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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 30 Jan 2020 (#959) While our core focus is forklifts, clearly the machinery is pretty useless without people to operate it. (Perhaps with the exception of AGVs, but even robots need people to program...

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Inside the News - 23 Jan 2020 (#958) For our Chinese readers around the world, Happy Year of the Rat. While the rat may not get a good rap in Western culture, it is one of the most...

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Inside the News - 16 Jan 2020 (#957) There's no doubt that the materials handling world is changing, and automation is one of the major developments. As we report this week, there are already more than half a...

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Inside the News - 9 Jan 2020 (#956) A lot of attention - both local and global - is being focused at the moment on Australia's destructive wild fires. The scale of the tragedy and loss is not yet fully...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 2 Jan 2020 (#955) 2019 was a big year for Forkliftaction Media, with a new website and newsletter design, trips to various trade shows around the world and ongoing coverage of some of the...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 19 Dec 2019 (#954) It's that time of year when we pause and reflect and thank those who have contributed to our success. The Forkliftaction team has had a very busy year and we'd...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 12 Dec 2019 (#953) We are constantly learning new concepts in materials handling. Just when you got your head around AGVs (autonomous guided vehicles), you need to start thinking about "cobots". For the uninitiated...

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Inside the News - 5 Dec 2019 (#952) If you look below this message, you will see a few of the posts from our Discussion Forums. If you've never visited that section of our website, you're in for...

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Inside the News - 28 Nov 2019 (#951) You've probably already noticed that this week's newsletter looks a bit different. What you're seeing is the result of months of work to make our news more locally relevant and...

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Inside the News - 21 Nov 2019 (#950) When the USA imposed import tariffs on Chinese forklifts, the immediate result was an increase in prices. And it was not just the imported machines which went up in price...

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