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Big Joe extends opportunities with EP North America

Big Joe Forklifts (Booth C6085) is showcasing its innovative materials handling equipment at Modex.


The Big Joe lineup includes autonomous units such as this one with a simple on-board
flat screen to manage missions, while ePicker’s focus is on purpose-built lithium units. Pictured
with the Big Joe autonomous unit is Nick Malewicki, GM of Big Joe’s autonomous division.
The Big Joe lineup includes autonomous units such as this one with a simple on-board flat screen to manage missions, while ePicker’s focus is on purpose-built lithium units. Pictured with the Big Joe autonomous unit is Nick Malewicki, GM of Big Joe’s autonomous division.

Big Joe Forklifts (Booth C6085) is showcasing its innovative materials handling equipment at Modex. The company’s recent acquisition of EP North America (formerly ePicker) will allow both brands to share services across both organizations, expanding support functions and improving processes for customer service, fulfillment, aftermarket, warranty, parts, marketing, operations and more.

Big Joe will continue to focus on innovative niche products and in-between-handling applications while the EP North America channel will primarily focus on “purpose-built” lithium-ion forklifts. This partnership will also provide EP North America to use the Big Joe AMR vehicles, which are being demoed this week at Modex.

Leveraging Big Joe’s legacy in the market and combining it with the added focus of EP North America’s growing dealer network, the two brands will be able to extend those benefits to its dealers as well as end-users looking for Class 1 and Class 3 warehouse equipment.

Check out Modern's complete editorial coverage of Modex 2024, March 11-14. Modern is the official producer of the event's Show Daily. Modex 2024 was held at The Georgia World Congress Center from March 11-14, 2024. The tradeshow showcases the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the materials handling and logistics industry.


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Roberto Michel
Roberto Michel, senior editor for Modern, has covered manufacturing and supply chain management trends since 1996, mainly as a former staff editor and former contributor at Manufacturing Business Technology. He has been a contributor to Modern since 2004. He has worked on numerous show dailies, including at ProMat, the North American Material Handling Logistics show, and National Manufacturing Week. You can reach him at: [email protected].
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