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United Natural Foods converts lift trucks to fuel cells
United Natural Foods, Inc., a leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods in the United States and Canada, is the first organization to use The Raymond Corp.’s new hydrogen fuel cell-compatible orderpicker. It’s part of a UNFI initiative to transform its Sarasota, Fla., distribution facility’s lift truck fleet to hydrogen fuel cell power. The goals for this conversion include eliminating time for battery charging, changing and maintenance, as well as enhancing its sustainability goals...
Argonne Focuses on Test Procedures for All-Electric Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is celebrating the recent approval of SAE J1711, the revised recommended practice for figuring out the fuel economy and exhaust emissions test procedures of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs)...
Colson Caster Industrial Brakes
Colson Caster Corp. introduces its new Top Lock industrial brakes, the 4 Series of stainless steel brakes that withstand corrosion, acidic, chemical and solvent solutions, steam, and salt-spray exposures...
Fuel Cells to Power Material Handling Fleet in New Sysco DC
Lift and pallet trucks in Sysco’s new 585,000-square-foot foodservice distribution center (DC) in Houston will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells...
Crown Honors Dealers with Summit Awards
Crown Equipment recognizes 19 company-owned branches and independent dealers for outstanding achievements in sales and customer satisfaction...
MCFA Introduces Jungheinrich Lift Truck Dealers
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. (MCFA) announces the new authorized distributors of Jungheinrich-brand lift trucks in the United States, Canada and Mexico...
Driving Waste out of the DC
Apria Healthcare uses lean principles and pallet stackers to improve capacity utilization at its DCs...
A Weighty Proposition
Scale systems can help companies optimize billing and productivity in warehouse and DC environments...
Cole Hersee Battery Disconnect Switch
Cole Hersee Co. introduces the 75920 master battery disconnect switch, an emergency switch that cuts off all battery power from the electrical systems of material handling equipment...
Fleet Management Firm Introduces Green Lift Truck Services
Independent fleet management firm Total Fleet Solutions (TFS) has created a new division that uses analysis tools and material handling equipment expertise to reduce the overall carbon footprint of its customers’ lift truck fleets...
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