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18 Warehouse Organization Ideas to Boost Productivity
There is no better time to review your warehouse processes and clean up. Whether the global pandemic created chaos in your warehouse, or you just let things go, now is the time to get back on track.

Cat Lift Trucks saddles up again as official lift truck provider for the Houston Livestock Show
For 19 consecutive years, Cat Lift Trucks and its local dealer Darr Equipment Co, have played a critical role in the production of the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. The 2023 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will begin Tuesday, Feb. 28, and run through Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Third Wave Automation gains strategic investment from Qualcomm Ventures and Zebra Technologies
Funding to drive product development and market expansion as TWA reach forklift automation solution expands pilot program.

Equipment finance industry confidence improves again in February
Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 51.8, an increase from the January index of 48.5.

Optimize Material Handling Efficiency and Infrastructure with Lithium Batteries and Fast Charging
In this webcast, you will learn how to implement opportunity charging using the latest improvements in Li-ion, such as IOT and Multi Voltage technology, and a multi-output charger to achieve your cost and efficiency goals.

How to Lower TCO with Li-ion Batteries and Chargers
Discover how to cut costs and boost efficiency with Li-ion batteries and chargers. Read our white paper to learn the benefits of opportunity charging and more.

Top 5 applications for robotic lift trucks in warehouse environments
This white paper walks you through five common warehouse workflows that are especially well-suited for robotic lift trucks. (Hint: It’s not just point-to-point horizontal transportation anymore.)

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas recognizes 2023 Dealers of Excellence
Program recognizes top Cat Lift Truck, Mitsubishi Forklift Truck and Jungheinrich lift truck dealers

The power side of lift truck battery and charger maintenance
Why best practices in battery and charger maintenance are essential to lift truck fleet operations and costs.

Bluewater Battery Logistics and OneCharge partner on Li-ion battery end of life needs
Under the new partnership, OneCharge offers a way to recycle and repurpose advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries at end of useful life

Plug Power partners with Johnson Matthey to accelerate hydrogen economy
Partnership to strengthen Plug’s supply chain and help meet growing demand for fuel cells and electrolyzers. Plug and JM will co-invest in what is expected to be the largest CCM manufacturing facility in the world.

Toyota Material Handling sweeps TMHG Global Skills competition
Shawn Dickmeyer earns Gold in Welding category, joins Kim Douglass (gold, Assembly) as first two TMH gold medalists in international competition

ELFA’s equipment leasing index shows gains in December
December new business volume up 9% year-over-year, 50% month-to-month, and 6% at year-end

C&B Material Handling acquires new forklift dealership groups
The acquisitions expand Hyundai Material Handling’s presence in the Virginia and West Virginia markets.

Toyota Material Handling’s Kim Douglass places with gold in global skills competition
Toyota Material Handling associate Kim Douglass became the first woman to ever medal in the Toyota Material Handling Group (TMHG) Global Skills Competiton, finishing 1st, at even recently held in Japan

KION Group to develop and produce its own fuel cell systems for lift trucks
The intralogistics group plans to invest more than €11 million in hydrogen fuel cell technology and is planning the launch of a 24 V fuel cell system for Spring 2023, with other systems to follow.

Unchain Your Supply Chain: Reduce Risk and Boost Profitability with Wireless Charging
Join this webinar to learn how Resonant Link’s breakthrough wireless charging saves time and money.

Green Cubes announces patent for battery management system with dual CAN messaging
Dual CAN enables Green Cubes’ lithium batteries to communicate to both the industrial truck that is powered by the battery and the charger that charges the battery.

Toyota Material Handling formalizes partnership with unique nonprofit Anchor House
Toyota’s commitment through this partnership includes $100,000 in financial support to Anchor House to be paid over the next four years. In 2022, Anchor House provided more than 10,500 nights of shelter to citizens in need and served over 14,000 people through its food pantry.

Equipment finance industry confidence improves in December
Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market reached 45.9, an increase from the November index of 43.7.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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2023 Automation Study: Usage & Implementation of Warehouse/DC Automation Solutions
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