Materials Handling

In the slightly modified category "Integrated Warehouse Solution," the focus is not on the vehicles but on planning and implementation expertise.

From forklifts to mobile picking robots to automated last-mile delivery, new technologies will either perish or they will reshape the industry.

Toyota Material Handling North America seeks proposals from professors and researchers for next-generation materials handling technologies.

Perry Pabich becomes SVP of Whiting Corporation and its Whiting Services maintenance and inspection company.

Industrial engineering PhD student receives $2,500 scholarship.

SDI, Penn State’s Center for Supply Chain Research, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and Peerless Media co-sponsor awards program to recognize leaders who have transformed MRO from a cost of doing business to a strategic lever of competitiveness.

Acquisition introduces packaging and scales to distributor's material handling offerings.

Combining the capabilities of integrators and forklift makers will pool expertise among manufacturing, designing and servicing a variety of intralogistics systems.

Valued at $35.3 billion in 2014, the market is projected to expand to $55.9 billion in five years.

New vertical carousel to combine logistics training with hands-on learning.

Economic improvement, renewed business confidence and business-friendly policy changes support positive investment momentum.

For all the political turmoil across the globe, 2016 was by all accounts very good for the supply chain, which saw acquisitions, investments, technological advancements and record growth.

Articulated robots are the largest segment, accounting for $12.97 billion following increasing usage in packaging and healthcare sectors. Food and beverage industry expected to post highest growth rate at 7%.

Awards to honor individuals and organizations that demonstrate significant contributions to automatic identification and data capture technologies.

Tradition continues to award students who plan to major in engineering, a business-related field or a technical field related to the materials handling industry.