations with automation partners such as Contoro, KUKA delivers flexible robotic solutions that help customers improve safety, enhance productivity and build more sustainable warehouse operations.For more information about this case study, please visit KUKA’s YouTube page.About KUKA KUKA is an international automation group with sales of around EUR 3.7 billion and approximately 15,000 employees. As one of the world's leading suppliers of intelligent, resource-saving automation solutions, KUKA offers industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots (AMR) including controllers, software, and cloud-based digital services, as well as fully networked production systems for various industries – primarily for markets such as automotive with a focus on e-mobility & battery, electronics, metal & plastic, consumer goods, food, e-commerce, retail, and healthcare. The company is headquartered in Augsburg, Germany.

Bologna, August 4th – Datasensing, Datalogic’s Sensor & Safety and Machine Vision business unit, is pleased to announce the launch of the SLS10 Safety Laser Scanner. Offering the largest safety coverage currently available on the market, the new SLS10 also delivers ultra-fast response times, and best-in-class angular resolution to help manufacturers boost protection. All while reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).As the world’s first 10 m safety laser scanner, the SLS10 enables customers to see farther and protect more. With a maximum safety range of 10 m (32.8 ft) across a 275° scanning angle for 70 mm detection capability, the device provides up to 240 m² of safety coverage from a single scanner. This impressive capability supports the protection of larger workspaces, longer production lines, and bigger industrial machinery with fewer devices. Instead of deploying multiple scanners to achieve full coverage, users can rely on a single SLS10, lowering hardware investment and shortening commissioning times, as well as reducing maintenance requirements.Greater Safety Coverage with Lower Costs The new SLS10 provides multiple detection capabilities for different applications. Alongside its 10 m safety range for 70 mm detection capability, it also offers 5 m safety range for 30 mm, 5.5 m for 40 mm, 7.5 m for 50 mm, and 8.75 m for 60 mm.This flexibility makes the scanner ideal for palletizing systems, robotic cells, laser cutting machines, woodworking machinery, warehouse AGVs/AMRs, and much more. Customers gain peace of mind that every risk has been safely addressed while lowering total system costs.Adding Value Beyond Safety Beyond safeguarding, the SLS10 delivers powerful performance in navigation applications thanks to its best-in-class angular resolution of up to 0.059°. Angular resolution defines the minimum distance between consecutive laser measurement points.The outcome for users is higher accuracy in support of improved navigational capabilities, making the SLS10 particularly valuable for high-payload AGVs/AMRs and automated forklifts. This potential for further applications adds value beyond traditional safety tasks.Faster Response, Smaller Footprint The SLS10 delivers an ultra-fast 84 ms response time, the best in its class for safety distances above 9 m, allowing installation closer to hazardous areas while maintaining compliance. The result is a smaller machine footprint, greater design flexibility, and improved productivity.Smarter Configuration and Easier Commissioning Datasensing has also introduced a redesigned DL Sentinel user interface through its new ONEGUI platform, improving setup and day-to-day management. Users can configure safety zones more easily, monitor Master and Remote devices simultaneously, and use the new OptimaTune technology to automatically select the best balance between safety distance, response time, and environmental conditions. Benefits include reduced commissioning time and improved stock flexibility by replacing previous scanners without any compromise in performance.Selected models also include positional zone set switching by encoder, a patent-pending feature that enables automatic zone changes without additional sensors.Built for Reliability Complying with SIL-2 and PLd safety standards, SLS10 delivers the reliability required for mission-critical industrial environments. Notably, strong immunity to dust helps reduce false triggering, preventing unnecessary and costly machine shutdowns.“Safety should never be a compromise between protection, productivity, and cost,” said Andrea Donadel, Industrial Automation Products and Solutions Executive Vice President at Datasensing. “With our new SLS10, we are advancing safety laser scanning for the benefit of both end users and system integrators. Its market-leading 10 m range, rapid response time, and advanced configuration tools not only mean protecting wider areas with fewer devices, but also better operational efficiency and flexibility”.About Datalogic Group The Datalogic Group has been a global technology leader in the automatic data capture and industrial automation markets since 1972, specializing in the design and production of barcode readers, mobile computers, detection, measurement and safety sensors, machine vision and laser marking systems. Datalogic solutions help increase the efficiency and quality of processes in the Retail, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, and Healthcare industries along the entire value chain.The main global players in the four target sectors use Datalogic products, confident of the customer attention and quality the Group has guaranteed for over 50 years.Today, the Datalogic Group, headquartered in Lippo di Calderara di Reno (Bologna), employs approximately 2,700 people across 30 countries, with 9 manufacturing and repair centers located in the United States, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, China, and Vietnam. The company also operates 9 R&D centers, including 4 DL Labs, in Italy, the United States, China, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, and Sweden, with a portfolio of about 1,200 patents.In 2025, it recorded sales of €500 million and invested approximately €65 million in R&D.Datalogic S.p.A. has been listed in the Euronext STAR Milan segment of the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001 as DAL.MI. Learn more about Datalogic at datalogic.com