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The Importance of Maintaining Forklift Safety In the Warehouse Published on 05/11/2008

Forklifts are complicated machines that have become a necessary tool for the materials handling industry.  As forklifts become more and more prevalent, the need for increased forklift safety grows. Forklift safety is often neglected because once we get behind the wheel, we forget that it is not a toy.  This may sound silly, but it\'s one of the most common mistakes when...

A Brief History of Forklifts Published on 05/10/2008

Our modern economy has a tendency to take forklifts and forklift truck technology for granted.  These industrial machines were created in the beginning of the 20th century as American was still going through a rapid industrialization post World War 1.  Many companies were moving from other industries into the material handling industry.  Hyster, for example, started out in the...