INDUSTRY NEWS, Forkliftaction's feature articles about sectors and trends in materials handling and the forklift industry

Feature Articles

Here is a list of our in-depth feature articles, written by the News team based on interviews with industry experts about latest business trends, new technologies and challenges.

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Feature Article 11 minute read

Accessories: efficient warehouse solutions

21 November 2019

In part one of the warehouse efficiency feature, Forkliftaction looked at how materials handling equipment can improve your warehouse bottom line. In part two, Melissa Barnett examines the range of modern accessories that can give materials handling equipment an enhanced ability to boost efficiency and productivity.
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Feature Article 9 minute read

Towards more efficient warehouses

14 November 2019

Why is warehouse efficiency so important? Can materials handling equipment help achieve efficiency in your warehouse operation? Melissa Barnett looks at what is on offer in this two-part feature on achieving optimal warehouse efficiency.
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Feature Article 6 minute read

Chinese lift their game

19 September 2019

China's forklift manufacturers are embracing advanced production techniques and using R&D to improve their offerings, as Allan Leibowitz reports.
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Feature Article 8 minute read

Rough and tumble: rough-terrain forklifts and telehandlers

6 June 2019

In industry sectors where robust and versatile equipment is required, two materials handling options - telehandlers and rough-terrain forklifts - stand out. Construction, heavy industry and mining continue to take advantage of rough- and all-terrain forklifts, while construction and agriculture have discovered the versatility of telehandlers. Melissa Barnett takes a look at what is happening in the rough-terrain and telehandler market.
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Feature Article 9 minute read

Attachments – moving challenges

7 March 2019

Forklift attachment designers have one thing in common: they love a logistics problem. They believe there is nothing too wide, large, round, flat, heavy or high that can't be moved by an attachment - you just have to design it. Melissa Barnett looks at current attachment design and manufacture, and the unique challenges of moving a vast variety of sizes, shapes and weights.
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Feature Article 8 minute read

Changing up – Automated Guided Vehicles

22 November 2018

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have traditionally been small players in the materials handling industry, but not any more. Melissa Barnett looks at the changing face of the AGV market and some of the factors that are enabling the once-niche sector to expand beyond the factory floor.
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Feature Article 11 minute read

Europe set to meet challenges

27 September 2018

The European materials handling market has performed extremely well, but will it survive geo-political uncertainties and mounting trade tensions? Allan Leibowitz reports on the resilience of a number of manufacturers.
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Feature Article 9 minute read

Intelligent management - Fleet and Asset systems

7 June 2018

Five years ago, telematics was the buzzword in fleet and asset management. In 2018, it is believed that less than 20% of the 1 million forklifts in the USA use any sort of fleet or asset management tools. Melissa Barnett looks at the reality behind the stats, investigates whether it is a worldwide phenomenon and finds out where fleet and asset management is headed.
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Feature Article 10 minute read

Energy solutions: only a matter of time

22 February 2018

Melissa Barnett examines the rise of new energy sources, how they address many of the recurring problems of the old technology and whether they are really here to stay.
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Feature Article 8 minute read

Safety through design

30 November 2017

Each year Forkliftaction News receives alarming reports on industrial accidents involving forklifts. Many of these accidents result in injury, disability and, far too often, death. Melissa Barnett asks manufacturers if good forklift design can improve safety and whether the most common forklift accidents can be prevented at the drawing board stage.
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Paris, France A new report from McKinsey suggests that automation has reached a tipping point for grocery warehouses in Europe. Automation in grocery warehouses has significantly accelerated...

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Guetersloh, Germany The VVA Group, part of Arvato Supply Chain Solutions, has modernised and expanded its distribution centre in Guetersloh during ongoing operations. An automated shuttle warehouse...

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If there's one topic that seems to be dominating materials handling, it's automation.
The increasing interest in the application of technology to previously manual tasks is very evident in our news this week, with a report from a leading consultancy noting that automation "has arrived" in European warehousing.
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