Sara Pearson Specter has written articles and supplements for Modern Materials Handling and Material Handling Product News as an Editor at Large since 2001. Specter has worked in the fields of graphic design, advertising, marketing, and public relations for nearly 20 years, with a special emphasis on helping business-to-business industrial and manufacturing companies. She owns her own marketing communications firm, Sara Specter, Marketing Mercenary LLC. Clients include companies in a diverse range of fields, including materials handing equipment, systems and packaging, professional and financial services, regional economic development and higher education. Specter graduated from Centre College in Danville, Ky. with a bachelor’s degree in French and history. She lives in Oregon’s Willamette Valley where she and her husband are in the process of establishing a vineyard and winery.
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See you at Modex 2020; ProMat 2021 to debut new Robotics & Automation Solutions Center
April 10, 2019
With a record number of exhibitors and attendees seen at ProMat 2019, MHI anticipates more of the same at Modex 2020—the industry's premier supply chain event.
Geek+ brings autonomous mobile robots to warehousing, order fulfillment applications worldwide
April 9, 2019
Geek+ (Booth N6327) is introducing a variety of autonomous mobile robots for warehousing and order fulfillment—including e-commerce applications—in its exhibit.
Honeywell Intelligrated Shows Robotic Sorter Induction System
April 9, 2019
In a press conference on Tuesday, Honeywell Intelligrated's (Booth S618a) Matt Wicks, VP of product development, discussed several new robotic solutions, including a robotic sorter induction system.
Using Third-Party Logistics Providers to Chase Amazon’s Ecommerce Fulfillment Proficiency
October 11, 2017
Retailers are looking to compete with Amazon through third-party logistics providers who can tackle the e-fulfillment challenges with service and market specialization as well as making strategic investments in flexible...
Knapp integrates vision-guided robotic picking with pocket sorter
April 3, 2017
A pocket sorter integrated with vision-system guided robotic picking and a streamlined conveyor system were showcased by Kevin Reader, director of business development and marketing at Knapp Logistics Automation (Booth...
Packaging Corner: Palletize without barriers
March 1, 2016
Collaborative robotics is on the horizon for palletizing, but we're not there just yet.
Axium’s load palletizer uses two synchronized robot arms to build mixed pallet loads
March 18, 2014
To build mixed pallet loads from an unlimited number of stock keeping units (SKUs), Axium's (Booth 4823) load palletizer uses an exclusive algorithm, a vision-assisted product orientor, two synchronized robot arms...
