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…of AGVs from our parent Toyota. There’s strong demand out there,and we’re here to meet it. It’s also worth noting that Bastian Solutions is part of a powerful combination under the Toyota Industries Group umbrella that also includes Toyota Material Handling, Vanderlande and Raymond. We are uniquely positioned to satisfy leading market needs with turnkey solutions. To learn more about…
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…of autonomous robotics at Google, Toyota, Qualcomm, General Atomics and Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics). Founded in 2015, Canvas has already showcased some impressive technologies, including a fully autonomous cart system that positions the startup as a direct competitor with the likes of Bay Area-based Fetch. Canvas Technology raised a $15 million Series A led by Playground Global. Canvas is…
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…similar tests last year. Uber, Toyota, Volkswagen and other companies are also working on air taxi concepts. A few market research reports have estimated the potential urban air mobility market could grow to anywhere from $15.2 billion by 2030 or as high as $23.7 billion in the same period. However, all of these projects will be dependent on advancements in…
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…sales and operations manager for Toyota Material Handling USA, adoption of telematics has doubled in the last three years. Many fleets large and small have seen the value in collecting and acting upon fleet data to ensure uptime, right-size fleets, control maintenance costs, establish operator accountability, and improve safety. Many others, however, have stuck with the status quo and are…
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…2018: Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships Toyota Advanced Logistics acquires Peach State Bluff manufacturing acquires Wesco Industrial Products Honeywell announces acquisition of Transnorm for $492.8 million Columbia Machine announces partnership with OTTO Motors UNEX Manufacturing acquires SpeedCell Orbis acquires Hinkle Manufacturing FedEx partners with Vecna Robotics as part of automation growth strategy Zebra Technologies to acquire Xplore Technologies SencorpWhite and Minerva…
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…the company was acquired by Toyota Advanced Logistics and celebrated a record year of revenues at more than $233 million USD. “Our company has seen tremendous growth and opportunity through the years,” said Bastian II, CEO of Bastian Solutions. “We owe that success to the foundation my father set and the leadership he provided throughout his career. Early on, he…
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…with the mass-production of the Toyota Prius. Two decades later, electric vehicles are becoming more and more common. Some are hybrid models, capable of using traditional fuel sources and electricity while some are solely reliant on electricity. These plug-in electric vehicles reduce carbon emissions and can save the operator money. With an increasingly environmentally conscious customer base, electric cars are…
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…We talked to four—Crown, Raymond, Toyota and Yale—but all major suppliers have placed a heavy emphasis on training. Furthermore, they are all very proud of their programs—a fact that came across strongly in interviews. Training lift truck technicians well has implications not just for the techs themselves but for suppliers and their customers, too. The first step is to find…
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…Hyundai and a new Mazda Toyota plant that will need 4,000 employees when it is operating at full speed. In the northeastern part of the state, there’s distribution, with large Walmart, Target and Children’s Place distribution centers. All of these facilities will need trained maintenance technicians. “The No. 1 issue before people locate here is: Where are my employees going…
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…Romano, president and CEO of Toyota Advanced Logistics NA. As part of that shift, Romano says that lift truck buying is leaving its buying silo. As automation, including automated lift trucks, increases in facilities, all equipment is increasingly being viewed as part of a system. “Trucks are now part of a bigger picture. No more silos. Customers are changing their…
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…system solution providers, including Swisslog, Toyota Material Handling, Dematic, Honeywell Intelligrated and Knapp Logistics Automation. (You can read “Materials Handling Innovation (And Why It Matters)”). This year, on the heels of Modex, we thought we’d revisit the topic. But instead of focusing on the household names in automation, we asked six companies playing in the software or technology space, including…
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…Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships ● Toyota acquires Bastian Solutions and Vanderlande to form new intralogistics division ● Hyster-Yale acquires controlling interest in Zhejiang Maximal, Chinese specialist in utility and standard lift truck segments ● I.D. Systems to acquire Keytroller, combining leaders in mobile asset management technologies ● International technology group Körber acquires HighJump, cloud-based supply chain software specialists, and DMLogic,…
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…Konica Minolta Print & Apply Shipping Labels: Weber Packaging Lift Trucks: Toyota Rack: Ridg-U-Rak
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…combustion product planning specialist for Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. “When we talk to customers in that area, everything is about the operator. It’s not enough to pay another 50 cents an hour, because you can always be beaten. That operator needs to be so happy where they are that they don’t even look elsewhere.” Operator safety has always been central…
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…Kion; Intelligrated by Honeywell; and Toyota’s acquisition of Bastian and Vanderlande. But it doesn’t stop there. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported that “Plug Power granted Amazon the right to buy up to 20 percent of its shares” based on meeting contract goals. While Kion, Intelligrated and Toyota are taking different approaches to the market, in conversations with their executives, they…
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