Archive for March 2021
Toyota Material Handling Honors Top Forklift Dealers with President’s Award
Toyota Material Handling (TMH) announced the winners of the annual President’s Award which recognizes the top Toyota forklift dealers in North America. The prestigious award recognizes the dealers who perform at the highest level in parts, service, equipment sales, customer satisfaction and overall operations. The winners, announced during Toyota’s Annual Dealer Meeting on March 22, will…
Read MoreA New Way to Store Press Brake Tools with the Press Brake Tool Storage System
Rack Engineering Division announced its new Press Brake Tool Storage System for storing and organization Press Brake Tools. Quickly recognize if something is missing before getting started at the Press Brake with the Press Brake Tool Storage System from Rack Engineering Division. In addition to organizing tools, the Press Brake Tool Storage System can reportedly…
Read MoreThe Upender, Improving Worker Safety
The Uni-Craft Corp. team presents the Upender, an ergonomic “lifting aid” that helps prevent worker injuries, lowering the cost of claims and downtime, that repositions large, round, and odd shaped products such as dies, rolls, or coils. The Uni-Craft Upender is an ergonomic solution with applications in manufacturing and assembly to the end of the…
Read MoreA World First In Safety Gloves: Arco Brings Traffi’s Carbon Neutral Range To Its Customers
Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, is working closely with hand protection specialist Traffi to provide Arco customers with the world’s first carbon neutral safety glove range. As signatories of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), Arco is committed to cutting carbon, water and waste across its product ranges. Traffi’s new Life Extending Technology (LXT)…
Read MoreEmployers, What’s Your Vaccination Strategy?
An Employment Lawyer Focused on COVID-19 Issues in the Workplace Shares His Insights Soon, the COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available to most employees. Is your organization ready to help them get vaccinated and back to work? Attorney Rick Grimaldi shares insights to help employers get a plan in place now. At long last the…
Read MoreNot All Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Created Equal
It’s no secret that lithium-ion batteries are great for power tools. They can be recharged hundreds of times with greater energy output compared to other rechargeables. This is, in part, how they have earned their reputation for stability and efficiency. However, not all lithium-ion batteries are the same. The Power Tool Institute (PTI) always recommends…
Read MoreLongbow Advantage and AutoScheduler Announce Strategic Partnership
Longbow Advantage and AutoScheduler.AI jointly announce a partnership that will enable logistics operators to predict and prevent supply chain disruptions before they happen. AutoScheduler’s AI solution complements Rebus, the real-time supply chain visibility platform built by Longbow, by leveraging harmonized data to avoid disruptions to on-time fulfillment caused by labor, docking and inventory bottlenecks. “Our customers depend on…
Read MoreHunter Industrial Fans Becomes Internationally Certified by Air Movement and Control Association
All three of Hunter Industrial Fans’ HVLS (high-volume, low-speed) fan lines have been certified by the Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA): the Titan, Eco and XP. AMCA, an international, not-for-profit organization in the air movement and control industry, bases its certifications on product tests for energy efficiency, sound and overall performance. AMCA International’s Certified…
Read MoreWhat Slips, Trips and Falls Signage Can Teach Us About Workplace Communication
By Carolyn Voelkening, Contributor It doesn’t matter what your job is or where you work, you know the slips, trips and falls warning sign: a black figure on a yellow background, arms out, one leg about to lose contact with a surface, the other leg bent knee in mid-air. Stuck in perpetual, impending disaster,…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the Supply Chain?
By Mitch Hayes, Contributor The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major disrupter the likes of which we have not seen in over a generation. In the last year, it has had a significant impact on the supply chain, driving disruptions and shortages that have pushed supply lines to their limit. During this time,…
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