Lift Trucks

In memoriam of long-time lift truck industry executive, Chuck Leone, EVP and COO, of Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas

Being proactive about maintenance sounds great, but to make it work you need solid data and metrics on issues like cost per hour and the reasons why repairs were made. Service providers can help with this as well as other pressing concerns like worker safety.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas group will become 100% fully owned by Mitsubishi Logisnext, effective March 1, 2021

Kalmar will produce and supply its “Essential” product line of 10 – 18 ton (22,000 – 40,000 lb.) Class 5 pneumatic tire forklifts under the Mitsubishi forklift truck brand for the Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas group

As facilities fast-track robotic adoption in response to the tyranny of the urgent and to position themselves for long-term competitive advantage, careful preparation can smooth the path to successful implementation.

EnerSys expands partnership with Industrial Battery & Charger

Proper, regular maintenance will help performance of any electric lift truck, even as Li-ion choices expand for DCs drawn by advantages like elimination of battery swaps and battery rooms.

Partnership aims at hydrogen expansion in Asian markets, with Plug Power to receive $1.5 billion investment from SK Group

Though robotic industrial trucks are still a small slice of the market, expectations are growing for them as operations seek to speed up their processes while lessening the struggle of trying to find enough operators.

Tri-Lift acquires Vantage Equipment's material handling group, expanding territory in New York state

Plug Power began expansion of hydrogen and fuel cell solutions into Walmart’s eCommerce network, with the first deployments in August of 2020 and additional expansion planned in 2021

Hyster-Yale Group and Capacity Trucks are joining forces to address growing demand for environmentally sustainable terminal tractor solutions in port, terminal and distribution center markets, with initial prototypes targeted to be available in 2021 for market testing.

EnerSys and Hawker battery and charger solutions for material handling available through the KION aftersales accessory program

New joint venture between KION GROUP and BMZ Holding commences operations to produce lithium-ion batteries for lift trucks

The wholesale distributor now has 100% uptime, every single day.