Shipbuilders at the Newport News ship yard, in Virginia, have been created an early Christmas for thousands of area schoolchildren and other people in need in their community. Workers at the Huntington Ingalls Industries division at the shipyard recently donated nearly 20,000 school supplies to area students, donated another $2 million to the local United … Read more
(Editor’s Note: This article is intended for entertainment purposes only. Zombies don’t really exist. Probably.) In recognition one of the last episodes of AMC’s fourth season of “The Walking Dead” that aired earlier this month, just in time for the holidays, here is a lighthearted look at products you should consider getting to help you … Read more
A British trucking company has been fined $146,700 after a 59-year-old British worker had his leg crushed beneath a six-foot-wide fish tank that had accidentally slipped off the forklift that was transporting it to one of the company’s directors’ offices. The incident occurred June 1, 2010, at Alloy Bodies Ltd., in Manchester, but the fine … Read more
A new product introduced by Videojet Technologies — a manufacturer of coding marking and printing products headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois — promises to provide an integrated conveyor solution for marking the external surfaces of shipping containers, according to a company news release. The new product is a response to an increased need for … Read more
KION, Europe’s leading manufacturer of forklifts and other materials handling vehicles, is now focusing on an even larger marketplace: China. Company CEO Gordon Riske said that although the German company has been present in Asia for nearly two decades, it is now poised to aggressively pursue the materials handling market in China, the world’s second … Read more
Volvo Construction Equipment, a division of the Swedish automobile manufacturer, has announced that it is purchasing the truck division of US heavy equipment manufacturer Terex for $160 million. Terex — based in Westport, Connecticut — will include its Motherwell, Scotland, plant and its off-highway grid articulated product range and articulated haul trucks line as part … Read more
BPR/Rico Manufacturing Inc. — a Medina, Ohio, based maker of forklifts and other materials handling equipment — has been awarded a $7.3 million contract with the US Department of Defense to make specialized spare tire carriers for the military’s Humvee vehicles, according to a company news release. The Drop Down Spare Tire Carrier is engineered … Read more
During the holiday season, some companies give employees a holiday bonus as a way of rewarding and recognizing all their hard work during the previous year. While certainly not mandatory, holiday bonuses or other gifts they can be small investment that brings large rewards in the form of building loyalty and positive feelings in your … Read more
The Mission: Reduce emissions of cement dust and other “fugitive emissions” at the Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua cement plant in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Solution: An temporary shutdown of the company’s cement processing facility to upgrade its bulk material handling conveyors from top to bottom. Executives at the GCC Dakotah plant recognized that they … Read more
A town council member from New Zealand who acquaintances said was a safety “fanatic” was killed Nov. 26 in a workplace accident. Bill Frost, 58, a former member of the Malvern Community Board and owner of his own transport services firm was killed after he was pinned between a logging truck and a forklift in … Read more
