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Promote occupational safety this week By Staff, 5/5/2008
Our editors provide some suggested reading for North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 2008. More
Chrysler Belvidere: Automation acceleration By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large - 05/01/2008
Not so long ago, nearly 500,000 square feet of valuable floor space was dedicated to warehousing and storage at Chrysler's auto assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill.
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Pallet manufacturers By Corinne Kator, Associate Editor - 05/01/2008
Learn which manufacturers produce the types of pallets you may need or use.
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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.
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Chrysler Belvidere: The materials handling of tomorrow By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large - 05/01/2008
When an operator puts the last part in an instrument panel (IP) module at a factory near Chrysler's Belvidere, Ill., auto assembly plant, he does more than complete the manufacturing process. He also starts that module on a completely automated journey from the manufacturing line to the auto assembly line.
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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.
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Company Briefings Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large, Modern Materials Handling April 29, 2008 Targeted automation at NA 2008
What’s the most critical issue facing the materials handling industry today?
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Takeaways Tom Andel, Editor-In-Chief, Modern Materials Handling April 24, 2008 Build your own lifeboat
The NA2008 Material Handling Show is over, but its memory lingers on. Good ones too. ... More
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