Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives

FreezPak, a fast-growing cold storage company, turned to hydrogen fuel cells to cut down on battery storage room space and to extend run times. The result: A big boost in productivity.

New materials handling tools and approaches help this complex supply chain operate efficiently.

The North American lift truck market was down slightly in 2019, but still saw some growth and ranked as the third-best year yet.

Modern Materials Handling’s new lift truck usage study reveals key purchase patterns, challenges, and opportunities that fleet managers are facing in 2020.

The shiny new technology may be autonomous lift trucks, but the driverless truck is far from the only trend—and may not be the best step for some operations. Other technologies, including fleet management and telematics, cameras and virtual reality training present a spectrum of technologies that can make lift truck operations more efficient.

Safety, ergonomics and maintenance are the big three here. If you haven’t bought or leased a truck recently, you need to catch up on how they are improving the value proposition of lift trucks in all types of facilities.

Dairy producer increases productivity with consistent, reliable material flow.

New batteries help sync production and charging cycles for maximum uptime to keep pace with increased operational demands.

Robot fleet continuously recalculates order fulfillment priorities and inventory movement patterns.

Safety and maneuverability upgrades enhance multipurpose lift trucks

Virtual reality, simulations and online training tools unlock fleet productivity and efficiency.

Brian McNamara, Southworth Americas talks about the materials handling industry.

The idea of tracking pallet loads and their condition while in transit just got simpler with a new technology that can be applied across an entire pallet pool.

This marks our 10th-annual Lift Truck Issue where we take readers inside an operation putting the latest lift truck battery innovation to work.