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Fans improve worker comfort, protect paper products
Air movement keeps humidity from sealing the fate of envelope company.

Modex 2012: NIOSH and EASE announce manual materials handling workshop
The workshop will focus on developing engineering solutions for manual materials handling (MMH) jobs in retail, wholesale, and warehousing (RWW) industries.

Ergonomics: Advanced Lifts now ISO certified
Advance Lifts, Inc. of St Charles, Illinois recently announced that the company is now ISO 9001 certified.

Investing in people to improve warehouse/DC operations
The Container Store's employee-first culture improves operations in the warehouse.

Overhead Handling: Packers floored by ergonomic assist
Burke Flooring installs freestanding articulated jib crane to maintain productivity, as well as improve safety and ergonomics in its manual end-of-line palletizing process.

Colson Caster receives new ISO certification
Colson Caster has been granted a new certificate of quality assurance from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Ergonomics: Lift tables carry heavy equipment
Foresighted information destruction equipment supplier adds lift tables to make equipment more ergonomic.

Equipment provider celebrates 20 years of growth in the U.S.
This month, Creform Corp. celebrates 20 years of growth and success at its Greer, SC, headquarters.

EASE announces manual materials handling workshop
The Ergonomic Assist Systems and Equipment Council (EASE) of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) has announced a workshop in conjunction with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Lower cost casters from Colson Caster fit light duty needs
Colson Caster Corporation (Booth 1973) has a new caster line—the L-Series—that targets the need for a lower cost caster suitable for lighter-duty applications.

Ergonomic workplace solutions keeping older workers safe and productive
There’s a silver tsunami about to wash over the aging U.S. workforce, and the materials handling industry is directly in its path. Here’s a look at our older workers and how ergonomic solutions can keep them safe and productive.

Casebook 2011: Ergonomic casters deliver the goods for KIA Motors
Automobile manufacturer replaces lift trucks to reduce injuries at its new Georgia plant.

Casebook 2011: Fans improve comfort and safety for workers
Fans keep workspace cool while a smoke detector keeps employees safe.

Distribution Ergonomics Research Center created at Ohio State
MHIA's funding of research yields development of center to help reduce risk of injury and increase productivity of distribution center employees

The changing face of the materials handling labor force
There’s a silver tsunami washing over the aging American labor pool. How can the materials handling industry attracts a new tide of young workers?


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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Warehousing Outlook 2023
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