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Article: An historic global materials handling conference.
- Article from:
- Modern Materials Handling
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - This picturesque city in the land of the Alps was the site last March of a materials handling event of global proportions: The first-ever tri-lateral materials handling logistics conference, bringing together industry leaders from the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
The historic conference was sponsored by three major industry associations - the Japan Institute of Logistics Systems (JILS), the Federation Europeenne de la Manutention (FEM), and the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).
Each delegation prepared a keynote address covering important visions for the future of materials handling. In order of appearance, they included: "Trends ...