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Hyundai Material Handling honors its top North American forklift dealers. Modern Group garners top “Chuck Leone Award” and several other dealers also recognized

Sole Source Capital acquires Peak-Ryzex and Optical Phusion. Companies Will Be Merged to Create an Enhanced Market Leader in Automatic Identification and Factory Automation, Benefiting From Synergies Across a Single Platform.

This prestigious award is presented annually to an outstanding meeting professional who leads by example, inspires volunteerism and is committed to the growth of the industry.

MHEDA is the premier trade association dedicated to serving the material handling community.

BYD, which manufactures the forklift, battery and the charger, adds three dealers with multiple locations

Cloud WMS vendor 3PL Central acquires Skubana. Move adds order and inventory management capabilities for cloud WMS vendor focused on needs of 3PLs

ITA celebrates 70th anniversary, continues industry leadership

Tyler Shaffer joins Complete Warehouse Supply as new president

The new standard, ANSI MH31.2-2021, provides a test method of evaluating performance characteristics for industrial guardrail barriers and barrier posts.

Majority of attendees are looking for automation and technology solutions to power up their supply chains.

SoftBank to acquire 40% of AutoStore for $2.8 billion. AutoStore currently has a global blue-chip customer base with more than 600 installations and 20,000 robots across 35 countries.

Allied Market Research sees plastic pallets growing at slightly faster CAGR of 8.8% though 2027

Sarcos’ robotic solutions are designed to enhance individual productivity and physically demanding jobs safer

The MHI Spring Meeting will be digital this year from May 19-21, 24-27 and will offer Industry Groups the opportunity to network with peers and learn from industry experts.

The reading for the report’s key indicator—the Services PMI (formerly the Non-Manufacturing PMI)—came in at 63.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in March, an 8.4% increase over February’s 55.3. This reading represents the tenth consecutive month of services sector growth, at a faster rate, as well as its highest monthly reading going back to October 2018’s 60.9. Services sector growth has seen gains in 132 of the last 134 months.

ModusLink is one of the only 38 suppliers in the Intel supply chain to receive an SAA honor for 2020

GRI to supply its ULTIMATE XT premium plus tire for Linde Material Handling forklift trucks produced in Germany.

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has opened nominations for its fifth annual Humanitarian Logistics Awards.

In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, came in at 64.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), which topped February’s 60.8 by 3.9%. This marked the tenth consecutive of PMI growth, coupled with March representing the tenth consecutive month of growth for the overall economy.