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Forkliftaction News takes an in-depth look at current trends, challenges and opportunities impacting the materials handling market. Packed with insights from industry experts, you'll learn about the latest emerging technologies and new solutions on the market.
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Melissa Barnett
8 minute read
Rough and tumble: rough-terrain forklifts and telehandlers
Feature Article - 6 Jun 2019 (#926)
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.
Melissa Barnett
9 minute read
Attachments – moving challenges
Feature Article - 7 Mar 2019 (#913)
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.
Melissa Barnett
8 minute read
Changing up – Automated Guided Vehicles
Feature Article - 22 Nov 2018 (#899)
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.
Allan Leibowitz
11 minute read
Europe set to meet challenges
Feature Article - 27 Sep 2018 (#891)
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.
Intelligent management - Fleet and Asset systems
Feature Article - 7 Jun 2018 (#875)
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.
Energy solutions: only a matter of time
Feature Article - 22 Feb 2018 (#860)
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.
Safety through design
Feature Article - 30 Nov 2017 (#849)
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.
Warehouse lifting solutions: faster, higher and more versatile
Feature Article - 28 Sep 2017 (#840)
When deciding on a materials handling solution in your warehouse, what do you take into account? Melissa Barnett spoke to equipment suppliers to find out what common problems are encountered in the warehouse environment and what solutions are currently available, the impact of e-commerce on warehousing and what the future holds.
ICE forklifts – staying strong
Feature Article - 11 May 2017 (#820)
In a world where industry is being forced to become cleaner, how does technology such as the internal combustion engine stack up against its perceived greener counterparts? Melissa Barnett spoke to logistics specialists, manufacturers and dealers about the current state of the market for ICE forklifts and where it might be heading.
Materials handling in the USA
Feature Article - 23 Feb 2017 (#809)
Slowing domestic manufacturing, a general global downturn in the oil and gas industry, a relatively strong US dollar, slow global growth, Brexit and volatility in US equity markets, as well as uncertainty regarding the incoming government's trade and fiscal policies have made forecasting the general state of the materials handling sector in the USA over the coming year a tricky business. Melissa Barnett looks at how 2017 could shape up for the industry.