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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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Fleet Management Systems
Feature Article - 24 May 2007 (#311)
Fleet management systems can make workplaces safer and cut costs through efficient management of forklifts. The technology, adopted from other equipment sectors, allows fleet owners to concentrate on their core business, secure in the knowledge that their capital investment is being put to good use. Christine Liew reports.
Forklifts and Global Warming
Feature Article - 3 May 2007 (#308)
Climate change is a hot topic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Program in 1988, met in Bangkok, Thailand, this week to discuss and accept one of its working groups' reports, titled Mitigation of Climate Change. According to an industry source, the report's findings say humanity has until 2020 to prevent the earth's climate from collapsing. That is why any contribution from forklift manufacturers to reduce greenhouse gases counts.
Turret trucks and order pickers
Feature Article - 22 Mar 2007 (#302)
Warehouse operations are essential in the supply chain. The ability to quickly and accurately move warehouse contents keeps stock moving and businesses thriving. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew reports on the forklifts that help pick and shift stock in very narrow aisles.
US forklift industry steady and shifting
Feature Article - 15 Feb 2007 (#297)
Sales statistics on the US forklift industry show little change from last year. But, inside the forklift industry, in terms of business savvy and consumer patterns, there is a shift.
The forklift market in Canada
Feature Article - 23 Nov 2006 (#287)
Canada, populated by about 30 million people, is the world's second largest country by land area, after Russia. Located north of the world's leading forklift market, Canada is, according to its national statistical agency, the US's largest trading partner. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew reports.
Beware of bad vibes
Feature Article - 26 Oct 2006 (#283)
The UK Health & Safety Executive estimates more than five million working days are lost in the UK each year due to back pain. Vibrations transmitted to the body from off-road vehicles have been singled out as a cause of back pain. Off-road vehicle seat manufacturer Grammer AG's research found more than 7.5 million workers in Europe were subjected to whole-body vibrations. It is not surprising then that the European Union (EU) is leading the world with its "vibration directive".
Truck-mounted forklifts
Feature Article - 28 Sep 2006 (#279)
Truck-mounted forklifts (TMFs), that enable quick, convenient transport of goods, originated in agriculture. A Dutch tulip bulb farmer, named Hessel Kooi, was said to have developed the first TMF to move tulip bulbs from fields to distributors. Cecil Moffett, of Irish TMF manufacturer Moffett Engineering Ltd, made tractors long before he developed a forklift and Princeton Delivery Systems' founder produced a TMF to transport sod for his nursery. by Christine Liew
Container attachments: moving the world of boxes
Feature Article - 24 Aug 2006 (#274)
International trade may be quite different today without the invention of "boxes"; the long metal containers that many manufactured products have spent time in. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew spoke to the world's leading makers of machine attachments that move containers.
Germany: Linde Material Handling ripe for sale
Feature Article - 27 Jul 2006 (#270)
Linde Material Handling is being primed for a possible sale as parent company Linde AG, of Wiesbaden, Germany, this week announced that its profitable forklift segment was breaking away to become an independent legal entity. From August 1, the new entity will be known as Linde Material Handling GmbH & Co KG. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew chronicles the rise of the company that overtook Balkancar in 1990 to hold top position in the world forklift company rankings for more than a decade.
**News Flash: Linde AG and Komatsu Ltd have just announced the termination of their joint venture agreement related to their joint venture company Komatsu Forklift Co Ltd. Forkliftaction.com News will have the full story next week.
Forklift tyres
Feature Article - 22 Jun 2006 (#265)
The rise of forklift technology and the emergence of 24/7 distribution warehouses have resulted in forklift tyres working harder than before. The modern pneumatic tyre was invented more than 100 years ago and solid and cushion tyre technologies are more than 50 years old. Is forklift tyre technology up to speed? Christine Liew reports.