“Green” seems to be the buzzword for 2014 and now many warehouse and manufacturing facilities are getting into the game. Recently, Tim Barrett and Arthur Barrett, executives at Barrett Distribution — a Franklin, Massachusetts, warehousing company — shared their tips on creating greener facilities for business: 1. When It Comes to Reducing Waste, Target Low-Hanging … Read more
Cascade Corporation — a manufacturer of forklift accessories based in Portland, Oregon — was recently awarded the “WINovation” award from the Wine Industry Network for their innovative wine barrel handler forklift attachment. The wine barrel handler simplifies the barrel handling process and makes it easier for wine companies to move their products. It can handle … Read more
A Chicago-area battery manufacturer has launched a program aimed at convincing forklift fleet owners to convert all of their vehicles to electrical power. EnerSys –which is based in Romeoville, Illinois, just southwest of Chicago — said it will launch the first phase of its new “Convert to Electric” program starting in the Chicago area then … Read more
A growing number of industries are discovering the benefits of nanomaterials, microscopic-sized engineered substances that are being used in everything from creating super-strength adhesives to making ultra-light spacecraft light that can easily escape the Earth’s orbit. But now a government regulatory body says it is alarmed by this materials trend and has issued recommendations for … Read more
National Bulk Equipment — a manufacture or material handling equipment based in Holland, Michigan — recently unveiled a new integrated material handling and packaging system that eliminates the need for any pallet handling during the pick, sort and shipping process. The new automated bulk material handling and packaging system was built using existing NBE integrated … Read more
Shipbuilders at the Newport News ship yard, in Virginia, have been created an early Christmas for thousands of area schoolchildren and other people in need in their community. Workers at the Huntington Ingalls Industries division at the shipyard recently donated nearly 20,000 school supplies to area students, donated another $2 million to the local United … Read more
A British trucking company has been fined $146,700 after a 59-year-old British worker had his leg crushed beneath a six-foot-wide fish tank that had accidentally slipped off the forklift that was transporting it to one of the company’s directors’ offices. The incident occurred June 1, 2010, at Alloy Bodies Ltd., in Manchester, but the fine … Read more
A new product introduced by Videojet Technologies — a manufacturer of coding marking and printing products headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois — promises to provide an integrated conveyor solution for marking the external surfaces of shipping containers, according to a company news release. The new product is a response to an increased need for … Read more
KION, Europe’s leading manufacturer of forklifts and other materials handling vehicles, is now focusing on an even larger marketplace: China. Company CEO Gordon Riske said that although the German company has been present in Asia for nearly two decades, it is now poised to aggressively pursue the materials handling market in China, the world’s second … Read more
Volvo Construction Equipment, a division of the Swedish automobile manufacturer, has announced that it is purchasing the truck division of US heavy equipment manufacturer Terex for $160 million. Terex — based in Westport, Connecticut — will include its Motherwell, Scotland, plant and its off-highway grid articulated product range and articulated haul trucks line as part … Read more
