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Connie the container dog dies
  • News Story - 04 Jul 2024
  • Rockville, MD, United States
Connie the container dog, a stray dog rescued from a shipping container at the Port of Houston earlier this year, has died, Forever Changed Animal Rescue has announced. Connie became...
DoorCo updates forklift fleet with Jungheinrich
  • News Story - 04 Jul 2024
  • Macclesfield, United Kingdom
British composite door supplier DoorCo got more than it bargained for when it swapped its ageing fleet of 18 LPG forklifts to Jungheinrich electric models. DoorCo says it was originally...
Morris Export Services acquires North America’s first Liugong reachstacker
  • News Story - 04 Jul 2024
  • Houston, TX, United States
Texas-based Morris Export Services has acquired the first LiuGong 2450H reachstacker in North America, marking the debut of LiuGong's heavy machinery in the region. Morris Export Services says a key...
Wishbone or The Backbone: What’s your stand up forklift safety strategy in 2024?
  • Advertisement - 04 Jul 2024
A wishbone or magical thinking: it’s not a safety strategy. Nor is wishing the accident hadn’t happened.
Develon launches Czech Uptime Centre
  • News Story - 04 Jul 2024
  • Prague, Czech Republic
Develon, formerly Doosan Construction Equipment, has opened a new Uptime Centre for Europe to monitor customer equipment. The Prague branch is part of the global Develon Uptime Centre (DUC) operations...
EnerSys® Battery Solutions - Designed to Minimize Worker Safety Risk
  • Advertisement - 04 Jul 2024
Safety is a pressing concern in the material handling industry. To help protect workers, EnerSys® engineers developed advanced batteries and chargers to improve safety by eliminating some of the riskier changing and maintenance activities.
Doosan Robotics, Rocketfarm partner on palletising solutions
  • News Story - 04 Jul 2024
  • Plano, TX, United States
Doosan Robotics Americas will integrate Rocketfarm’s palletising software into its collaborative robots (cobots) under a new strategic partnership between the two companies. Doosan says using Pally software from Norway’s Rocketfarm...
9th World Battery & Energy Industry Expo Returns to Guangzhou
  • Advertisement - 04 Jul 2024
The upcoming 2024 World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo (WBE) will be held along side the World Hydrogen Energy Industry Expo (WHE) and PV Guangzhou 2024 this August 8th-10th at...
Inside the News - Edition #1185
  • Inside the News - 27 Jun 2024
It’s a high-tech edition of Forkliftaction News this week, with reports of more robots being deployed and more automation systems being installed at facilities around the world. Chinese automaker Dongfeng...
Amazon fined over 59,017 violations of warehouse law
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Riverside, CA, United States
California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office found two of Amazon’s distribution centres breached state warehouse laws 59,017 times in just 154 days. The penalty for each violation is USD100, bringing the total...
Crown website back online
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • New Bremen, OH, United States
American forklift maker Crown Equipment Corporation has managed to get its website back online after falling victim to “an international cybercriminal organisation”. The world’s fourth largest forklift manufacturer was hit...
BSLBATT - Leading the way in Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Material Handling Industry
  • Advertisement - 27 Jun 2024
Providing automotive-grade modular lithium battery systems that are transforming the material handling industry, BSL Battery - Industrial is at the forefront of innovation. 
Dongfeng chooses ForwardX for warehouse automation
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Beijing, China
China’s Dongfeng Motor Corporation has deployed a fleet of ForwardX autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at its 23,000 sqm manufacturing plant in Wuhan. Dongfeng, which makes cars, trucks and buses as...
Forklift Battery Safety Tips & Safety Practices From ROYPOW
  • Advertisement - 27 Jun 2024
June 11, 2024 marked the eleventh annual National Forklift Safety Day. However forklift safety is not a one-time task; it's a continuous commitment.
Vecna Robotics raises $100 Million in Series C funding
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Waltham, MA, United States
Vecna Robotics has closed its Series C funding round at USD100 million, with USD40 million in new funding. The automation specialist says the funding nearly doubles the company’s valuation from...
Movers & Shakers
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
Dematic has hired Michael Oren to lead the company’s 95-strong American sales team. As senior vice president of sales for the Americas region, Oren will be responsible for the development...
Clark moves global HQ back to US
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Dallas, TX, United States
Clark Material Handling, credited with inventing the forklift, will move its global headquarters from Korea to the United States, where the brand was founded. Clark, which was acquired by South...
German supermarket chain opens high-tech logistics plant
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Magdeburg, Germany
REWE Group has opened a EUR250 million (USD268 million) logistics centre capable of distributing 286,000 packages a day. The 49,500 sqm facility, which took three years to build and has...
Bobcat upgrades telematics platform
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • West Fargo, ND, United States
Bobcat has updated its Machine IQ telematics platform with a remote engine disable/enable feature. Machine IQ, launched in 2019 in North America, allows connected-machine owners to monitor the health of...
Westhof BIO deploys Movu fleet
  • News Story - 27 Jun 2024
  • Hamburg, Germany
Westhof BIO, an organic vegetable freezing company, has automated its production facility with a stow racking silo served by Movu atlas 2D pallet shuttles. The Movu system provides efficient automated...
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