NOBLELIFT North America announced its designed FE4P50Q-70Q Lithium-Iron Phosphate Forklifts, featuring highly efficient, durable lithium-iron forklifts, are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
Many warehouses are shifting toward the use of robotic lift trucks (RLTs), with recent industry surveys showing that the adoption of RLTs has increased 14% during the past year.
By and large, the overall movement continues to be toward rear-load bulk delivery for beverage fleets. As such, liftgate innovations will remain in lockstep with this shift.
Ability to layer technology options key to addressing the individual needs
November 18, 2020
The movement of food and beverage through the supply chain has never been so closely analyzed. This extra scrutiny has brought into focus a number of stress points within the beverage industry.
Lift and tilt handled simultaneously with EZ Control Joystick
October 13, 2020
Toyota Material Handling announced the release of its new EZ Control Joystick, which optimizes productivity for its electric forklifts by placing the hydraulic controls into a single intuitive feature.
With increasing automation, new technologies and burgeoning SKUs driving the beverage industry, forklifts now are being used to gather data and intelligence on productivity, cost management and output within warehouses.
Experts note that the interest and adoption of AGVs rapidly is accelerating in the face of a diminished labor pool and the fact that robotic lift trucks are designed to handle repetitive tasks while allowing labor to be redeployed to more value-added tasks.