L-A-C Installs Groundbreaking Automated Fulfilment Centre
GROUNDBREAKING UK AUTOMATED FULFILMENT CENTRE Committed to delivering innovative and reliable solutions for customers. As the demand for e-commerce continues to rise, warehouse and fulfilment centre operators face increasing challenges to optimise space utilisation, maintain operational efficiency, and address the current labour shortages. In particular, with the run up to the main peak period fast […]
Exotec Speeds Global Warehouse Robotics Adoption with 100+ Sites
Milestone Achievement and Workforce Expansion Investors Bet on Exotec’s Unique Approach in Warehouse Robotics Exotec Surpasses 100 Customer Locations, Driving Global Expansion of Warehouse Robotics and Automation. Exotec, a leading global provider of warehouse robotics, has achieved a significant milestone by reaching over 100 customer sites worldwide. As part of its ongoing expansion strategy across […]
Bespoke Pallet Conveying Benefits
Delivering Huge operational Benefits From Manual Handling to Streamlined Efficiency: Flexeserve’s Success Story When provider of hot-holding and food-to-go solutions Flexeserve needed to optimise its operations to increase throughputs due to the rising demand for its products and services, it turned to LAC Logistics Automation. The specialist materials handling company has delivered a tailored solution […]
Take Your Pick of Automated Solutions
Streamlining Distribution with Automation Conveyors, mergers, diverts, pop-up transfers, and scanning systems. In the fast paced world of warehousing, efficient order fulfilment is the key to meeting ever-increasing customer demands for swift and accurate delivery of goods. Order picking accounts for around 60% of operational costs in a warehouse, so it vital that your chosen […]
WLN Report 2023
transforming the logistics industry. We’re excited to share that our company has been featured in this year’s ‘Warehouse Logistics News – Logistics Report 2023’! Our wide range of robotic solutions is helping transform logistics, from inbound/outbound handling to sorting and packing. Through partnerships with ABB, Exotec, and Unbox Robotics, we demonstrate our commitment to innovation. […]
Towering Success for Hachette UK Distribution
LAC Logistics Automation zone pick, turn-key multi-floor order fulfilment and replenishment solution empower Hachette to increase capacity and throughput. Setting the scene, Hachette UK Distribution (HUKD) is a prominent book distributor catering to various publishers. It operates from two sites in Didcot, UK, where it manages all stock receipts and customer order dispatches for its […]
The Interview: Exotec, Past, Present, and Future – Simon Jones
Systems integrator, L-A-C Logistics Automation has a range of qualities that are not often seen in the UK marketplace. It has manufacturing capability and abundant experience in a wide variety of sectors. L-A-C also has a growing software team, backing up innovative robotic solutions and partnerships with worldwide robotic pioneers, like Exotec. By implementing the […]
Unbox Robotics brings its innovative Parcel Sortation to the UK and EU
Unbox Robotics brings its innovative Parcel Sortation tech “UnboxSort” to the UK and EU in partnership with L-A-C Logistics Automation. Unbox Robotics is a leading supply chain robotics technology company, specialising in robotics-based fulfilment and distribution technology for small to large e-commerce, retail, and logistics enterprises. Founded in 2019 by Pramod Ghadge and Shahid Memon, [...]
Palletising Partnership Provides Food for Thought
Ever-tougher customer demands are driving an exciting new partnership between Swedish palletising product leader InterSystem and LAC Logistics Automation, a fast-growing integrator who will bring InterSystem’s palletising products to the UK market. InterSystem will showcase its cutting-edge products at the upcoming and much-anticipated Interpack exhibition, from May 4th to 10th 2023, in Dusseldorf, at Stand […]
Robotic piece-picking automation for your warehouse is here
A convergence of technological innovation, economic forces and labour factors are driving the rapid growth of warehouse automation to meet the demands on supply chains. In the last several years, consumers have shifted more It is certainly exciting times for automation within the logistics supply chain. With such a vast array of technologies on offer […]
Creating the Right Blend
HSS Editor Simon Duddy catches up with LAC Logistics Automation to hear how the successful modern warehouse requires a broad mix of competencies, from ‘old-school’ manufacturing to cutting-edge software development. THE MODERN warehouse demands a blend of the mechanical and the high-tech. Systems integrator LAC Logistics Automation has a range of qualities that are not often seen, […]
L-A-C LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION WAREHOUSE SOFTWARE
A convergence of technological innovation, economic forces and labour factors are driving the rapid growth of warehouse automation to meet the demands on supply chains. In the last several years, consumers have shifted more of their shopping online vs. in-store, leaving warehouses working harder to keep up with demand volatility. Automation is proving an effective […]
Warehouse & Logistics News – The Annual 2023
Warehouse & Logistics News – The Annual 2023 – Questions Where is the logistics industry heading? Advanced Automation, which promises to make warehouses and distribution centres resilient against their biggest challenges and capitalising on their biggest opportunities. L-A-C’s growth curve confirms Automated DC’s ARE the future. Their automated solutions provide a safer, faster, and […]
The Interview John Wilson
Leading UK Manufacturer and System Integrator LAC Conveyors & Automation are a well-respected and established UK manufacturer of conveyor systems, automation solutions and bespoke robotic systems for material handling requirements. Our mission is, through imaginative and blue sky thinking, to be recognised as class-leading solution providers for materials handling and automation systems across all industry [...]
LAC Logistics Automation’s First UK Customer for Exotec
Exotec has announced that its UK partner LAC Logistics Automation has signed a contract to deploy Exotec’s Skypod system to iForce, the UK’s premier solutions provider for multi-channel fulfilment and returns. LAC’s new customer acquirement will accelerate Exotec’s expansion into the UK market through the partnership. This is Exotec’s first major UK customer and represents […]
The Interview
Leading UK Manufacturer and System Integrator LAC Conveyors & Automation are a well–respected and established UK manufacturer of conveyor systems, automation solutions and bespoke robotic systems for material handling requirements. Our mission is, through imaginative and blue sky thinking, to be recognised as class-leading solution providers for materials handling and automation systems across all industry […]
Spiral Gravity Conveyor
Why did the Customer Choose L-A-C? Our long history of conveyor expertise and in-house manufacturing skillset gives us the flexibility to think outside the box when that tricky solution is required. What was the Customer’s Requirement? The solution needed to integrate/join with two existing 24dc motor roller conveyors that formed part of an existing system. […]
New FRB Conveyor Designed at LAC
We have successfully developed our next–generation conveyor belts for the post and parcel industry. Originally designed as a fast, wide and short gapping unit, our newest FRB conveyor has found application in several projects so far. The product family utilises fixed position end-rollers, by having the tension adjustment mechanism mounted centrally. As a result, the […]
Meet the Future of Warehouse Robotics with Exotec and L-A-C at IMHX
From September 6th to 8th, Exotec – ranked 8th amongst Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2022 by the Financial Times – and L-A-C invites you to meet their team in Birmingham at IMHX, stands 5F100 & 5F110 to discover their goods-to-person solution in action. The Skypod System is an automated storage and retrieval system utilising [...]
Exotec builds 3,000th Robot, Ramps up Recruitment in France and Abroad
The first French industrial unicorn hits this symbolic milestone a mere nine months after producing its 2,000th robot, in confirmation of its hyper-growth trajectory. Exotec, provider of robotic solutions for warehouses, today announces the production of its 3,000th robot. This is a breakthrough for France’s industrial unicorn which allows it to meet fast-growing demand in […]
Interview with Mike Hilton: W&L News 2022 Annual
Interview with Mike Hilton: Warehouse & Logistics News 2022 Annual LAC is based in Nottingham where it has a 70,000 ft² site, with head office and manufacturing facilities. LAC employs over 140 people and has exceeded its £30M turnover target for the 2020/21 financial year. The core of the business is developing and selling total […]
A Parcel Handling Obstacle
A packing sortation conveyor system from LAC provides a global leader in the logistics industry with all the automation they need to meet their parcel handling challenge. A global leader in the logistics industry, specialising in international shipping, courier services and transportation has invested in a new packing sortation conveyor system from LAC Conveyors & […]
LAC Introduces Exotec into the UK
Who are Exotec? Exotec, founded in 2014, are a specialist intralogistics company, headquarters based in Lille, France. Now, venturing throughout Europe, they are working exclusively in the UK with LAC Conveyors & Automation, to spearhead their high-performing and scalable goods to person system. The Exotec Skypod System is unique to the UK logistics and automation […]
Interview for Warehouse & Logistics News
Q&A With Mike Hilton, Sales Director at LAC Who are LAC Conveyors & Automation? In 1997 Carl Unwin & Sons started the production of modular conveyors from their home garage. Today, LAC is based in Nottingham where it has a 60,000 ft² site, with head office and manufacturing facilities. LAC employs over 100 people and […]
Leading Multinational E-Commerce Business Invests in Robust Conveyor Solution
LAC provides a leading worldwide online retailer with a modular, scalable & robust conveyor solution to satisfy increased parcel handling throughput requirements. The world-renowned company have invested in a new conveyor solution from LAC. The business boasts a network of over 800 delivery service partners with more than 75,000 drivers. Likewise, parcel deliveries operate 7-days […]
