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Hyster recognizes highest performing dealers of 2021
The 2021 Dealer of Distinction award goes to 29 top-performing Hyster® dealers, recognizing their strong commitment to materials handling excellence…
H&E opens new branch in Fairburn, GA
Effective February 28, 2022, H&E Equipment Services Inc. (H&E) announces the opening of its new Fairburn rental branch. It is…
Clay Thelen is Appointed as Chief Financial Officer at NAI
NAI, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom interconnect solutions which deliver power and signals to monitor data, connect people…
Kadant Appoints Rebecca Martinez O’Mara to its Board of Directors
Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), a global supplier of technologies and engineered systems, today announced the expansion of the board of…
DESTACO’s Cynthia Wells Named to Diversity IMPACT 50 List
DESTACO is excited and pleased to announce that Cynthia Wells, the company’s Vice President, Global Human Resources, has been chosen…
Tasha Higgins to oversee a Port of Long Beach engineering division
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved the appointment of Tasha Higgins to lead the Program Management…
Autonomous Mobile Robot provider recognized for transforming the global supply chain with Intelligent Automation Solutions
Seegrid Corporation, the provider in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list…
Yellow’s Peggy Arnold named finalist for Women in Trucking’s “Driver of the Year”
Peggy Arnold, a company driver for Yellow Corporation for nearly 30 years, is one of three finalists for the 2022 Driver of…
Sunlight Group adds further international experience to its Board of Directors
Gordon Riske appointed Chairman of Sunlight Group’s new Board of Directors, as independent Non-Executive Director (iNED). Michel Govaert joins the board as iNED and head…
Canaveral Port Authority CEO John Murray elected Chairman, National Cargo Bureau
Canaveral Port Authority CEO and Port Director Capt. John W. Murray was elected Chairman of the Board of the National…
Sunbelt Rentals acquires Illinois Truck & Equipment and Southern California’s Toolshed Rentals
Sunbelt Rentals recently acquired Illinois Truck & Equipment, Morris, Ill., and Toolshed Rentals, Escondido, Calif. Illinois Truck & Equipment rents…
Daliborka Riberio joins JLG® Product Management team
Named Director of the company’s telehandler product line JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a global manufacturer of…
Flow-Rite fortifies efforts with additional staff
Flow-Rite has fortified its marketing efforts by filling two newly created positions. Justin McQueen joins the company as product marketing…
Fenton retires on June 30th at United Rentals
United Rentals announced that Jeff Fenton, Senior Vice President, business development, will retire on June 30. He will be succeeded…
Caldwell’s new hires target customer experience
Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. has named Jeff Ferchen, director, business development; and Lisa Sympson, marketing manager. The appointments…
TVH receives 7th consecutive MHEDA MVS award
TVH Americas, a global provider of quality replacement parts and accessories for the material handling and industrial equipment industries, has…
Blue Giant appoints Mack as sales manager of lift tables
Blue Giant Equipment Corporation has just announced that Ron Mack has been appointed as Sales Manager for Lift Tables. Ron…
Applied Manufacturing Technologies once again recognized by FANUC America for Outstanding Robot sales
AMT once again achieved the prestigious Sales Growth Award from FANUC America for attaining outstanding year-over-year growth in robot sales…
Lincoln Electric acquires Kestra Universal Soldas, Indústria e Comércio, Importação e Exportação Ltda
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. just announced that it has acquired Kestra Universal Soldas, Indústria e Comércio, Importação e Exportação Ltda.…
Lenze Americas welcomes new Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Lenze, an automation company for the machine-building industry and a specialist in motion-centric automation, recently announced the appointment of Vice…
Lenze Americas welcomes new President and CEO
Lenze, an automation company for the machine-building industry and a specialist in motion-centric automation, recently announced the appointment of President…
Motion promotes Tart to VP-Southeast Group
Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions…
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CPA) has named employees minority Associate Principals
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CPA) has named employees Richard Phillips and Andrew Hanek minority Associate Principals. Phillips and Hanek…
TestEquity wins Treston’s 2021 Electronics Distributor of the Year Award
TestEquity, a test and measurement solutions distributor in the U.S., just announces that it has been named Treston’s Electronics Distributor…
Women In Trucking Association announces its March 2022 Member of the Month
The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has announced Ginger Pitts as its March 2022 Member of the Month. Ginger is…
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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…
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