As energy costs continue to escalate, more than half of US companies are looking for new ways to invest in energy saving technologies, according to a recent survey commissioned by Schneider Electric. The survey, which was conducted by the firm Redshift Research during Schneider Electric’s 2013 Xperience Efficiency events held in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, … Read more
Wooden pallets may be inexpensive, durable and practical, but they are also flammable. Storing wooden pallets at your warehouse or manufacturing facility could be an invitation for disaster, as was illustrated by a series of destructive pallet fires recently: In December 2012, about 3,000 wooden pallets caught fire at a wood recycling plant in North … Read more
Toyota’s purchase of a controlling share of one of Asia’s largest forklift companies represents an aggressive move into the rapidly growing Asian forklift market. The recent purchase of 55% of Tailift Co.’s forklift division for $83 million gives the Japanese conglomerate a higher profile in the Asian forklift market. Under the agreement — which was announced … Read more
Storage Solutions — the Indianapolis-based employee-owned manufacturer of industrial storage and materials handling equipment – is making a big push into the Western market by opening a new office in Ontario, California, and a 50,000 square foot distributions center in nearby Montebello. The new warehouse and distribution center will house a wide variety of the … Read more
The typical chain is one of the most low-tech items widely used in industry today. It’s basic design hasn’t substantially changed since Leonardo daVinci drew a sketch of the first steel chain in the 16th Century. But while the ordinary chain may remain low-tech, there are now some specialty chains used in various industries that … Read more
An improving economy and strong sales in heavy equipment means the demand for industrial tires will remain high, at least for the near future, according to an executive from the global conglomerate Trelleborg. Telleborg Wheel — which has its US headquarters in Akron, Ohio — expects to see rising sales in the coming year, especially … Read more
A team of professional hazardous materials handlers have been tasked with scrubbing the apartment where a man diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus lives. Employees of the Fort Worth-based Cleaning Guys company, outfitted in yellow head-to-toe “haz mat” suits, entered the Dallas apartment on Friday, according to KEYE-TV in Dallas. The workers unloaded supplies from their … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Bobcat has installed a new high tech inventory control system at its manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gwinner, North Dakota. We’ll tell you how the company hopes the investment will dig up huge dividends down the … Read more
Keeping track of inventory, parts and materials at the busy Bobcat manufacturing facility in Gwinner, North Dakota, used to involve manually tracking the more than 40 truckloads of inbound materials that arrived daily. But recently Bobcat – the maker of small but powerful front-end loaders, excavators and other landscaping, construction and manufacturing equipment — upgraded its … Read more
In the wake of the most recent economic downturn, many companies are looking for every opportunity to automate their processes. Robotics, automated systems and other high-tech solutions are being used to reduce labor costs on the factory floor, in warehouse aisles, even in the service industry. In fact, Starwood Hotel group has recently begun testing … Read more
