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Comprehensive coverage of energy efficient technologies for sustainability in warehousing including lighting, climate control, hybrid lift trucks, conveyors and packaging.
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Crown Equipment advances global fuel cell initiatives
Posted 04/25 · 01:36 PM · MMH Editorial
Developments include qualification of sit-down counterbalanced forklifts to operate with fuel cells and deployment of France’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts.
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Pregis On Point app for protective packaging challenges
Posted 04/25 · 12:05 PM · MMH Editorial
Pregis Corp.’s new On Point iPad app features robust information to help packagers make correct protective packaging decisions for their specific product requirements.
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HighJump corporate headquarters relocates to LEED certified building
Posted 04/23 · 12:00 PM · MMH Editorial
HighJump Software, a global provider of supply chain management software, announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Normandale Lake Office Park in Bloomington, Minn.
Nearly 5,000 energy efficiency incentive programs available to manufacturers
Posted 04/23 · 11:12 AM · MMH Editorial
According to the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA), the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) at the U.S. Dept. of Energy recently released an update to the State Incentives & Resource Database which provides access to nearly 4,800 energy incentive programs searchable by location (region, state, city, or zip code).
Higher energy costs have negative impact on small business owners
Posted 04/10 · 12:58 PM · LM Editorial
This comes on the heels of six consecutive months of improvements in small business optimism
Small business optimism is now standing at its lowest level since November
Posted 04/10 · 10:21 AM · SCMR Editorial
Fueled by a sense that rising energy prices might trip up economic growth, small business owners became less optimistic in March, said analysts with IHS Global Insight
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Office Depot reduces packaging waste
Posted 04/04 · 02:17 PM · MMH Editorial
Greener Office delivery service implements reusable plastic containers
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Earth Day, every day: How Federated Co-operatives practices sustainable distribution
Posted 04/01 · 04:59 PM · MMH Editorial
A Canadian retail co-op has embraced sustainability to reduce its costs and return the savings to its members and customers.
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How Federated uses fans to further sustainability
Posted 04/01 · 01:06 PM · MMH Editorial
With the cost of heating the Saskatoon warehouse going through the roof—literally—Federated Co-operatives was interested in testing whether thermal destratification in its warehouses would result in significant heat cost reductions and the reduction of the amount of natural gas needed to heat its facilities.
Federated Co-operatives: Lean, green machine
Posted 04/01 · 12:57 PM · MMH Editorial
Federated Co-operatives uses technologies that are environmentally and worker friendly in its Saskatoon warehouse.
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