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Kalmar signs maintenance and repair contract with PSA Corporation Limited
Contract supports the overall maintenance effort of a fleet of up to 700 prime movers and trailer sets.

The Big Picture: Navigation Gets a Reboot for Automatic Vehicles
Established guidance systems can now have been joined by new game-changing technologies. Instead of simply moving from Point A to Point B, AGVs and other automatic vehicles now can determine their own route and easily adapt to changes on the facility floor. That opens up a new world that might fit your future.

Intelligent Lift Trucks, Smarter Business
In step with automotive innovations, lift trucks are gradually moving toward autonomy.

Lift Truck Tips: Simple or state-of-the-art fleet, safety comes first
Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and a focus on safety is the best way to keep up. Forklift Safety Tips, Lift Truck Safety Tips, Lift truck accident prevention

Hyster-Yale acquires controlling interest in Zhejiang Maximal Forklift Co. Ltd.
Maximal, which had 2016 revenues of approximately $66 million from sales of nearly 6,000 units, specializes in utility and standard segments in China.

Top 20 industrial lift truck suppliers, 2017
The top lift truck suppliers list is changing with industry acquisitions causing a dramatic departure from the norm.

The Power of Good Lift Truck Attachment Maintenance
Ensuring all your lift truck attachments, including forks, are in good working order pays productivity and safety dividends to your operations. Lift Truck Maintenance, Lift Truck MRO, Fork Lift Service plans, Fork Lift Maintenance.

Seegrid partners with Bell and Howell to expand service support for self-driving industrial vehicles
Bell and Howell to service autonomous pallet trucks and tow tractors for Seegrid customers across North America.

Exide Technologies unveils $35 million manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Mo.
New facility to boost production, quality and business growth in the automotive and industrial battery markets.

Technology and discipline help heat up productivity
Given their higher operating costs, cold storage environments stand to benefit most from fleet management best practices.

Empire Merchants North exchanges propane for electric lift trucks
The wine and liquor distributor replaces IC propane sit-down trucks with electric stand-up counterbalanced trucks.

Liquor distributor pours on the ergonomics
Forklift fleet geared for operator comfort achieves 100% training compliance.

Kice Industries’ new lift truck supports intermittent paint booth application
The truck is cost-effective and backed by nationwide dealer support.

Toyota Forklifts joins hurricane relief efforts
Toyota Forklifts announced a $50,000 donation to Hurricane Harvey relief in Gulf Coast communities.

Lift Truck Tips: Flexible financing stretches further
To achieve the lowest total cost of fleet ownership, procurement and operations must work hand in hand.

Raymond celebrates Manufacturing Day with more than 250 students
Event showcases Industry 4.0, the evolution of manufacturing and engineering, and workshops with 3-D printing, Bluetooth robots and virtual reality.

Toyota forklifts celebrate 50th anniversary in United States
The company's first forklift factory outside Japan started at 280,000 square feet, and has expanded 14 times to more than 1.3 million square feet.

Real-time battery monitoring fills in the data gaps
As batteries are shuffled around a fleet, any hope of tracking them—or their abusers—is lost. Or, is it?

Leveraging Your Lift Truck Data
Embracing the data-driven culture in today’s DCs and warehouses could pay off for your facility—large or small.

Technavio research outlines top trends impacting materials handling battery market
Declining lithiun-ion battery prices and increasing focus on AGVs identified as key trends in global industrial battery market.


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