Newsmakers 2009 Archive
December 2009
December 22, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Conveyor Orders Down in October
2. Toyota Material Handling Launches Social Media Program
3. Hawthorne Retires from Hytrol Conveyor
4. Seegrid Expands Headquarters
5. The Audacity of 2010
6. Too Much Information
7. Seeing Red About Going Green
8. Submit a Story!
9. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
December 15, 2009
In This Issue:
1. OSHA Regulatory Agenda to Impact Material Handling Operations
2. Jervis B. Webb Names New President and Co-CEO
3. Grocery Distributor Converts More Vehicles to Methanol Fuel-Cell Power
4. Material Flows Blog: No Pain, No Gain
5. Material Flows Blog: We Still Have to Eat...
6. Feature: Analyze This—Motive-Power Batteries in the Warehouse
7. Feature: Picking to Win
8. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
December 8, 2009
In This Issue:
1. MHIA Predicts Growth in 2010
2. VICS Seeks Nominations for Collaborative Commerce Awards
3. Retrotech to Market Activ Automated Pallet Routing Systems
4. Gutierrez Joins iGPS Board of Directors
5. One Supply Chain Does Not Fit All
6. Ergonomics is the Best Policy
7. Back to the Farm
8. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
November 2009
November 24, 2009
In This Issue:
1. University Professors Find Empirical Evidence of RFID Benefits
2. Motorola Launches Recycling Program for Mobile Equipment
3. Automation Fair Explores Continuous Improvement, Sustainability
4. Clark Extends Helping Paw to Humane Society
5. New! Material Flows Blog
6. A Crowning Moment for IC Lift Trucks
7. One Supply Chain Does Not Fit All
8. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
November 17, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Conveyor Orders Up Since August But Down Overall
2. OSHA Releases H1N1 Tips for Employers
3. LXE Now Offers Wavelink Software for Mobile Computers
4. Toyota Material Handling Improves Delivery Routing
5. AGVs: The Future Is Now
6. Selecting the Best Robotic Tooling Option
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
November 10, 2009
In This Issue:
1. JDA Software to Acquire i2 Technologies
2. Autoquip Acquires American Lifts
3. Big Ass Fans R&D Facility Earns LEED Gold Certification
4. Intelligrated Accepts $24 Million in Incentives from Ohio
5. Four Steps to Achieving Active Energy Management
6. When You'd Rather Not Do It Yourself
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
November 3, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Ohio Governor to Visit Intelligrated Facility for Joint Announcement
2. Credit Availability Expands in Manufacturing
3. Federal OSHA to Review All State Programs
4. United Fresh President Testifies at Senate Hearing on Food Safety Bill
5. A Party of Thousands
6. AGVs: The Future Is Now
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
October 2009
October 27, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Follow MHM on Twitter: It's the Right Time, Right Place
2. Toyota Expands Aichi Dealer Base
3. Wisconsin Lift Truck President Elected to MHEDA Board
4. Castell Safety Products Now Available Through Tapeswitch
5. TPM: Healthcare for Equipment
6. Everything and Nothing
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
October 20, 2009
In This Issue:
1. U.S. Postal Service Installs Major Flats Sequencing System
2. U.S. State Department Tracks Critical IT Assets with RFID
3. Banner Engineering Helps Student Develop Guitar Hero-Playing Robot
4. Oldest Working Barcode Device Discovered
5. Designing an Eco-Friendly Aftermarket Network
6. Building the Next-Gen Warehouse
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
October 13, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Changes Coming From OSHA
2. Credit Performance Improves in Manufacturing
3. AMT Economic Handbook Released
4. Associated Material Handling Sponsors Student Lounge
5. When the Dust Settles
6. Lean Is Cool
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
October 6, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Food Industry Launches Groundbreaking Identification Initiative
2. Manufacturing Grows for Second Month in a Row
3. Universal Robotics, Motoman to Develop Robots with Spatial Vision
4. Amputation Leads to $51,650 OSHA Fine
5. Not Much Room for Compromise on Card Check
6. Safeguarding Against Machine Hazards
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
October 13, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Changes Coming From OSHA
2. Credit Performance Improves in Manufacturing
3. AMT Economic Handbook Released
4. Associated Material Handling Sponsors Student Lounge
5. When the Dust Settles
6. Lean Is Cool
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
September 2009
September 29, 2009
In This Issue:
1. DC Costs Trending Down: Supply Chain Consortium Report
2. NAM Tells EPA the Clean Air Act Is Not a 'Blunt Instrument'
3. Clark Gives Cash Incentives for Lift Truck Trade-Ins
4. Intermec Offers Handheld Computer Trade-In Program
5. Transport Packaging: From Liability to Opportunity
6. Pack Expo 2009: At a Glance
7. Lights, Camera, Pallets!
8. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
September 22, 2009
In This Issue:
1. It's Lift Truck Safety Week in the U.K.
2. Lift Truck Industry Veteran Retires From Toyota Material Handling
3. Lift Truck Rodeo Rounds Up More Sponsors
4. Raymond Offers Cash Incentives for Lift Truck Upgrades
5. Psion Teklogix Introduces 'Cash for Data Collection Clunkers' Program
6. Ryzex Offers Mobile Technology Upgrade Credit
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
September 15, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Beumer Acquires Crisplant, Former European and Asian Operations of FKI Logistex
2. Orbis Appoints New President
3. OSHA Revises PPE Design Standards
4. Lean for Distribution Logistics
5. Coming Clean on Lift Truck Power
6. Performance Management: Getting Everybody On the Same Page
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
September 8, 2009
In This Issue:
1. APHIS Wants Comments on Proposed Domestic Wood Packaging Rules
2. iGPS Attorney Speaks Out Against Wood Pallets Again at Second Public Meeting
3. Manufacturing Shows Growth After More Than a Year of Decline
4. MHIA Committee Developing 2010 Pallet Standard
5. The World in a Grain of Sand
6. Down But Not Out
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
September 1, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Genco Uses DOE Grant to Deliver Fuel Cells to Wegmans
2. iGPS Attorney Blasts Wood Pallets at USDA Meeting
3. Nissan Powers Tug Fleet With Methanol Fuel Cells
4. LG Expands 3PL Contract with Greatwide Logistics
5. Wal-Mart's Green Mandate
6. Under One Roof
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
August 2009
August 25, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Insects Bore Their Way Into Pallet Debate With Latest iGPS Statement
2. New Report Prepares Supply Chain Managers for Cap-and-Trade Programs
3. Wegmans Gets $1 Million to Convert Electric Lift Trucks to Fuel Cell Power
4. TIEM Names Suppliers of the Year
5. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
August 18, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Pallet Debate Still on Fire; Risk to Food Supply Now in Dispute
2. Nuvera and Airgas Join Forces to Expand Fuel-Cell Power Infrastructure
3. MCFA to Manufacture and Distribute Jungheinrich Lift Trucks
4. White Systems Adds Genesis Inventory Management to Carousels
5. Critical Position
6. Shop (Floor) Talk
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
August 11, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Manufacturing Barometer Shows Less Pessimism
2. PMI Rises for Seventh Consecutive Month
3. Aberdeen Group Forms Green IT and Sustainability Practice
4. U.S. Army Embarks on AutoID Project
5. Keeping a Cold One Cold
6. What's MRO Done for You Lately?
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
August 4, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Food Safety Bill Passes House
2. TIEM Gets a New President
3. FedEx Ground Opens New Ohio Distribution Hub
4. OSHA Releases Combustible Dust Guidance Document
5. New CARB Regs FAQs
6. The Magic Number
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
July 2009
July 28, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Boeing Taps Lean Software Tool for MRO
2. PES Introduces Cost-Cutting Service Based on SCOR
3. PLS to Offer RFID Tracking of Reusables
4. Report Shows Continuing Interest in Outsourced Packaging Services
5. Critical Position
6. Shop (Floor) Talk
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
July 21, 2009
In This Issue:
1. Wal-Mart to Rank Supplier Products for Sustainability Based on Supply Chain Data
2. Senators Drop Card-Check Provision
3. Avery Dennison Demonstrates RFID in Apparel Supply Chain
4. RFID Orders Surge
5. A New View on Lean
6. Asset Tracking: Material Handling Benefits
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
July 14, 2009
In this issue:
1. DOD Gains Asset Visibility Using Mesh Network
2. Kollmorgen and Sky-Trax Link Up
3. LXE and IntelliTrack Announce Alliance
4. NPTA Alliance Launches New Web Site
5. Do Your Operators Need Refresher Training?
6. What Exactly Is a Supply Chain, Anyway?
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
July 7, 2009
In this issue:
1. Groundbreaking Field Study Confirms Feasibility of RFID for Reusable Container Tracking
2. Manufacturers and Wholesalers Predict Rebound in Late 2009
3. Lift Truck Rodeo Awards Dream Vacations to Warehouse Employees
4. Unit Load Blending Begins With Components
5. The Means for the Machine
6. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
June 2009
June 30, 2009
In this issue:
1. Intelligrated Acquistion of FKI Logistex is Now Complete
2. 3D Rendering Helps Visualize Material Handling Results
3. Apollo and Brown Push for Manufacturing Green
4. Michigan Taps Evans for Supply Chain Expertise
5. Narrow-Aisle Form Follows Lift Truck Function
6. Someone Hit the Reset Button
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
June 23, 2009
In this issue:
1. House Advances Federal Food Safety Bill
2. FDA Investigates Nestle Facility
3. Logistics Training Program to Help Veterans and More
4. Applied Industrial Technologies Partners with ORS Nasco
5. Risky Business
6. Motivating Your Staff During a Down Economy
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
June 16, 2009
In this issue:
1. Toyota to Bring an IC Hybrid Lift Truck to Market
2. H-E-B Converts Reach Trucks to Fuel-Cell Power
3. Fatal Lift Truck Accident Temporarily Closes Production Plant
4. John Fletcher Joins the iGPS Board
5. Overcoming the Crisis du Jour
6. What Are You Waiting For?
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
June 9, 2009
In this issue:
1. In GM's Wake, Technology Supplier Protection Sought
2. Boston Rack, Base Manufacturing Join to Form Elite Storage Solutions
3. Toyota Offers Free CARB Evaluation
4. New Training Programs for Material Handling Workers
5. The Transport Medium Is the Message
6. Thinking Inside the Box
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
June 2, 2009
In this issue:
1. Intelligrated Buys FKI Logistex Americas
2. Mitsubishi Offers Its Own Stimulus Plan
3. DSC Logistics Is Kimberly-Clark DC of the Year
4. Continental Industrial Tire Picks Its Dealer of the Year
5. Get a Guide to Safety Services
6. Time of Reckoning
7. 5 Key Enablers for Voice-Based Warehouse Execution
8. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
May 2009
May 26, 2009
In this issue:
1. Robots and Humans Featured in the Flicks
2. Joining to Harvest the Wind
3. Exel to Operate General Mills Southeast Warehouse
4. Big Lift Buys Big Joe
5. Overcoming the Crisis du Jour
6. Motivating Your Staff During a Down Economy
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
May 19, 2009
In this issue:
1. Warehouse Protest Leads to Seven Arrests
2. Manufacturers Denied Stay of Enforcement for Consumer Tracking Label Requirement
3. Packaging and Automation Suppliers Join to Create SWS/TEK
4. Association for Manufacturing Technology Gets New President
5. AS/RS: The Heights are Getting Higher
6. Risky Business
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
May 12, 2009
In this issue:
1. Study Says Plastic Reusable Containers are Fire Safe
2. LPC Packaging Selects Methanol-Based Fuel Cell Power
3. Georgia-Pacific Taps PECO for Pallet Pooling
4. WERC Names Its Board
5. Striving for World-Class Distribution
6. Beyond the Lift Truck Sale
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
May 5, 2009
In this issue:
1. Material Handling Helps Power the Fuel Cell Industry
2. Crown Gets $1 Million Boost for Fuel Cell Research
3. TGW-Ermanco Gets a New President
4. Walmart Canada Extends SCM Contract
5. Managing Intense Labor Forces
6. Partners for Profitability
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
April 2009
April 28, 2009
In this issue:
1. iGPS Attacks Wood Pallet Companies for 'Bogus' Claims; Launches Counterattack
2. Fire Marshal Association Appoints Working Group to Study Pallet Fire Issue
3. Pallets and Fire Safety: NASFM Reports on the Meeting at UL Headquarters
4. Palnet Joins the Wood vs. Plastic Pallet Fray
5. CHEP Announces New Technology
6. Pallet Debate Heats Up
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
April 21, 2009
In this issue:
1. Fuel Cell Provider Gets $6 Million in Government Awards
2. Nestle Waters Switches to Fuel Cell Power
3. Australian Packaging Firm Joins RPA
4. AmeriQuest Launches Material Handling Parts Service
5. Service Is Not a Bad Word
6. Handle With Care: Controlling Your Own Destiny
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
April 14, 2009
In this issue:
1. Lift Truck Puts Lego Pharaoh in its Place
2. Ford Collects Data on Vegetated Roof
3. RIBCs Lead Growing Demand for Rigid Bulk Packaging
4. Material Handling Leaders Come Together to Support High School Education Program
5. The Unkindest Cut of All
6. Gen Y for Hire
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
April 7, 2009
In this issue:
1. Pallet Provider Helps Nab Thieves
2. Myers Optimizes Processes for Material Handling Segment
3. Get Guidance for Developing RFID Data Security
4. Psion Teklogix Signs Distribution Deal with Ingram Micro
5. The Move to Maintenance Outsourcing
6. Manual Goes Mobile
7. Last Week's Top 3 Articles
