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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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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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Inside the News - 7 Feb 2019 (#909) This week marks the start of the Chinese New Year. We are now entering the Year of the Pig, which, according to mythology, signifies wealth and good fortune. The pig...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 31 Jan 2019 (#908) This message comes to you from the American mid-west and from -44 degrees F (-42 degrees C). For forklift operators, the cold and snow represent particular challenges, as we have...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 24 Jan 2019 (#907) American forklift distributors only have a couple of options as President Trump's tariffs continue to impact on Chinese imports. They can either increase prices to offset rising costs, including of...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 17 Jan 2019 (#906) There was an advertisement in the '80s in which American entrepreneur Victor Kiam said he liked Remington razors so much that he bought the company. This week, we see something...

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Inside the News - 10 Jan 2019 (#905) We start this year in a flurry of acquisition activity, with reports of significant purchases in the UK, Europe, the United States and Australia. Ironically, this comes in the wake...

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