Topic: Lift Trucks

Ready to welcome a steady incoming flow of conference attendees, introduce the world to a host of new industry innovations and provide a full lineup of fun events all week long, ProMat 2023 opened its doors to the world at 10 a.m. CST this morning.

After going “virtual” in 2021 due to the global COVID pandemic, ProMat is back in Chicago for a live, in-person event for 2023—and it’s going to be big. As the largest international materials handling, logistics and supply chain show and conference, ProMat 2023, produced by show sponsor MHI, will feature exhibits from more than 1,000 of the world’s top manufacturing and supply chain solution providers in more than 560,000 square feet of exhibit space—about 35% larger than in 2019.

Leasing critical equipment like lift trucks can offer flexibility, but some lease terms can be complex and costly if you’re not careful.

Operational priorities and infrastructure constraints should guide motive power choice, though lithium is seen as gaining ground in the long term. Every option has its strong points, so it comes down to using the goals of each operation to guide it down the best motive power path.

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FORNTA is a major global provider of omnichannel and parcel distribution solutions, spanning materials handling automation, systems integration, software, and consulting.

Get answers to some of your most pressing lift truck financing and leasing questions.

Operations are deploying autonomous lift trucks to offset pressures like rising order volumes and the inability to secure enough skilled operators. The ironic tinge here is that even though industry needs robots, it turns out the robots need people.

Managing lift truck safety is daunting in today’s hectic materials handling environments, but safety-related technology is advancing rapidly, with sensor-driven solutions available that promise to avoid incidents before they happen.

New the robotics and AI solutions company, Gideon, unveiled a self-driving forklift for loading and unloading pallets from truck trailers entirely autonomously, saving more than 80% of a worker's time.

Once considered the purvey of the far-off future, autonomous lift trucks have arrived. Here’s what they can offer.

Five Emerging Technologies Accelerating Supply Chain Digitalization in 2022

Operator assist systems help reinforce best practices.

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Better Seat, More Productivity

This white paper examines the ways in which warehouses can not only justify an investment in robotic lift trucks through speedy ROI – but achieve meaningful savings.

Download this valuable white paper to explore the top 5 ways self-driving forklifts are advancing facilities today and learn details about how truly intelligent equipment delivers these solutions.

Working with the right partner allows you to accelerate your supply chain digitalization to meet customer expectations.

Getting more out of lift truck telematics involves looking beyond basics and starting to incorporate analytics fed by integration with other systems. By marrying up telematics data from the trucks with operations data, or with real-time location feeds, users stand to benefit.

In this white paper, Hyster helps answer some of the most common questions about lift truck fleet management.