Innovative Yale Robotic Lift Truck wins Gold Product of the Year Award
Some of the best and brightest in manufacturing and engineering attended the Engineering Awards in Manufacturing ceremony on April 3.…
OTTO Motors makes Three Game-Changing announcements at ProMat 2017
OTTO™ Motors, a division of Clearpath™ Robotics Inc., and provider of self-driving vehicle technology and services, is excited to announce…
Toyota Industries partners with Shoppa’s to launch ecommerce forklift site
Toyota Industries Commercial Finance, Inc. (TICF), a subsidiary of Toyota Industries Global Commercial Finance, Inc. based in Dallas, Texas, has…
AMT elects new board of directors and officers
The Association For Manufacturing Technology has elected its 2017-2018 officers and directors. The 2017-2018 board year begins April 1, 2017.…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending March 25, 2017
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 25, 2017. For this week,…
Terex announces sale of Terex Equipment Private Limited to Manitou BF
Terex Corporation announced that it has agreed to sell its India-based compact construction business to Manitou BF (Manitou). Manitou is…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending March 18, 2017
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 18, 2017. For this week,…
OptoForce brings sense of touch to U.S. Robots
Robotics company OptoForce opened a U.S. office missioned with bringing a much-needed sense of touch for robots. Already used successfully…
Rail industry sets new safety record
U.S. railroads had the lowest train accident rate on record in 2016, according to data from the Federal Railroad Administration…
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s survey of economic activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing…
Global automated guided vehicles market analysis & trends – industry forecast to 2025
The Global Automated Guided Vehicles Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 8.9% over the next decade…
BTS statistics release: January 2017 North American freight numbers
U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $88.0 billion in current dollars as all five major transportation modes carried more freight by value with…
Caterpillar closes Iowa facility
International manufacturing company Caterpillar Inc. will close its Elkader, IA facility by the end of this year. In a statement…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending March 11, 2017
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 11, 2017. For this week,…
Manufacturing technology orders dropped in January
U.S. manufacturing technology orders declined in January, dropping 40.7 percent compared to December and 11.4 percent compared to January 2016,…
Dematic announces Egemin Automation integration plan
Plan will create world's leading provider of automated guided vehicle technology
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for week ending March 4, 2017
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 4, 2017. For this week,…
BTS statistical release: 2016 North American freight numbers
Four out of five major transportation modes – truck, pipeline, vessel and air – carried less U.S. freight and with…
2017 MHI Innovation Award finalists announced
MHI just released the list of finalists for the 2017 MHI Innovation Award. After receiving a record 153 submissions for…
A3 announces finalists in Automate Launch Pad Startup competition
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), global advocate for the benefits of automating and producers of Automate 2017, announced the…
Barcoding advises on 2017’s top supply chain trends
Barcoding, Inc., provider of supply chain efficiency, accuracy, and connectivity, predicts the top supply chain trends to affect the market…
AAR reports weekly rail traffic for February and week ending February 25, 2017
AAR reported weekly U.S. rail traffic, as well as volumes for February 2017. Carload traffic in February totaled 1,044,040 carloads,…
Law enforcement officials searching Caterpillar offices
Update: Caterpillar Inc. CEO Jim Umpleby sought to reassure employees reeling from a federal raid of the company’s global headquarters…
New ELFA infographic highlights why businesses lease and finance equipment
The vast majority (78%) of U.S. businesses lease or finance their equipment, and today the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA)…
Our Current Issue
Trader Network
Magazine & eNewsletter
Our magazine is published and mailed monthly, Material Handling Wholesaler offers feature columns and special coverage of important industry issues.
Weekly Newsletter – Get the latest industry events and people news in this weekly e-newsletter as well as direct access to Wholesaler’s Source Directory and link.
Current Supplements
Humanoid robot production witnessed significant growth in 2025. However, growth was highly concentrated in China and masks a significant deployment…
President Donald J. Trump has signed a proclamation modifying certain metals-related tariffs, a move that could have direct implications for…
Supporting fully unmanned inter-process transport from inbound receiving to picking Geekplus Co., Ltd. has announced the deployment of moving-type Autonomous…
More than 160 power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) industry professionals gathered in Montréal, Québec, June 2–4, for the 2026…
Cincinnati safety startup debuts its SR-1 fenceless human and robot collaboration at Automate 2026 in Chicago Sensory Robotics, an industrial…