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MHI announces finalists for 2020 MHI Innovation Award
The winners products will be announced on March 11th during MHI Industry Night at Modex 2020.

ELFA announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2020
Trade, innovation, elections and wild cards promise an eventful year for equipment investments.

Distribution market for material handling equipment to grow 5.2% yearly to $19.7 billion in 2023
Freedonia study predicts distribution will register the fastest growth rate of all MHE markets.

UST Global announces partnership with GreyOrange
Partnership will implement the GreyOrange Fulfillment Operating System for clients across retail and logistics industries

Okamura partners with RightHand Robotics
RHR’s autonomous piece-picking solution, RightPick2, will be integrated with Okamura’s logistics solutions, such as AutoStore, beginning in February 2020.

Pelican BioThermal announces acquisition of NanoCool
Acquisition brings together two innovators to offer global cold chain packaging solutions

Manufacturing returns to growth to kick off 2020, reports ISM
The report’s key metric, the PMI, headed up 3.1%, in January, to 50.9 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), on the heels of a 47.8 reading in December.

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Industrial engineering receives sensors to enhance student education
KCF Technologies donated several SmartDiagnostics wireless vibration sensors to the department.

AGVS industry group rebrands as Mobile Automation Group
The Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) Industry Group of MHI has rebranded as the Mobile Automation Group (MAG).

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MHS acquires eMotion Controls Co.
Based in Grand Rapids, MI, eMotion partners with its customers to provide material handling automation systems integration, hardware design, software and robotic solutions across its customer base.

Fortna announces acquisition of Pierau Planung
By acquiring Pierau Planung, Fortna will further build upon its European presence and gain greater capacity across its footprint to better service its growing client base internationally.

MHI names Christian Dow executive vice president of membership and industry leadership
In this role, Dow will lead all membership and the 16 MHI Industry Groups member value initiatives.

MHI announces new leadership appointments for 2020
MHI has announced four newly elected Roundtable Advisory Committee members who began their terms January 1, 2020.

Productivity Solution: Vertical lift modules
Shuttle VLMs combined with specialty tool management software provide secure, compact and accurate tool handling.

Survey: U.S. manufacturers spending billions to close skills gap
Based on the results of a new survey by The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, manufacturers are estimated to spend at least $26.2 billion this year on internal and external training programs for new and existing manufacturing employees.

Toyota Material Handling completes North American integration process
Officially combines TIEM and TMHU into single company with new name

Report: Demand for pallet trucks to soar
According to a report from Fact.MR, the global pallet trucks market is poised to grow at a positive CAGR of ~ 6.9% over the forecast period (2019-2028).

Retail sales to see gains to end 2019
Commerce reported that December retail sales, at $529.6 billion, were up 0.3% over November and up 5.8% annually. NRF reported that December retail sales were up 0.5% from November to December on a seasonally adjusted basis and up 2.1% on an unadjusted basis rose 6.7%.annually.


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