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  • AIM Global honors members of the auto ID community
    By Staff - 05/07/2008
    Industry association recognizes contributions to bar code and RFID technology. More
  • Raymond and Ballard team up to design fuel-cell powered lift trucks
    By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
    With battery-replacement fuel cells a commercial reality, Raymond tackles the next challenge: integrating fuel cells into lift trucks at the factory. More
  • Pallet manufacturers
    By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
    Learn which manufacturers produce the types of pallets you may need or use. More
  • Pallet lingo
    By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
    Pallets, the base of most modern materials handling systems, do more than carry loads. Applied correctly, they can also protect their loads—as well as the supply chains through which they travel. More
  • Fuel cells meet AGVs
    By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
    Fuel cells have been making news in the lift truck industry for several years, and now they're being implemented as a power source for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) as well. FMC Technologies (www.fmctechnologies.com) is preparing to install two different fleets of AGVs powered by two different types of fuel cells: one with hydrogen-based fuel cells from Plug Power (www. More
  • NA08 offers ideas for going green
    By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
    Attendees of NA 2008 in Cleveland last month may not have been overwhelmed with new ideas for making their facilities environmentally friendly, but this year's show did include more “green”-themed exhibits than ever before. Perusing the show aisles revealed numerous technologies for reducing packaging material and saving energy in distribution and manufacturing facilities. More
  • Lift truck tips: Narrow aisle forklifts
    By Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief - 05/01/2008
    To make best use of narrow aisle forklifts, operators need skills above and beyond those required to master sit-down counterbalanced trucks. Keep the following tips in mind. Material in this column courtesy of: Jim Shephard, president of Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems, jimshephard@shephardsystems. More
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