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Big Joe Forklifts expands Wisconsin Dells facility
Big Joe Forklifts celebrated its 68th anniversary with the completion of its Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., facility expansion.

Hitachi acquires JR Automation, a robotic system integrator in the U.S.
Hitachi to enter the high-growth robotic system integration market in North America to accelerate global development of its digital solution business.

One Belt Change. $500,000 in Capital Savings
Are you using costly machines to do what a belt can do affordably?

CEMA: 2018 shipments in North America up 18%
Executives representing CEMA member companies expressed continued optimism at the association's annual meeting, and forecasted shipments will increase 15% for 2019.

ELOKON opens U.S. subsidiary in Atlanta
German company announces new base for U.S. sales and support of forklift anti-collision and fleet management systems.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas acquires Equipment Depot
Founded in 1951, Equipment Depot is one of the largest independent material handling and rental businesses in the U.S.

Hawker unveils new lithium battery and inductive charger
New wireless charger will charge Hawker’s lithium battery as well as its flooded and thin plate pure lead (TPPL) batteries.

Siemens offers simulation tools and ease-of-use hardware upgrades
Simulation and novice-ready fault codes help detect and eliminate problems that otherwise would require costly and time-consuming corrective measures.

Wildeck offers even more ways to use overhead space and keep it safe
Wildeck highlighted products to augment to performance and safety of pick modules.

Vecna showcases artificial intelligence-based Pivot.al for workflow orchestration
Vendor and OEM-agnostic, software integrates seamlessly with legacy automation, piece-picking robots, WMS, and MES systems.

Hyster pushes for forklift power studies
Much like telematics, comprehensive power studies could soon become essential element of forklift sales.

MHI Innovation Award winners announced
MHI Industry Night hands awards to innovators, young professionals and a few lucky others.

‘The Profit’ abandons the keynote stage in favor of much more intimate approach
'Serial entrepreneur' urges employers and employees to focus on helping one another become better people, not just better workers.

Tompkins International discusses its core competencies ecosystem
Portable, automated unit and parcel sortation system can be implemented within five to seven months.

Humatics announces partnership with Vecna Robotics
Partnership will enable mobile robots to navigate extremely active and unstructured environments -- indoors or out -- down to the centimeter without any delay.

Westfalia enhances Firefly fault recovery visualization tool
Newest functions allow an operator to address faults and errors in real-time from any location.

MHI’s annual report sees inflection point, investment spike, for digital technologies
Panelists highlight an industry ready to move forward with the next stages of adopting digital technologies.

Locus Robotics launches new hardware and software suite with omnichannel support
Innovation Award nominee now supports all aspects of fulfillment for retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels.

Geek+ brings autonomous mobile robots to warehousing, order fulfillment applications worldwide
Geek+ (Booth N6327) is introducing a variety of autonomous mobile robots for warehousing and order fulfillment—including e-commerce applications—in its exhibit.

UNEX Manufacturing exhibits SpeedCell
Featuring the booth theme “Save Space. Save Money,” UNEX Manufacturing (Booth S1031) has shown customers how they can save space, time and money in their order picking operations.


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