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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 2 Nov 2023 (#1152) Leadership is in the news this week, in the form of a container terminal company seeking to transform global port operations. APM Terminals commissioned a White Paper that found a...

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Inside the News - 26 Oct 2023 (#1151) In the news this week is a bipedal robot being deployed in a warehouse in the United States. While it might seem like a throwback to the 1950s concept of...

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Inside the News - 19 Oct 2023 (#1150) Self-driving pallet trucks are in the news this week, an exciting development being rolled out in Belgian warehouses belonging to retailer Colruyt Group. The new technology is the result of...

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Inside the News - 12 Oct 2023 (#1149) While technical advances keep rolling on, some historical parts of the materials handling sector are being preserved. But that doesn't mean they're out-of-date. In this week’s news German forklift manufacturer...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 5 Oct 2023 (#1148) The big news of the week is the USD10.5 million legal judgement against Hyster-Yale Group, the world’s sixth biggest forklift maker, according to the ranking compiled by German magazine DHF...

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Inside the News - 28 Sep 2023 (#1147) With the northern hemisphere Summer well and truly over, it’s clear the materials handling sector has been hard at work. This week’s news includes a flurry of new model launches...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 21 Sep 2023 (#1146) There could be an against-all-odds movie made about two people in the news this week. With a backdrop of majestic Norwegian landscapes, the heroes ponder “air” and embark on a...

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Inside the News - 14 Sep 2023 (#1145) This week’s news includes two new models in the materials handling marketplace. At Pack Expo in Las Vega, OTTO Motors unveiled its new heavy-duty autonomous mobile robots for tight spaces...

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Barbara Adam

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Inside the News - 7 Sep 2023 (#1144) The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) wants employers to rethink robots, to view them as a labour recruitment tool rather than simply replacements for human workers. It’s an interesting concept...

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Inside the News - 31 Aug 2023 (#1143) A warning about climate change is in the news this week. A drought in Panama is affecting the global supply chain, with container ships experiencing delays traversing the Panama Canal...

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