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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 18 Apr 2019 (#919) Organisers of the ProMat 2019 show promised to "wow" visitors, and it seems they did just that. As we report, there was a very positive vibe at the Chicago show...

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Inside the News - 11 Apr 2019 (#918) Today is the last day of Promat in Chicago, and it looks like it's been a record-breaking show so far. For those at the event, if you haven't already done...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 4 Apr 2019 (#917) This week's news seems to be dominated by the access market. Besides another acquisition by Dutch hire giant Riwal, the newsletter includes some product and dealer developments. The elevated platform/access...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 28 Mar 2019 (#916) More and more people are using our Machinery-onQ platform for equipment trading. Those users will notice a number of improvements which were introduced this week. They include new-look forms which...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 21 Mar 2019 (#915) The German materials handling industry group, VDMA, recently shared its production estimates for 2019, indicating that the market has only just started to overtake its pre-GFC levels. It has taken...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 14 Mar 2019 (#914) This week's newsletter comes to you from Europe, where I was judging the international forklift of the year. The judging process brought together a number of logistics journalists, mostly from...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 7 Mar 2019 (#913) Forks are not enough. Today's materials handling tasks go far beyond lifting and shifting pallets. Enter attachments - those add-ons that provide even greater capability and flexibility to the humble - and...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 28 Feb 2019 (#912) People outside the materials handling industry are often surprised that there's a weekly newsletter devoted to the sector. They are even more surprised that we manage to find enough news...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 21 Feb 2019 (#911) The materials handling trade show season has kicked off with the ARA Show, the annual convention and trade show of the American Rental Association, just concluding in Anaheim, California. This...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 14 Feb 2019 (#910) This week marks the start of financial reporting, with organisations announcing results for the first quarter of 2019 and, in some cases, full-year results for 2018. We kick off on...

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