Dan M Qantas, the Australian airline best known for having the industry’s best safety record, announced recently that it is closing its maintenance facility in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The closing will result in the loss of more than 300 jobs, according to news reports. The facility had been used to service the airline’s fleet of 14 747 … Read more
An increasing number of states and municipalities are limiting or banning indoor smoking. According to the Nonsmokers Rights Foundation, as of April of 2013, about 81.3% of all Americans live under a ban on smoking in “workplaces, and/or restaurants, and/or bars, by either a state, commonwealth of local law.” For owners of manufacturing and warehousing facilities, … Read more
Workers are sometimes reluctant to use hard hats, even though their use is required in any type of construction area. But if you can do a good job of communicating to your employees why hard hat safety is essential, it’s often possible to reduce this resistance and get all of your employees on board with … Read more
Terex, a leading manufacturer of materials handling vehicles and heavy equipment, recently unveiled its newest product, the Terex Hi-Ranger TM100. The vehicle is a non-overcenter, telescoping material handling aerial device that has been redesigned to include several new improvements, according to a news release. Among the changes are a decreased travel height and a lower … Read more
Toyota Material Handling recently donated a hand pallet truck to a British charity that provides meals for poor children in Africa. According to news reports, the donation of the pallet truck to Mary’s Meals, a Glasgow-based charitable organization which provides backpacks full of food products which are sent to impoverished schoolchildren in Malawi and Liberia. … Read more
Packaging hasn’t changed all that much in the past 50 years, with cardboard and plastic playing a central role in packaging materials. But over the course of the next few decades, at least one expert says there could be radical changes ahead. During a recent presentation at the Material Handling and Logistics Conference, in Park City, Utah, … Read more
Columbus McKinnon, one of the leading manufacturer of materials handling products in the US, announced recently that it has named Jon Adams as its new treasurer. Adams previously served as finance leader for the Silanes business for Momentive Performance Materials, according to a news release. He also worked at Ernst & Young and has an … Read more
Four students from Montana State University finished in second place at the recent national Materials Handling Student Design Competition. It was the second time in three years that students from MSU took one of the highly-competitive event’s top three spots. Participants were asked to design the most efficient addition to the product lines and square … Read more
Employee lockers provide a legal grey area for employers: Are they the property of the employer or the employee? Do employers have a right to search employee lockers or is it an invasion of worker’s privacy? If there is no clear-cut policy that has been drawn up by management and provided to employees, the simple … Read more
Trash and clutter are the enemy of any efficient business. So having adequate waste receptacles available in your manufacturing or warehouse facility is critical to streamlined and profitable operations. Waste receptacles, also known as trash cans or waste bins, come in many different shapes, sizes and colors. Some are portable and have two or four wheels … Read more
