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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 27 Mar 2008 (#353) There's been much discussion about the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID). For RFID to be effective, it has to be adopted universally but it looks like everyone is waiting...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 20 Mar 2008 (#352) Next month, members of the International Federation of Warehousing and Logistics Associations [IFWLA] will receive their copies of the 2008 annual review publication. Forkliftaction.com is happy to have assisted the...

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Inside the News - 13 Mar 2008 (#351) We welcome a new Safety First columnist this week. Danny Maron, owner of and principal trainer with Ideal Forklift Training in Ottawa, Canada, joins a panel of expert trainers around...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 6 Mar 2008 (#350) We are starting to see reports of slow-downs in forklift sales in the US market as the property crunch begins to impact on the broader economy. And of course, there's...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 28 Feb 2008 (#349) Growth rates of 33% a year are not very common these days, especially with the deepening financial crisis at our doorstep. So it is with some pride that we can...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 21 Feb 2008 (#348) When they created the metric system, they mostly did a good job. I say 'mostly" because there's one measure that just doesn't stack up. I'm referring to the "tonne", a...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 14 Feb 2008 (#347) An interesting debate is being waged in the Forkliftaction.com forums about idiot-proofing forklifts. There's a desire to design safety features into the vehicles so that they are impervious to driver...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 7 Feb 2008 (#346) It's hard to overlook Eastern Europe in any analysis of the global forklift market. This week's newsletter includes two references to the strong growth in the region - one from the...

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Inside the News - 31 Jan 2008 (#345) While the images of fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge or the London Eye may now be a distant memory, for some, New Year is still approaching. With that in mind...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 24 Jan 2008 (#344) This week's story about a Hyster electric forklift appearing in the British TV series Doctor Who struck something of a chord for me. Only last week, I was on holiday...

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