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2024 was a massive year for Combilift, propelled by innovation, product development, and sustainability. The year was also a landmark year for the company, marked by a series of prestigious awards. 🏆 Combilift takes us inside the development of their latest products and other highlights from a very busy year: https://lnkd.in/gFEnDnUe #materialshandling #innovation ✳️ Combilift

To our wonderful materials handling community, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 Thank you for your contributions to Forkliftaction in 2024. 💕 Your support allows us to grow this platform and maintain quality independent news, week in and week out. So, whether you posted a job or troubleshooting advice, shared an event or news lead, or frequented the website – thank you! In our fast-evolving industry, we hope FORKLIFTACTION continues to keep your cogs turning in 2025...

NEWS STORY - Seegrid partners with Open Source Robotics Alliance Seegrid Corporation is joining the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA) in an effort to “actively support initiatives that foster collaboration and shared knowledge across the robotics field”. The announcement comes just days after Seegrid disclosed it would no longer be a distributor for Raymond Corporation following a 22-year partnership. Read the full report on FORKLIFTACTION.

Forkliftaction News - 🗞️ special end-of-year report According to Forkliftaction editor Angie Kay, 2024 was a year marked by “innovation, increased automation, and striving for clean fuel sources, with huge investments in R&D announced by some big players…” In this special report, she looks at this year’s big issues for the materials handling sector and asks industry experts what they think will happen in 2025. Head to the FORKLIFTACTION website for the full report. 🔸 '2024 - a year of innovation'

MOVERS & SHAKERS - learn about the latest promotions and appointments: 💼BMW Group will nominate Dr Nicolas Peter for the role of chairman of its Supervisory Board at its 2025 Annual General Meeting, with him having served a two-year cooling off period from having held any positions with BMW AG. 💼Michael Cavanaugh is appointed chief executive officer with warehouse automation supplier KPI Solutions, following the retirement of Larry Strayhorn. Head to FORKLIFTACTION to read the full report. Congrats to Nicolas and Michael!🎉

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!🙌 The FORKLIFTACTION team is celebrating the end of the year with a little time off, which for many of us in the Southern Hemisphere means getting outside to enjoy the sun 😎, and of course, winding down with family and friends. We hope your holiday season is filled with connection and fun! Season's greetings from the Forkliftaction team!🎉 ...And don't forget to look out for our Special End-of-Year Industry Report, published on Boxing Day - 26 December. In this report, we'll be pulling together the key news stories and industry trends from 2024 while also looking ahead to what we can expect for 2025.

NEWS – Knorr-Bremse is automating with Movu🗞️ Movu Robotics will install a new system at the French manufacturing plant of Knorr-Bremse which makes braking systems for commercial vehicles. The new automation system will include 10 atlas pallet shuttles, three elevators and four escala bin shuttles. Read what Knorr-Bremse France managing director, Stéphane Devulder had to say about the project in the report on the FORKLIFTACTION website: 🔸‘French plant to automate with Movu’

Learn about the highlights of BSLBATT®’s recent exhibits at Logimotion Dubai and Handling Expo Egypt 2024.🔋 Accordig to Tracy Shen, the company's MENA Sales Managr, "BSLBATT®'s participation in Dubai Logimotion exhibition and Egypt Handling Expo Egypt together with its partner CAPARO Middle East is the result of our very successful planning of our business policy for the Middle East and North Africa market.” Read their latest Announcement on Forkliftaction for more details: https://lnkd.in/g6mufVdJ BSL Battery - Industrial #LithiumIon #batteries

NEWS STORY 🗞️- Exotec’s Skypods achieve operational milestone French warehouse robotics provider Exotec’s fleet of Skypod robots has achieved the operational milestone of completing more than one million container presentations daily on a global basis. “Each presentation represents a robot retrieving a container and delivering it to a designated workstation,” Exotec explains. More details in the FORKLIFTACTION report: 'Skypods achieve operational milestone'

According to EAXTRON | Battery Connectors, for many years, battery connectors were rarely seen as critical components in the operation of battery-powered equipment. However, the wrong connectors can lead to the following risks: ❗Accidental disconnection during operation ❗Overheating and connector wear ❗Ergonomic strain and worker injuries ❗Equipment downtime and repairs EAXTRON take us through their SECURISOFT range of battery connectors, and how they mitigate these risks: https://lnkd.in/gFcBxJCV