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Comprehensive lift trucks resource. Includes news and product reviews regarding forklifts and their safe and efficient use within warehouses and distribution centers.


Crown Equipment and JBT Corporation form strategic collaboration
Partnership to provide increased access to an expanding portfolio of automation capabilities to meet material handling needs today and in the future.

KION Group establishes new industrial truck facility in India
The new plant, which covers around 94,000 square meters, is due to be launched in early 2020.

Lift Truck Series Part 2: How will your fleet navigate the next downturn?
The same fleet management tools that cut their teeth guiding unprecedented industry growth could be tasked with curbing the same fleets.

Lift Truck attachments link up with data collection
Data collection tools have helped makers and users of lift truck attachments tap into new insights.

Streamlined battery inventory boosts warehouse efficiency
A lift truck fleet spread across more than 80 warehouses standardized around three brands of batteries and chargers—down from 20.

Alta Equipment acquires NITCO, expands into New England market
Six branch locations in four states join Alta's 24 existing branches in the Great Lakes Region.

Southworth Brochure Shows Practical Applications of Ergonomics
This little booklet done in comic book style uses simple illustrations to take readers on a walk through a hypothetical, yet typical, plant where the plant manager, safety director, and controller point out a variety of problems that were solved through the practical application of ergonomics.

Southworth Brochure Shows Practical Applications of Ergonomics
This little booklet done in comic book style uses simple illustrations to take readers on a walk through a hypothetical, yet typical, plant where the plant manager, safety director, and controller point out a variety of problems that were solved through the practical application of ergonomics.

CLARK plans facility expansion at Lexington campus and adds new lines
In conjunction with this expansion, CLARK will begin re-shoring to Lexington production of its “heart-of-the-line” internal combustion products, the “S-Series.”

Crown Equipment opens new sales and service center in Nevada
Two hours east of Sacramento, the Reno-Sparks area has developed into a significant distribution region with growth opportunities across a variety of industries.

ITA reports fourth consecutive year of record-breaking forklift sales in 2018
Industrial Truck Association report indicates each lift truck class grew, and electric products accounted for approximately 64% of last year’s market.

OneH2 acquires Nuvera Powertap hydrogen generator business
Acquisition to strengthen the OneH2 business model by adding agile small-scale hydrogen production technology for forklifts and other hydrogen-powered vehicles.

CasterDepot acquires Bastian Solutions’ caster and wheel division
Michigan-based caster and wheel supplier expands to Indianapolis by acquiring division of Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics Company.

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Cold Room Forklifts and the Battle Against Condensation
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Toyota Industries North America acquires Hoist Liftruck
Hoist has 25 years of experience manufacturing heavy-duty cushion tire and pneumatic forklifts, reach stackers, container handlers and more, ranging in lift capacity from 7 to 57 tons.

Combilift Combi-PPT nominated for 2019 IFOY Award
In early March, the IFOY jury will evaluate finalists, including Combilift's high-performance, pedestrian-operated powered pallet truck with a range of capacities up to 16,000kg.

Lift Truck Tip: Avoid analysis paralysis
Good alignment across the full length of a company’s org chart is more important than any fleet management technology.

New forklifts and telematics streamline operations
Updated fleet improves safety and reliability while cutting maintenance costs.

I.D. Systems and Jungheinrich AG sign global technology agreement
Companies team on multi-year fleet management technology partnership.

Manitou North America builds senior leadership team
Announcement follows 2018's 20% revenue growth in the Americas and 18% growth for the company as a whole.


June 2024 Modern Materials Handling

National Forklift Safety Day comes once a year in June, but various sensor and vision-based, ‘operator-assist’ technologies, as well as telematics, are used daily to enhance the level of operator awareness for manually operated lift truck fleets.

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