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The latest information on loading dock equipment and technologies including overhead doors, lifts, levelers and restraints for the materials handling professional.


Logistyx Technologies acquires Transparix
The acquisition is intended to enhance multi-carrier parcel shipping software as a service (SaaS) solution.

The Basics of Warehouse Dock Equipment
The needs for safety, efficiency and detailed data collection are transforming modern docks from mere openings to critical components of an enterprise’s success.

Wincove recapitalizes Nordock to Join Bluff manufacturing and Wesco Industrial Products
The three companies are to form a platform with a broad range of material handling and warehouse safety products.

Hazard Recognition and Control
Take safety at the loading dock to a new level.

Hazard Recognition and Control
Take safety at the loading dock to a new level.

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Beacon ® Loading Dock Lifts Accommodate All Truck Bed Heights
Dock Leveler for Pallet Jacks and Fork Trucks.

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Beacon® Hydraulic Dock Levelers Provides Safe Loading
Increase Loading Dock Performance with a six movement leveler.

Rite-Hite debuts two new products
Rite-Hite (Booth B1747) is showcasing two new products at the show. The Direct Drive HVLS Fan and the Trailer Stabilizer round out the manufacturer’s product line.

Latest ProGMA video highlights loading dock hazards
The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA), a product group within trade association Material Handling Industry (MHI), is promoting the third in a series of educational videos about preventing accidents and injuries at loading docks.

Bluff manufacturing acquires Wesco Industrial Products
Maker of dock, warehouse, and safety equipment and leading supplier of material handling products combined under Wincove Private Holdings.

Automated trailer loading, unloading system helps move billions of pounds annually
Cold storage 3PL loads and unloads closed-loop, 53-foot trailers in minutes.

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Beacon Yard Ramps Provide Safe Loading
Yard Ramps are ground to truck ramps, mobile and easy to use for loading and unloading truck trailers or shipping containers with a forklift when a loading dock is not available. Yard Ramps are ideally used at a loading yard or construction site and are a cost effective way to load and unload safely.

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Beacon® Rail Dock Plates and Rail Dock Boards
The portable rail dock plate and rail dock board is used as a loading dock platform for loading and unloading railroad freight cars with a forklift.

Chamberlain Group acquires Systems, Inc.
Access solutions leader acquires maker of automated dock levelers under the Poweramp, McGuire and DLM brands.

Henrich Logistics replaces its mechanical levelers with air-powered levelers
The levelers do not require any electricity to operate, thereby reducing Henrich Logistics’ installation costs.

Steel barrier upgrades the Oscar Winski Company’s loading dock safety system
The steel barrier offers the metal specialist ease of operation, along with employee protection.

Colorcon uses a compactor enclosure to control slip hazards
The pharmaceutical manufacturer has eliminated the threat of outdoor elements and improved working conditions.

Catania Oils upgrades vacant food warehouse with HVLS fans
The fans help lower the warehouse’s heating energy costs by more than of 400 therms per year.

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Beacon Towable Yard Ramp
A High Speed Yard Ramp used as a towable loading dock platform to remote locations for loading and unloading procedures for tractor trailers and railroad cars.

New Equipment Ensures Effective Dock Operations
From vehicle restraints and levelers to safety systems, dock equipment is making strides to deliver even higher levels of productivity, safety and control.


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