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Some good news is on the horizon during this tough time for the racking industry. Despite the global pandemic and the vast number of slowly moving warehouse projects, a new  report is expecting the global racking industry to grow by $1.35bn by 2024 and 5% per annum.......

A-Plant (Ashtead Plant Hire), the UK's largest provider of plant hire and various other related site equipment & services is set to re-brand as Sunbelt Rentals from May 1st. With annual revenues of just under £500m & 191 locations across the UK this is a huge move within the construction sector. The full reasons & motivations for the name change area not completely clear though the Sunbelt name itself is not surprising given it is the sister companies of A-Plant in North America. Sunbelt has grown both organically and through acquisition, both riding and driving the growth of the rental market across the Atlantic....

Leading provider of specialist forklifts Flexi Narrow Aisle has recently launched a in-aisle sensor’ that immediately disables a Flexi articulated truck if its chassis comes in to contact with an object, such as a pallet load, racking or rack guards within the aisle. The touch sensitive technology.............

In line with various aspects of the world economy, Waymo is restarting its testing of driverless vehicles across Arizona. In addition to cars, Waymo also has a big focus on HGV's & Taxi's. The company announced in January that its fleet of self-driving vehicles surpassed 20 million miles of driving on public roads in 25 cities, including Novi, Michigan, San Francisco and Kirkland, Washington and has been....

Whilst millions of individuals are on furlough and some without jobs to go back to a shift may well be occurring throughout the supply chain & beyond. With reduced labor & the COVID-19 outbreak forcing measures to be put in place to prevent transmission, various types of organisations are looking at ways they can reduce human interaction and are finding robotic solutions to combat this. Bots & Sub-bots....