Toyota Donates New Hand Truck To Charity That Feeds Improverished Youth

Toyota Material Handling recently donated a hand pallet truck to a British charity that provides meals for poor children in Africa. According to news reports, the donation of the pallet truck to Mary’s Meals, a Glasgow-based charitable organization which provides backpacks full of food products which are sent to impoverished schoolchildren in Malawi and Liberia. … Read more

The Future of Packaging May Focus on These 10 Global Trends

Packaging hasn’t changed all that much in the past 50 years, with cardboard and plastic playing a central role in packaging materials. But over the course of the next few decades, at least one expert says there could be radical changes ahead. During a recent presentation at the Material Handling and Logistics Conference, in Park City, Utah, … Read more

Columbus McKinnon Names New Treasurer

Columbus McKinnon, one of the leading manufacturer of materials handling products in the US, announced recently that it has named Jon Adams as its new treasurer. Adams previously served as finance leader for the Silanes business for Momentive Performance Materials, according to a news release. He also worked at Ernst & Young and has an … Read more

Four Montana Students Breaking New Ground in Materials Handling

Four students from Montana State University finished in second place at the recent national Materials Handling Student Design Competition. It was the second time in three years that students from MSU took one of the highly-competitive event’s top three spots. Participants were asked to design the most efficient addition to the product lines and square … Read more

Legal Issues to Consider Before Searching Workers Lockers

Employee lockers provide a legal grey area for employers: Are they the property of the employer or the employee? Do employers have a right to search employee lockers or is it an invasion of worker’s privacy? If there is no clear-cut policy that has been drawn up by management and provided to employees, the simple … Read more

Waste Receptacles: Types and Uses

Trash and clutter are the enemy of any efficient business. So having adequate waste receptacles available in your manufacturing or warehouse facility is critical to streamlined and profitable operations. Waste receptacles, also known as trash cans or waste bins, come in many different shapes, sizes and colors. Some are portable and have two or four wheels … Read more

Disaster Recovery Planning for the Materials Handling Industry

Disasters can be natural or man-made.  They can strike without notice, like a fire or hurricane, or can be seen coming from a long way off, such as a work stoppage.  But all disasters have one thing in common: They can cause a suspension in your normal business operations. Effective disaster planning can shorten the amount of … Read more

Assessing the Ergonomics of Material Handling in Your Workplace

An examination of the ergonomics of workers’ movement can improve productivity, reduce the amount of workplace injuries, and lower costs, according to a report compiled by the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Whenever materials are handled in a warehouse, manufacturing facility or other workplace, there is always the opportunity for wasted energy, wasted time, … Read more