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Xtreme Manufacturing and Snorkel are teaming up at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) in Louisville, KY. Also known as the Demo Expo, the biennial ICUEE expo is a premiere event for utility industry professionals to gain insight into the latest technologies and trends. In 2015, Xtreme Manufacturing and Snorkel exhibited the 24,000lb […]

In recent months, Kion North America Corporation has made several changes to its nationwide sales and service dealer network for material handling equipment. To improve its sales and service presence in the north central region, Kion North America appointed Lift Parts Service in July. Located in Wichita, Kansas, Lift Parts Service was founded in 1962 and […]

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, recently completed a project adding a second facility to the company’s manufacturing operation in Greencastle, Indiana to support growing demand for the company’s electric and internal combustion counterbalance forklifts. The new facility includes a combination of manufacturing processes and finished goods and component storage […]

From autumn 2017 Dematic’s iGo neo CX 20, a dual-use automated guided vehicle (AGV) will be available to the North American market. As a dual-use or hybrid AGV, the iGo neo can operate as both a traditional walkie-rider machine or as a fully automatic AGV. As an AGV, the iGo neo follows the operator at […]

In August, Kion North America participated in Charleston Regional Youth Apprentice Signing Day. With their families present, a total of 59 students gathered at Trident Technical College to sign their employment letters to become apprentices with Charleston-area employers. Joe Grant—a rising junior, has since completed his first month as an apprentice with the Summerville-based forklift […]

More than 60,000lb of supplies and food were delivered to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, due to the relief efforts organised by JLG Industries, Inc. Working with local communities, the company coordinated drives at its Hagerstown, Maryland, and Bedford, McConnellsburg, and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, facilities to support Hurricane Harvey flood victims. More than 100 JLG […]

Dematic, a member of the Kion Group and a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services for optimising the supply chain has added fleet management capabilities to Dematic Sprocket, its enterprise asset management solution and part of the Dematic iQ software suite. "Many of our customers own and operate a fleet as […]

Genie is inviting customers to ask questions and get answers about load sense technology in aerial work platforms (AWPs), or mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs), during its upcoming “Ask Me Anything” event, 2-6 October. On 2 October, Genie will post an AMA prompt on Genie Aerial Pros AMA Event page, as well as simultaneously sharing […]

Just over a year from its launch in the UK and Ireland, BYD Forklift Europe is now represented by 11 specialised dealers spread across both countries. BYD’s range of iron-phosphate powered fork lift trucks lead the materials handling industry with high efficiency, low maintenance machines which deliver remarkable operational cost savings when compared with conventional […]

In August Konecranes delivered four Konecranes SMV 4531 TC5 reachstackers to SA Talke, a joint venture between the German TALKE Group and the Saudi Sisco and Al-Jabr Groups. The machines will be used at the company’s container marshalling yards, where they are expected to bring greater efficiency and reliability to the container and goods handling. […]