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Warehouse Automation Manga We recently interviewed the Japanese system integrator Plus Automation for one of our reports and checked out their website. The company has illustrated the requirement for warehouse automation and robotics the Japanese Manga way and we thought it was worth a mention.  A few other companies have tried to go down a similar route. Locus, for example, distributed a kids cartoon booklet at a few trade shows some time ago.  The warehouse automation manga is also available on Plus Automation's website [here is episode 5]. Plus Automation have partnered with Libiao which is the yellow robot in...

CeMAT Asia 2024 Phew. What can we say? Our first visit to mainland China, Shanghai and CeMAT Asia certainly did not disappoint. Our head is still spinning from the many product demonstrations with extra loud loudspeakers and other highly amplified sound effects. One stand even had a resident DJ just in case you missed out on the ambience. China increasingly developing unique solutions We can confidently state that China is no longer just copying Western ideas (there is definitely a level of "copying" continuing) and there are definite signs of new thinking and quick iterations from Chinese vendors. Why is this happening?...

A Review of Robotworld, South Korea, Oct 2024 Website: https://www.robotworld.or.kr/ Headline: Generic robot show collocated with Conex (construction vehicle show) at Kintex venue. First Impressions On first impressions, the Kintex venue is located about an hour by underground train from the centre of Seoul. While Gimpo airport is near, this is mainly used for domestic flights as the main international airport changed to Incheon a decade ago or so. Public transport access is relatively easy, but there may be changes depending on where you start.  A STIQ Ltd rep (Tom) in front of Kintex signage Overall, the show is a hopscotch of everything...

Trade Show Review: PPMA 2024, Birmingham, UK Trade Show: PPMA Date: 24th-26th September, 2024 Location: NEC Birmingham, UK Website: https://www.ppmashow.co.uk/ Visitors: ca. 8,000 (Source) Exhibitors: ca. 350   PPMA Trade Show review The PPMA trade show is the UK’s main Process and Packaging automation show held every year at the NEC in Birmingham. The NEC is accessible from Birmingham International Station making it a very convenient venue to access. The show in 2024 was in a single hall, in this case, Hall 5, which was similar in size to one hall at LogiMAT so it can be finished in a...

A REVIEW OF LOGIS-TECH TOKYO 2024 Logis-Tech Tokyo (LTT) is an annual intralogistics industry trade show held at the Big Sight location in Tokyo, Japan. Big Sight Exhibition area seen from the train station.    In odd years (2023, 2025, etc.) the show is an "Innovation Expo" (a smaller show) and even years (2024, 2026, etc.) is the main and larger Logis-Tech Tokyo show.  STIQ visited this show in 2023 and 2024. The two shows are very different in size.  Year 2023 2024 Show type Innovation Expo "Full show" # Exhibitors 401 580 Space 24,440sqm 67,260sqm Show Days 3 4 Visitors c.84,000...