Milton, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/01/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions is taking on additional system integrators to provide their ETO conveyors and list tables. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, the leader in engineered-to-order and custom conveyor, lift, and materials handling solutions, is setting up times to schedule one-on-one meetings with system integrators at MODEX 2018 in Atlanta, GA from April 9-12. To set up a meeting time, go to: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/.

Alfacon Solutions is presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed.

The MODEX 2018 seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. Alfacon Solutions will be exhibiting at at booth #B637.

MODEX is the expo where manufacturing and supply chain professionals go to find solutions to futureproof their business success. From understanding how Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things is impacting supply chains to exploring the latest equipment and technology solutions from over 850 of the world's leading providers, MODEX 2018 is where material handling leaders meet the industry's best and brightest, see their equipment and systems in action, and determine which solutions fit future supply chain needs.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Milton, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/28/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions' installations are supervised by a professional project manager coordinating installation teams to ensure completion within agreed timeframes and budgets. It is important for production to function without a hitch during the transition between systems. Performing installation tasks as efficiently as possible minimizes down time, saving time and money.

An in-plant consultation provides a thorough evaluation of the current system and assesses how to improve operations. During the site visit all necessary information is collected to perform a comprehensive evaluation, including product specifications, environmental conditions, and installation site constraints and building data.

Knowledgeable and experienced sales engineers assess the current and future state using VSM (value stream mapping) principles. The outcome will include possible solutions to improve performance and productivity.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. To schedule a meeting with John Murdoch during MODEX: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/

The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at booth #B637.

To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2ogQZ8H

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from a new facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Milton, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/28/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions is experiencing extraordinary growth and expanding their dealer network. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, the leader in engineered-to-order and custom conveyor, lift, and materials handling solutions, is setting up times to schedule one-on-one meetings with dealers at MODEX 2018 in Atlanta, GA from April 9-12. To set up a meeting time, go to: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/.

Alfacon Solutions is presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed.

The MODEX 2018 seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. Alfacon Solutions will be exhibiting at at booth #B637.

MODEX is the expo where manufacturing and supply chain professionals go to find solutions to futureproof their business success. From understanding how Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things is impacting supply chains to exploring the latest equipment and technology solutions from over 850 of the world's leading providers, MODEX 2018 is where material handling leaders meet the industry's best and brightest, see their equipment and systems in action, and determine which solutions fit future supply chain needs.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/26/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in engineered-to-order and custom conveyor, lift, and materials handling solutions, will present an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed.

The MODEX 2018 seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at MODEX 2018 April 9-12, 2018 in Atlanta, GA at booth #B637.

MODEX is the expo where manufacturing and supply chain professionals go to find solutions to futureproof their business success. From understanding how Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things is impacting supply chains to exploring the latest equipment and technology solutions from over 850 of the world's leading providers, MODEX 2018 is where material handling leaders meet the industry's best and brightest, see their equipment and systems in action, and determine which solutions fit future supply chain needs. To schedule a meeting with John Murdoch during MODEX: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/

To learn more, go to: http://bit.ly/2xAgxPZ

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating in Milton, Ontario, Canada. The new facility is just west of Toronto, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions' installations are supervised by a professional project manager coordinating installation teams to ensure completion within agreed timeframes and budgets. It is important for production to function without a hitch during the transition between systems. Performing installation tasks as efficiently as possible minimizes down time, saving time and money.

An in-plant consultation provides a thorough evaluation of the current system and assesses how to improve operations. During the site visit all necessary information is collected to perform a comprehensive evaluation, including product specifications, environmental conditions, and installation site constraints and building data.

Knowledgeable and experienced sales engineers assess the current and future state using VSM (value stream mapping) principles. The outcome will include possible solutions to improve performance and productivity.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. To schedule a meeting with John Murdoch during MODEX: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/

The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at booth #B637.

To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2ogQZ8H

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from a new facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/20/2018 -- John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in engineered-to-order and custom conveyor, lift, and materials handling solutions, is setting up times to schedule one-on-one meetings at MODEX 2018 in Atlanta, GA from April 9-12. To set up a meeting time, go to: https://alfaconsolutions.com/meet-us-modex/. This is an opportunity for prospects and system integrators.

Alfacon Solutions is presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed.

The MODEX 2018 seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. Alfacon Solutions will be exhibiting at at booth #B637.

MODEX is the expo where manufacturing and supply chain professionals go to find solutions to futureproof their business success. From understanding how Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things is impacting supply chains to exploring the latest equipment and technology solutions from over 850 of the world's leading providers, MODEX 2018 is where material handling leaders meet the industry's best and brightest, see their equipment and systems in action, and determine which solutions fit future supply chain needs.

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/19/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions manufacturing facility allows shorter lead times with rapid on-time delivery, according to John Murdoch, CEO at Alfacon Solutions. Unlike some of the other conveyor companies exhibiting at MODEX 2018, Alfacon Solutions offers adaptable and flexible solutions; a long-standing reputation as the leading ETO (engineer-to-order) conveyor company addresses the unique challenges customers face, often left unresolved by other conveyor firms.

The new manufacturing facility, located just 30 minutes from Toronto Pearson International Airport is a critical development; it will include a variety of enhancements to support Alfacon Solutions' continuing growth and expansion. Warehouse and manufacturing will be increased by more than 50 percent. Technology investments will include assembly process equipment and new engineering software to quicken the manufacturing process and increase production throughput. The expansion will also drive a 10 to 15 percent growth in Alfacon Solutions' workforce in the areas of manufacturing, sales, service and engineering.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO.

The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at booth #B637.

To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2BngKvv

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from a new facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/14/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions manufacturing facility allows shorter lead times with rapid on-time delivery, according to John Murdoch, CEO at Alfacon Solutions. Unlike some of the other conveyor companies exhibiting at MODEX 2018, Alfacon Solutions offers adaptable and flexible solutions; a long-standing reputation as the leading ETO (engineer-to-order) conveyor company addresses the unique challenges customers face, often left unresolved by other conveyor firms.

The new manufacturing facility, located just 30 minutes from Toronto Pearson International Airport is a critical development; it will include a variety of enhancements to support Alfacon Solutions' continuing growth and expansion. Warehouse and manufacturing will be increased by more than 50 percent. Technology investments will include assembly process equipment and new engineering software to quicken the manufacturing process and increase production throughput. The expansion will also drive a 10 to 15 percent growth in Alfacon Solutions' workforce in the areas of manufacturing, sales, service and engineering.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO.

The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at booth #B637.

To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2BngKvv

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/13/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions recently announced a new, better equipped, modern manufacturing facility in Milton, Ontario, Canada. The relocation is just west of Toronto, in Milton which is fast becoming a hub for manufacturing and industrial companies. This move will facilitate the ongoing growth by providing ready access to a large pool of engineering, project management, and manufacturing talent.

The new location is situated just minutes south of Highway 401, North America's busiest highway and Canada's transportation backbone for goods and materials flowing between the USA and Canada.

According to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, "This new location will allow us to serve customers in an even more timely and efficient manner. Our customers, resellers and suppliers can rely on the same quality and craftsmanship as before, but now with a greater accessibility to our office and facility." Staff phone extensions and emails addresses will remain the same.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be exhibiting at MODEX 2018 April 9-12, 2018 in Atlanta, GA at booth #B637.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/12/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in engineered-to-order and custom conveyor, lift, and materials handling solutions, will present an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed.

The MODEX 2018 seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at MODEX 2018 April 9-12, 2018 in Atlanta, GA at booth #B637.

MODEX is the expo where manufacturing and supply chain professionals go to find solutions to futureproof their business success. From understanding how Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things is impacting supply chains to exploring the latest equipment and technology solutions from over 850 of the world's leading providers, MODEX 2018 is where material handling leaders meet the industry's best and brightest, see their equipment and systems in action, and determine which solutions fit future supply chain needs.

To learn more, go to: http://bit.ly/2xAgxPZ

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating in Milton, Ontario, Canada. The new facility is just west of Toronto, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Alfacon Solutions Automation Solutions Provider Suggests Guidelines for MODEX Attendees

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/07/2018 -- Alfacon Solutions is an automation solutions provider, working closely with customers to design and implement solutions that will optimize the efficiency and productivity of an operation, according to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions. As the role of automation solutions is changing and rapidly impacting material handling challenges, Murdoch suggested some guidelines. An experienced sales and engineering team will design a unique solution or work with pre-existing specifications. Solutions are designed to utilize industry-leading technologies and best practices.

While there are less expensive conveyors, some of the criteria for MODEX attendees to consider when selecting a conveyor solutions provider include: extensive industry knowledge, innovation and creativity, and value and integrity. Additionally, customer satisfaction a priority and recognition in the industry as top performing solutions provider should be considered.

Thoroughly understanding customers' operations are paramount when devising a material handling solution that is a lean manufacturing, best-practice solution. Engineers work closely to gather the necessary information for a comprehensive data analysis and layout development. This information is used to provide custom designed solutions to include equipment, mechanical installation, electrical wiring, controls system design software and hardware, compressed air piping, testing, and training.

Alfacon Solutions, the leaders in Engineered-to-Order and Custom Conveyor, Lift, and materials handling solutions, will be presenting an educational seminar at MODEX 2018 called Adaptive Conveying on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM in Theater I. The seminar will be presented by Alfacon Solutions' Ryan McMillan, Director of Engineering and John Murdoch, CEO.

The presentation will provide attendees an overview of a configurable conveying solution and how to integrate conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The presentation will have a focus on custom configurable conveying solutions as well as integration of conveying solutions into automated vehicles. The primary advantages and disadvantages of each type of solution will be discussed. Alfacon Solutions will exhibit at booth #B637.

To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2FOPBRd

Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000-square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI and MHEDA.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Alfacon Solutions Develops Retail and Order Fulfillment Solutions for Material Handling Industry

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/16/2017 -- Retail Distribution and order fulfillment centers are a core part of Alfacon Solutions business. According to John Murdoch, CEO, "Fast moving inventory, SKU management, and a wide array of products create complex material handling challenges for distribution centers. Developing order fulfillment solutions from the ground up is critical and results in unique turn-key solution designs for distribution centers combining the latest technologies and design innovation, and apply them to customers' requirements."

Alfacon Solutions sortation systems are designed to meet the growing demand for small order sizes, and shipping accuracy while improving efficiency in distribution centers. Some of the industry sectors most impacted by SKU proliferation in the distribution environment includes:

Apparel, Jewelry, and Shoes
Food and beverage
Books and media
Tires
Automotive
Grocery
Electronics
General Consumer Goods
Carton Sortation

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

CEO John Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator distinguishes the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/15/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions worked with Kuntz Electroplating Inc. (KEI) to modernize its chrome plating lines. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, recently explained they reduced overall touch points by 60 percent in a newly published article in Robotics and Automation News.

The issue was the number of operator touches per part and the inefficient use of the labor force. Typically, a part was handled, or touched, five times from raw incoming state to completed chromed and outbound. Additionally, the parts were manually walked from station to station during these touches. These operator touches resulted in scratches and damages that required more operators to strip off the plating and send the parts through again for plating.

KEI operates in a high cosmetic standard industry, the more handling causes more scuffs, scratches, dings, and dents in the parts that are then rejected. The final station before going into the plating line was where parts were being racked; if there was a quality concern with parts or lack of parts or quality concerns with the work bar, the whole line would be down using more plating materials and downtime creating more rejects.

Robotics and Automation News covers the robotics and automation industries around the world. To read more, go to: http://bit.ly/2ud6Zcc

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/14/2017 -- John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions recently shared how more and more conveyor products are unique, one-of-a-kind, engineered-to-order (ETO). Unlike most conveyor manufacturers who have pre-fabricated SKU and off-the shelf products, there is a recognition that manufacturers and distribution centers require special solutions.

Murdoch shared, "A project manager is assigned to every project undertaken by Alfacon Solutions. The project manager guides the team through a proven project methodology. This process defines specific phases that are completed in sequence, to assure a successful implementation. From planning and consulting, detailed design, and implementation, the project manager is also responsible for installation and commissioning, training, and service. Within each phase, individual tasks are defined by standard operating procedures to guarantee consistency and quality in the design of the customers' system. These procedures reduce the risk of cost overruns and highlight possible obstacles early in the process, so that they do not become unmanageable. Internal project meetings are held on a weekly basis to ensure maintenance of schedule and budget for all projects."

"Project teams utilize management and accounting software, specific to our business. The software maintains a database of all project costs, broken down into labor (by discipline), material, subcontracts, and project expenses by user defined equipment modules. The reports generated by this software allow our Project Managers to control costs and maintain schedules, resulting in consistently successful projects," added Murdoch.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator distinguishes the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/07/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions worked with Kuntz Electroplating Inc. (KEI) to modernize its chrome plating lines. John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, recently explained they reduced overall touch points by 60 percent in a newly published article in Robotics and Automation News.

KEI operates in a high cosmetic standard industry, the more handling causes more scuffs, scratches, dings, and dents in the parts that are then rejected. The final station before going into the plating line was where parts were being racked; if there was a quality concern with parts or lack of parts or quality concerns with the work bar, the whole line would be down using more plating materials and downtime creating more rejects.

The issue was the number of operator touches per part and the inefficient use of the labor force. Typically, a part was handled, or touched, five times from raw incoming state to completed chromed and outbound. Additionally, the parts were manually walked from station to station during these touches. These operator touches resulted in scratches and damages that required more operators to strip off the plating and send the parts through again for plating.

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About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/04/2017 -- CEO John Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. Murdoch recently explained how conveyors are a core component of all material handling or automation systems in the new issue of Automation and Controls Today magazine.

According to Murdock, an engineer-to-order approach allows customers to select conveyors based on products to be conveyed, ease of maintenance, reliability, uptime, price, speed, and design flexibility. Some of the design elements in distribution centers also include conveyor systems selection based on low energy/power consumption, low noise emission, roller technologies, and individually powered zones

With the average new distribution center exceeding 500,000 square feet, automated conveyor systems must cover large distances or if adopting a cellular production model, capable of fitting in tight spaces. A best practice lean manufacturing approach to designing and choosing automated conveyor systems, requires expertise and experience, not merely ordering a conveyor SKU on-line.

In repetitive manufacturing, it is possible to apply statistical process control (SPC) techniques to purchased components and manufacturing quality as well as scrap and yield. Statistical analysis is acceptable if a company mass-purchases or mass-manufactures the same product to the same standards every time. The essence of engineer-to-order (ETO) is building a unique complex product every time.

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About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/02/2017 -- Manufacturers across a wide variety of industry sectors are avoiding outsourcing of fabrication, saving money with solutions designed, manufactured, and managed by Alfacon Solutions. To complement the company's line of standard material handling products, the Canadian company also manufactures auxiliary items in a full-service fabrication shop. According to John Murdoch, CEO, "In many cases, our clients require support structures and structural steel pieces to suit specific applications."

Outsourcing these materials can increase cost and cause delays in the completion of a project. By offering in-house fabrication, we can deliver and install these items expediently and cost-effectively. With mechanical engineering and manufacturing staff together under one roof, the company offers structural mezzanines, catwalk structures, access ladders, conveyor walkovers, and a wide range of conveyor products.

From spiral conveyors to chain driven live roller conveyors to chain conveyors the company is a unique blend of build to order (BTO) and ETO (Engineer to Order).

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

CEO John Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/01/2017 -- According to John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions, "Material flow is essentially mapping the journey that materials take from the time the material is received at the manufacturing site to the point when customers actually receive the finished product. The material flow must be recorded at various stages throughout its journey. The creation of value stream map (VSM) identifies waste and identifies bottlenecks. Far more than simple conveyors, many engineer-to-order solutions combine best-practice, lean manufacturing technologies allowing manufacturers to view the amount of stocks, materials, and components that are stored at any particular time. Excess storage of components and raw materials require lighting, security, and additional resources which do not add value to the process."

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator distinguishes the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/31/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions Senior Project Manager, David Archibald manages the Alfacon Project Management group. Archibald guides the Alfacon Solutions' team through a proven methodology. This process defines specific phases that are completed in sequence to assure successful implementation of all projects.

Within each phase, individual tasks are laid out by standard operating procedures to guarantee consistency and quality in the design of any system. Archibald ensures these procedures reduce the risk of cost overruns and highlight possible obstacles early in the process, so that they do not become unmanageable.

Archibald brings many years of experienced in the PM process and PM process design, as well as in Agile methodology and Agile design process. He also has experience in PLC/HMI design and implementation. Archibald is a chemical engineer with 10 years of systems design and implementation experience.

CEO John Murdoch is proud to have Archibald on the team. "Archibald captures the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America."

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Alfacon Solutions Designs and Installs Roller Conveyor Including Heavy Duty Pallet Conveyors

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/28/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions supplies and installs a wide variety of roller conveyors. Ranging from light duty gravity roller conveyors to heavy duty pallet handling roller conveyors, there are many to consider when utilizing roller conveyor systems verses many other standard conventional types of conveyors.

The following are examples of the types of roller conveyors Alfacon Solutions supplies and integrates with the conveyor systems.

-Gravity Roller Conveyor
-Powered Roller Conveyor (Lineshaft or Low Back Pressure Conveyor)
-Accumulating Roller Conveyor (Zero Pressure Zoned Accumulation Conveyor)
-24 Volt DC Motorized drive roller conveyor
-Flexible Roller Conveyor (Gravity or powered)
-Pallet Handling Roller Conveyor

The Alfacon Solutions Flexible Conveyor with joystick driven power caddy is the first of its kind in North America; the control system allows full zoned accumulation in both forward and reverse directions. The power caddy requires only a 110V plug to re-charge and will operate through a full shift of use on a single charge. These units are available in transport or accumulation modes, as well as reverse accumulation mode for inbound and outbound shipping.

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About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

CEO John Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/25/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions Senior Account Executive, Jae Marr shared the critical aspects of being account executive for distribution and postal and courier. "I am proud to be a part of a team that provides processing and sorting equipment for parcel logistics providers. Alfacon's post and parcel solutions provide reliable movement, sorting, weighing, and tracking to deliver dependable, high-speed and accurate service."

With over twenty years in material handling system integration from project sale to turn key installation, Marr brings expertise to the retail distribution, postal and courier, and manufacturing sectors. Additionally, Marr specializes in green field construction projects, multiple system retrofits, and upgrades of hardware and integrated controls.

CEO John Murdoch is proud to have Marr on the team. "Marr captures the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America."

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/24/2017 -- John Murdoch, CEO of Alfacon Solutions recently shared how more and more conveyor products are unique, one-of-a-kind, engineered-to-order (ETO). Unlike most conveyor manufacturers who have pre-fabricated SKU and off-the shelf products, there is a recognition that manufacturers and distribution centers require special solutions.

Murdoch shared, "A project manager is assigned to every project undertaken by Alfacon Solutions. The project manager guides the team through a proven project methodology. This process defines specific phases that are completed in sequence, to assure a successful implementation. From planning and consulting, detailed design, and implementation, the project manager is also responsible for installation and commissioning, training, and service. Within each phase, individual tasks are defined by standard operating procedures to guarantee consistency and quality in the design of the customers' system. These procedures reduce the risk of cost overruns and highlight possible obstacles early in the process, so that they do not become unmanageable. Internal project meetings are held on a weekly basis to ensure maintenance of schedule and budget for all projects."

"Project teams utilize management and accounting software, specific to our business. The software maintains a database of all project costs, broken down into labor (by discipline), material, subcontracts, and project expenses by user defined equipment modules. The reports generated by this software allow our Project Managers to control costs and maintain schedules, resulting in consistently successful projects," added Murdoch.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Murdoch is proud of the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator distinguishes the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

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Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/19/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions' CEO John Murdoch utilizes a hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. Murdoch recently shared how unique engineered-to-order automated conveyor solutions are increasingly required across North America. Murdoch discussed this in the recent issue of Automation.com magazine.

Murdoch explained, "With near full employment in North America the costs of labor in a distribution center is quickly approaching $18 per hour, nearly double from the 2010 rate. At lower wages, it was more difficult to cost-justify the automation expense. Management could throw more labor at the volume issue. Now with much higher labor rates, which does not include health insurance, workers' compensation, vacation time, and safety concerns, conveyor automation is axiomatic and needed more than ever before."

Conveyors are a core component of all material handling or automation systems. Conveyors are used to transport, accumulate, and sort packages, boxes, or products. From receiving to order picking and fulfillment; from transportation of product to packing or shipping areas, conveyors are the freeway leading to final shipping sorting and accumulation.

The landscape for automated conveyor systems is changing as distribution changes. Distribution centers are handling more individual items than ever these days. Grocery store chains and big box retailers are receiving mixed-SKU pallets that are designed for specific aisles in a store. Retailers that once received full pallets of product once a week or month are now receiving a few cartons every day.

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Automation.com is the leading online publisher of automation-related content. The publication helps readers automate factories and processes, solve problems, and improve production efficiencies by providing the most current industry news, information, and resources.

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America. Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Orangeville, ON -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/19/2017 -- Alfacon Solutions sales manager for Quebec and Maritimes territories, Luc Martineau enjoys the long-term planning and strategy work at Alfacon Solutions. "We now look at bigger, more exciting projects. The expertise level constantly grows and spreads over more areas of material handling and automation. As a sales representative, this allows me to offer a more complete partnership with our customers. Alfacon Solutions ensures a customer-centric approach to every project. Our core values drive all company associates to consistently deliver quality results."

Martineau, with a degree in mechanical engineering, has sales experience in power transmission components, conveyors as well as project management, production management, risk management, health and safety, and compliance management.

CEO John Murdoch is proud to have Martineau on the team. "Martineau captures the company's hands-on approach when analyzing clients' challenges and developing solutions based on experience and innovation. The combination of standard and custom engineered components enables Alfacon to create unique material handling solutions tailored to each client; this engineered-to-order (ETO) differentiator positions the company as one of the leading material handling manufacturers in North America."

About Alfacon Solutions
Founded in 1983, Alfacon Solutions (http://www.alfaconsolutions.com) is a leading case and pallet conveyor handling systems company operating from an 80,000 square foot facility in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Based in lean manufacturing principles, including best-practice value stream mapping and continuous improvement, the Alfacon team designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs complete material handling solutions.

Alfacon provides services to its customer base in the courier, retail, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. The company is a proud member of MHI.

The core values of Alfacon Solutions ensure a customer-centric approach to every project and drives the entire team to consistently deliver exceptional results. From experience, passion, and integrity to commitment, innovation, and on-time delivery dependability, Alfacon Solutions anticipates double digit growth year over year for the next decade. Follow on Twitter @AlfaconSolution.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm