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…and Allen A. Dicke, founded Crown Equipment Corporation in New Bremen, Ohio, in 1945 with an unwavering commitment to customer service. Seventy-five years later, Crown is a widely-recognized, global material handling equipment manufacturer and technology provider with more than 16,100 employees worldwide serving many of the world’s most recognizable brands and category leaders. The fourth generation of the Dicke family…
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…vice president of customer support, Crown Equipment, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting a column for consideration. —————- If you manage a fleet of forklifts, there’s no better time to think about the health of your fleet. When it…
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…in turn, avoid any potential equipment damage. To meet the lift height and capacity requirement, SGWS added a very narrow aisle turret truck to its fleet, which maximizes cube utilization throughout the warehouse. The company used the turret truck’s optional auto positioning system 〈APS〉, which automatically guides the trucks along the most efficient route to each pick location. Mark Booth,…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has announced the opening of a new, expanded sales and service center in Springfield, Mo. The facility will help Crown meet growing customer needs in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas, including the areas of Springfield, Joplin, Branson and Lebanon, Missouri. The new Crown Lift Trucks location, at 2637 E.…
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…personally “roaming around” to inspect equipment, which can be hard to do given the increasing size and pace of work in many DCs, says John Rosenberger, director of iWarehouse Gateway and global telematics for The Raymond Corp. Ensuring safety checklists are done thoroughly carries a maintenance benefit. Fleet software can help with digital notation of checklists, while telematics data can…
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…it has solidified deals with Crown Equipment Corporation to automate their equipment. This partnership marks a significant foray into delivering dual-mode AGVs to the global market, and the strategic alliance signals a direct response to market trends from JBT and Crown. By applying its automation technology to one of the world’s leading forklift providers, JBT once again demonstrates its automated…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, and JBT Corporation, a leading global solutions provider of technologically sophisticated systems and products, announced the two companies are forming a strategic collaboration to support customers seeking to maximize the benefits of material handling automation to achieve tangible, predictable return on investment (ROI). The association of these two proven…
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…peaks often keep the same equipment levels throughout the year. This is one of many reasons, according to Kevin Paramore, sales and marketing manager of motive power and telematics at Yale Materials Handling Corp., that the adoption of telematics is likely to continue its heavy growth. Right-sizing a fleet can’t be done in a vacuum. Related tasks and processes must…
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Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has announced the opening of a new sales and service location in Reno, Nev. “The Reno-Sparks area has steadily developed into a significant distribution region, with plenty of growth opportunities and large facilities supporting a variety of industries,” said Craig Kelly, branch manager of Crown Lift Trucks in Sacramento.…
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…storage applications, Modern spoke with Crown Equipment’s Jim Gaskell, director of global technology and business development. First, Gaskell says, it’s important to buy a forklift made at the factory for cold conditions. Special considerations should be made at the point of assembly for components including control cabling, switches, hoses, greases and even paint. “Never let someone convince you they can…
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…operators, which has proven valuable in making production and staffing decisions. Crown Equipment (419) 629-2311
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…big deal. 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…
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Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is using this month’s National Forklift Safety Day, sponsored by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA), to kick off an ongoing educational campaign designed to raise awareness of important forklift safety topics. The campaign is built around the availability of new safety resources and content on crown.com. Beginning on National Forklift…
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