Australian-owned Tru Blu Beverages has achieved its aim of material handling cost reduction by switching to a fleet of Linde forklifts. Comparison tests during the selection process highlighted the advantages which have continued since ...
Is it something on an elevated platform that prevents people from falling? Is it that low-profile metal strip that runs along the freeway? Or maybe nothing significant comes to mind? Unfortunately, the latter is often the case, especially ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Guard Rail
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, a leading manufacturer of forklifts under the Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and Jungheinrich brands, announced today that it will open its first South American-based parts warehouse in ...
Today most of the factories and warehouses use a variety of material handling equipment to simplify the task of lifting heavy objects. Manual labor has resulted in musclo- skeletal injuries in many workers across the country. These injuries ...
Tags: Material Handling Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Components
The SpotMe safety system uses infra-red direction-sensitive sensors to guard against collisions at 'blind' intersections within a warehouse. Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has launched a new system to help improve forklift ...
Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently ...
Flow Storage System Accelerates Company's Expansion Expanding business in a tough economy isn't easy, but that's how Crider makes it look. The company just added a 100,000 sq ft warehouse to its Stillmore, GA facility to accommodate all ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Optimizing Part Delivery for Lean Operation When a major international engine manufacturer needed better carts for delivery of parts to an assembly line, the local distributor recommended Hamilton Caster. Itself a company on a lean ...
The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn't match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
If you've spent any time in the materials handling industry, it's hard not to fall in love with automation. Still, some great ideas are so simple, yet so effective, that in retrospect you wonder: Why didn't I think of that? The order ...
Tags: Logistics, Transportation
Exploring ROI of Pneumatic Conveying from a Health and Safety PerspectiveDoan Pendleton, VP, VAC-U-MAX Workplace injuries in any organization take a bite out of profits. There is a wealth of data, statistics, and surveys from scores of ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Conveying
An April survey of members of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) shows an estimated expected growth of 2% to 3% for 2013 over 2012 figures, with another 1% to 2% increase anticipated in 2014. These are among the findings of ITA's ...
The Manitou Group has released its new range of internal combustion engine forklift trucks, the MI range, in Australia. Designed by Manitou in France, the twelve models cover warehousing equipment, semi-industrial masted forklift-trucks ...
Tags: Manitou, Warehouse Forklift
Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world's largest material handling companies, today announced that it won one of four prestigious International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Awards, taking first place honors in the Forklift Truck ...
Tags: Service
Plug Power, a leader in fuel cell technology for forklifts, today announced that BMW Manufacturing Co. recently expanded the use of Plug Power hydrogen fuel cells at its Spartanburg, S.C., facility to power all material handling trucks and ...
Tags: Plug Power, Processing Machinery