Dan M (Editor’s Note: In today’s Thursday Feature, we examine the growing use of automated materials handling equipment and how their use will change the way businesses make decisions and grown during the coming decade.) For the materials handling industry, the future already has arrived. A new report issued by trade group BBC Research has identified at … Read more
Anybody who has worked as a manager or supervisor in a large facility knows the type of wear and tear the job can take on the body. Managers frequently have to be many places at the same time. So it’s not unusual to walk 5, 10 or even 15 miles during a single workday. At … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Most managers need to cover a lot of ground in the course of any given work day. But now a new Segue-like device makes it easy for them to be practically everywhere all the time. We’ll show … Read more
(Editor’s Note: In this week’s Thursday Feature, we take a look at a crime that may be rising in popularity: Business identity theft.) Individuals have been victimized by identity theft for many years. But now sophisticated thieves are turning their attention to bigger fish: Major corporations. Case in point: Less than a week after it … Read more
A Cook County judge last week awarded a Wisconsin man $15.2 million in connection with an incident in which his foot was run over by a 58,000-pound forklift. Thomas Neuhengen, 33, of Cudahy, Wisconsin, was working at the massive convention center as part of his job as spare parts manager for Hermle Machine Co., which … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: A Wisconsin man was awarded $15.2 million in connection with an incident in which his food was run over by a forklift. We’ll tell you why a judge gave the man such a huge sum … Read more
If you are experiencing an increase in the number of vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-pedestrian accidents at your facility, it may be because drivers aren’t slowing down when they should. Installing speed bumps is an effective yet affordable way to slow traffic in heavily congested areas. The force vehicles to slow down otherwise risk damage by rolling … Read more
Konecranes and Terex, two of the world’s biggest makers of cranes, forklift and other heavy-duty materials handling equipment, have announced that they will merge. The all-stock deal will leave Terex shareholders with 60% of the stock in the new company, which will be called Konecranes Terex PLC. Huge Tax Break The new company will be … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Stocking your warehouse? We’ll take a look at some of the must-have items every warehouse can’t do without … A small Indiana town just got a big boost from one of the world’s largest heavy equipment … Read more
Toyota unveiled an expansion to its forklift manufacturing facility recently in the tiny town of Columbus, Indiana. The Japanese company invested $11 million in its Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing facility in the town of 30,000 that lies about 45 miles south of Indianapolis. The expansion adds 108,000 square feet to the plant and includes a … Read more
