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Isuzu Motors Limited boasts the top share for commercial vehicles in Japan. We asked Yusuke Ueki of the Cab Assembly Group in the Vehicle Engineering Department what he thinks about the Daifuku door auto mounting system newly installed at Fujisawa Plant in Kanagawa.
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In 1975, Daifuku delivered its first Telelift, a system that runs across the ceiling and transports documents and other materials, to Omiya Red Cross Hospital. Since then, the system was employed in libraries, companies, and other places across Japan, where it contributed to streamlining administrative tasks.
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Shingo Ebara, Manager of the control design group in Daifuku’s airport division, explains about baggage handling and sortation systems, self bag drops, and other automated systems for airports.
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In April 1975, we established two companies, Contec and Paltec, as subsidiaries, in what was Daifuku’s first in-house venture. The two companies would apply the control technologies that we had cultivated in material handling to other fields.
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In 1973, we delivered the first of our refrigerated AS/RS solutionss to meet the growing demand for frozen foods. It realized automation of storage and retrieval work in a low-temperature environment with a warehouse temperature of −40°C.
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In 1970, we acquired a large tract of land of about 1.2 million square meters in Hino, Shiga Prefecture, and commenced construction of our Hino Plant (now Shiga Works).
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In 1966, we developed and delivered our first Rackbuil and Rack Master System. This system became a groundbreaking technological innovation that overturned the traditional concept of warehousing in Japan.
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In 1965, we started manufacturing and selling Prontow. It contributed to labor saving in a wide range of industries in Japan amid a period of high economic growth.
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Professor Katsuhiro Nishinari of the University of Tokyo researches the mechanisms of jams that occur in various places in society, and proposes a new field called “jamology.” We got Professor Nishinari to explain various aspects of jamology, which can also help solve issues with logistics.
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Edward Ray, Vice President of Sales (retired) of Daifuku’s Intralogistics Division, explains his insights on the benefits of incorporating an automated storage and retrieval system into a manufacturer's manufacturing process.
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