May 15, 2017
Most manufacturing industries, including sectors which produce material-handling equipment, struggled through the recession, but for most sectors, their company’s performance has been improving year after year, and since 2010 in particular. Each year since the country began to recover from the financial crisis of 2008, revenues have typically grown at a steady pace. The main…
May 10, 2017
Retail has really taken off over the past 30 years or so. No longer are you limited to a couple of local outlets. There are now probably a dozen outlets where you could purchase your item within driving range, plus there’s the hundreds – if not thousands – of outlets that are available online. Having…
April 12, 2017
The efficiency in the way that your materials are handled at your production facility depends mainly on the way your items are organized, and if you are using the right type of equipment for whatever tasks you need to perform on a frequent basis. Many times, a company will simply purchase what they perceive to…
April 10, 2017
Material handling equipment is an all-encompassing term that is often used to classify mechanical equipment that is used for the control, movement and storage of materials and products. Such equipment can be used in many types of environments including manufacturing plants, distribution centers, warehouses, medical facilities and even retail outlets. The number one objective of…
March 1, 2017
You may think of your loading dock as the catcher in a game of baseball – it has control of the ball for almost every defensive play but seldom gets the glory for ‘just catching’. Virtually every manufacturing facility or warehouse has a shipping facility. Most items of the warehouse such as inventory, finished items,…
January 29, 2017
The term ‘heavy duty material-handling carts’ (or trucks) has become something of a generic term that’s used to represent a wide selection of wheeled devices. All such devices tend to have one thing specifically in common – they have the main purpose of transporting supplies, freight or other ‘cumbersome’ or unwieldy materials within a company’s…
January 26, 2017
For all types of material-handling equipment, businesses often rely heavily on rental equipment in order to meet their needs – especially if those needs are unplanned or infrequent. A piece of rental equipment is usually seen as a ‘stop-gap’ measure in order to provide a specific need at a specific time, or a specific need…
December 15, 2016
When you are looking to find a fleet of material handling equipment for your warehouse or any type of job, whether it’s for one-time use, or for extended periods of time, it’s best to find one distributor that can supply all, not just some of your material-handling needs. Finding a One-Stop Shop Without Additional Fees…
December 5, 2016
During the 1800s, many products were shipped in wooden barrels. As the world’s population grew, and industry grew along with it, a transition was made from wooden barrels to steel drums. Many innovations in steel drums occurred during the first half of the 1900s, including straight sides, rolling hoops and fittings on the side or…
December 1, 2016
Warehouse Industry in Miami According to the Pew Research Center, the number of production jobs fell by approximately 475, 000 people in 2007 that resulted in a 29% – 34% decline in the United States. Today, the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that between June 2015 and June 2016, the…
