Valio, a Finnish company that manufactures dairy consumer products, as well as powdered milk and other ingredients for the food industry, is piloting an automated solution for monitoring products as they move through packing and shipping processes, via RFID-enabled wheels on carts, also known as trolleys, that transport the goods.

Skechers USA Inc., a global footwear company based in the United States, says a major investment and technology upgrade to its European distribution centre in Milmort, Belgium, will improve performance and prepare the facility for future expansion plans.

Traditional commercial vehicle manufacturers, such as Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, are increasingly switching to providing vehicles fully built by them, rather than supplying only the chassis.

Accellos Inc. has acquired PROFITsystems, a provider of hosted software for small and medium-sized home-goods retailers.

Datalogic ADC, a vendor of automatic data capture and imaging technologies, has added the PowerScan PBT9500 imager to its PowerScan 9500 family of products.

The fall order season for trailers kicked off with an impressive 43 percent month over month net order gain. Total net orders were 24,900 units. The year-over-year comparison was less robust, but still a solid 6-percent increase. This information was included in the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co.