Ubisense and Daifuku launch Smart Warehouse system

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Ubisense Group PLC

26 February 2014

 



26 February 2014

Ubisense and Daifuku announce world's first Smart Warehouse area management system

- Personnel safety system achieves ISO certification and is now commercially available -

Cambridge, UK - Ubisense Group plc ("Ubisense" or the "Company") (AIM:UBI), a market leader in real time location intelligence solutions and Daifuku Corporation (TYO: 6383),  one of the world's leading material handling systems providers, announce that they have developed a Smart Warehouse "area management system" that has achieved ISO certification and is now commercially available.

The system has been developed to improve the safety of personnel in warehouse and distribution centres, in particular those using fork lift trucks (FLTs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in high-speed vehicle systems.

Such a system has not been possible before due to the limitations of other technologies at capturing the movement of the FLTs and AGVs reliably enough to provide useful data. The newly certified system is capable of measuring in real-time the position of a distribution centre operator relative to that of fork lift trucks and automated guided vehicles in order to control the operational speed of the vehicle and avoid accidents.

The tests were verified in an operational setting at the Ajinomoto Company facilities in Tatebayashi and were supported by the Japanese Ministry of Trade and Industry and standards body JIS/NEDO.

Commenting on the launch, Richard Green, CEO Ubisense said: "Achieving a world first with our strategic partner in Japan is a sure sign of the value of our partnership and should lead to the deployment of Smart Warehouse systems across Daifuku's extensive customer base."

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Contact:
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Richard Green
Robert Parker
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Simon Bridges
Lucy Tilley
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Jon Snowball Tracey Bowditch

About Ubisense

Ubisense is a market leader in real time location intelligence solutions which enable companies to optimise their business processes. By keeping track of key assets, Ubisense solutions bring clarity to complex operations whilst also improving quality and reliability. Ubisense Real-Time Location Intelligence Solutions are used by a number of blue chip customers across the world, such as AGCO, Airbus, Aston Martin, BMW, Cablevision, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Duke Energy, John Deere, MINI and VW.

Ubisense is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in the USA; Canada; France; Germany; Japan; Korea; Philippines and Singapore. For more information visit: http://www.ubisense.net 

 

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