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E-commerce growth is driven by consumer benefits, but in
many cases, creates problems for order picking, packaging, and
fulfillment operations.
If you have employees picking orders from racks and shelving, or
manually loading and unloading pallets, we can show you how a
small investment in a PalletPal® Level Loader can make the job faster,
safer, and easier. These inexpensive devices position pallets at a
comfortable height, eliminating the bending, reaching, and stretching
required for manual loading and unloading. Many units have turntable
tops to allow workers to stay in one spot throughout the process.
When pallet loads are damaged or need to be transferred from
in-house to outbound pallets or skids, the PalletPal Pallet Rotator
can assist workers by effortlessly positioning the entire pallet load
for transfer or product replacement.
With over a dozen models to chose from, there is sure to be a
PalletPal Level Loader for your application.
PalletPal Order Picker
Pallet Leveling Attachment
PalletPal Rotator
Pallet Inverter
PalletPal Walkie
Pallet Truck Attachment
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Material handling solutions provider Interroll is develop-
ing a new factory in Kronau, Germany, with a produc-
tion area of approximately 160,000 square feet ( 15,000
square meters). The company is investing around $45
million (€ 40 million) in stages, with completion of the
factory planned by the end of 2020. … Lift-truck man-
ufacturer Komatsu Forklift U.S.A. has added Frontier
Forklifts and Service Inc. as a new Komatsu Forklift
dealer in the Houston area. … Supply chain spend
management consultancy Spend Management Experts
has released its “2019 Carrier Rate Increase Guide,”
which outlines key comparisons between two of the
major U.S. parcel carriers, FedEx and UPS. The guide
is available at www.spendmgmt.com. … TransForce
Inc., a recruiting and employment solutions provider
specializing in commercial truck drivers, has acquired
HELP (Hire Edge Logistics Personnel), a regional staffing
agency operating in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
states. … NextShift Robotics, a provider of autono-
mous mobile robot solutions for order fulfillment and
warehouse materials management, has entered into a
reseller agreement with Hy-Tek Material Handling Inc.
of Columbus, Ohio. … APL Logistics Ltd. has appoint-
ed Champion Shipping PLC as its new local partner to
support the company’s domestic logistics, international
freight forwarding, and associated services in Ethiopia.
… Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics com-
pany, hosted a “line-off” event at the company’s new
advanced manufacturing facility located in Westfield,
Ind., to celebrate the first piece of ZiPline Conveyor
fabricated at the new location. … Joplin, Mo.-based
truckload carrier CFI has acquired Chicago-based truck-
load and less-than-truckload hauler Optimal Freight. …
Mobile workforce technology solutions strategist GPS
Mobile Solutions has changed its name to BlueArrow
Telematics. … Supply chain compliance solutions provid-
er AsiaInspection has rebranded and changed its name
to QIMA in order to better reflect the company’s core
expertise in quality inspection management. … Johnson
Stephens Consulting (JSC) has released the first of two
white papers outlining critical success factors in select-
ing and transitioning to a third-party logistics service
provider (3PL). The paper is available for download at
johnsonstephens.com.
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