forklift technology

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (November 30, 2017) – Northgate Markets, a chain of supermarkets in Southern California, is reaping the results of its recently fortified safety and compliance efforts at its distribution center in Anaheim. Working with Crown Equipment, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, the family-owned and -operated business has achieved its lowest injury rate in 11 years and reached full compliance with forklift operator pre-shift inspection requirements. read more »»

Crown Packaging is a privately held company headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with facilities in Ohio and Tennessee. The company specializes in contract packaging for the automotive industry and regularly takes in, sorts, packages and ships out approximately 4 million automotive parts each month. After being asked to evaluate the overall use of the operation’s lift truck fleet, Brian Cox, corporate controller of Crown Packaging, found that existing information was inaccurate and built around the misconception that every lift truck was not only needed, but was fully utilized. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (October 29, 2015) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is sharing insights with counterbalance forklift owners seeking to best manage their industrial equipment investment. The company’s new white paper, “The True Cost of Ownership for Counterbalance Forklifts: Understanding the Impact of Hidden Costs,” explores how performance and durability, service and maintenance, and ergonomics can impact overall expenses. The white paper can be downloaded now on crown.com. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (September 22, 2015) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, continued its design excellence tradition with a Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) for Crown’s QuickPick^® Remote order picking system. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (June 18, 2015) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is continuing its efforts to help the industry navigate the potential of new technologies with a three-part white paper series focused on forklift connectivity. Forklift connectivity provides the visibility to manage fleets for greater safety and productivity and is a key building block of the connected warehouse of the future. read more »»