Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.16
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., dba Yale Lift Truck Technologies recently announced lift truck and equipment supplier LiftOne has been appointed the authorized Yale dealer for all territory served by WMH Solutions, formerly known as Wheeler Material Handling. “LiftOne has a proven record of customer satisfaction as a Yale dealer, regularly recognized as Dealer of Excellence for extraordinary customer sales and service support in a dynamic material handling industry,” said Bob Sattler, Yale VP and dealer business development and financial services. “It is imperative that we have the right dealer partners who are willing to invest with us to ensure the best…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.35
…with easier-to-use systems and close collaboration with prospective customers. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. provides manual and automated lift trucks plus accessories through its subsidiaries, Hyster Co. and Yale Lift Truck Technologies. Yale said at ProMat 2023 that it expects autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to be as much as 50% of its business in the next few years. To get to that point, Hyster and Yale are explaining how AMRs and semi-autonomous lift trucks can provide real returns on investment (ROI). Robotics 24/7 asked the companies about their perspectives, and Kyle Smart, sales manager for robotics at Yale Lift Truck Technologies,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.88
…To accelerate the materials handling market conversion to autonomy, BALYO said it has entered into two global partnerships with Hyster-Yale Group and KION, the parent company of Fenwick-Linde. The company has been listed on EURONEXT since 2017, and its sales revenue reached €21.8 million ($23.1 million U.S.) in 2021. Editor's note: Visit our special coverage page for all the robotics news around ProMat.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.33
…handling market conversion to autonomy, BALYO has entered into two global partnerships with KION (parent company of Fenwick-Linde) and Hyster-Yale Group. The Arcueil, France-based company has subisidiaries in Woburn, Mass., and Singapore and serves clients in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. BALYO claimed in August 2022 that its VNA robots at Singapore Storage and Warehouse Pte. Ltd. were the world's tallest. The company has been listed on EURONEXT since 2017, and its sales revenue reached €21.8 million ($23.12 million U.S.) in 2021.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.81
…$786.9 million by 2026. Yale is part of Cleveland-based Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc., which designs, builds, sells, and services lift trucks. Modern Materials Handling, a sibling site to Robotics 24/7, listed the company as one of the top 20 lift truck suppliers for 2022. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Kyle Smart, business development manager for robotics and automation at Yale Materials Handling, about how the company works with customers and is scaling to meet demand. Yale supports vertical, horizontal applications What autonomous products does Yale offer for materials handling? Kyle Smart, Yale Materials Handling Smart: We have a true vertical solution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.23
…to autonomy, BALYO has entered into global partnerships with Hyster-Yale Group and KION, the parent company of Fenwick-Linde. With the new VNA robots, warehouse and supply chain managers around the globe can now consider autonomous VNA at heights that were earlier not possible. “We are very happy to be partnering with BALYO and Linde for this automation project,” commented Ong Swee Keong, CEO of SSW. “The productivity gains have been impressive, and I am glad that the dedication and hard work put in by everyone in SSW, Linde, BALYO, and our partners for this project have paid off.” “This capability…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.65
…to market, BALYO has entered into global partnerships with Hyster-Yale Group and KION, whose brands include Linde and Fenwick. They have developed robots for warehousing applications including tractors, palletizers, stackers, reach, and very narrow aisle (VNA) systems. Frankfurt, Germany-based KION said its portfolio includes lift trucks, supply chain automation, integrated software, and services. The company's systems are designed to help optimize the flow of material and information within factories, warehouses, and distribution centers. At the end of 2021, customers of various sizes and in numerous industries used more than 1.6 million of the KION Group’s industrial trucks and more than…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.76
…(AFLs) from JBT, and electronic pallet trucks (EPTs) from Hyster-Yale. The company also used voice- and light-directed picking, which was later augmented by vision-directed picking technology from Ox Technology. An automation road map CJ Logistics expected AMRs to reduce the amount of walking required of associates in case picking. They could remain in a zone while the robots traveled from pick location to pick location. Kevin Coleman, co-CEO of CJ Logistics America, and Laura Adams, VP of TES at CJ Logistics. AFLs would pick up pallets in receiving and then automatically put them away in storage locations. The automated lift…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 59.47
Hyster Company is a leading world-wide lift truck designer and manufacturer. Hyster Company offers 130 lift truck models configured for gasoline, LPG, diesel and electric power, with one of the widest capacity ranges in the industry - from 2,000 to 105,000 lbs.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.91
…observed Steven LaFevers, vice president of emerging technology at Hyster. “The technology trend with our operator assist system is to add intelligence right into the truck, as an aid to help avoid pains like impacts, close pedestrian interactions and product damage,” he said. “Our latest, greatest systems can actually slow down the truck, providing operators with the additional reaction time needed to avoid hitting something, or even shut down a truck at pedestrian crosswalks or at the end of an aisle.” Lithium rising Motive power technologies on the rise include both lithium and hydrogen fuel cells because they offer high…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.52
…€21.7 million ($25.7 million) in 2020. BALYO has also partnered with KION (the parent company of Linde Material Handling), Hyster-Yale Group, and most recently Körber AG.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.79
…parent company of Linde Material Handling, as well as Hyster-Yale Group Inc. It reported €21.7 million ($26.46 million U.S.) in sales revenue in 2020. Minneapolis-based Körber Supply Chain said it provides a range of supply chain systems for any business size, strategy, or appetite for growth. Körber's supply chain business unit not only delivers software, but also robots, voice technology, and materials handling expertise. BALYO bridges gap beetween MHE, AMRs “Humans around the world deserve enriching, creative jobs,” said BALYO. “We believe that pallet movements in DC [distribution centers] and manufacturing sites should be left to fully autonomous robots.” The…