Material Handling

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Material Handling
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Agility Robotics' warehouse robot Digit performs maneuvers at the company's office in Pittsburgh on Aug. 16, 2023.
Inventory Management
Agility Robotics Heads to Wall Street in $2.5B Bet on Staffing Warehouses With Humanoids
The flagship product is called Digit.
June 25, 2026
Firefighters fight a warehouse fire in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sunday, June 21, 2026.
Safety
What to Know About a Cold Storage Warehouse Fire in Los Angeles
It could take weeks to put it out.
June 23, 2026
Smoke from a warehouse fire fills the air in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, June 21, 2026.
Safety
Los Angeles Mayor Declares Emergency Over Warehouse Fire
Authorities said the cold-storage warehouse has "85 million pounds of frozen food inside."
June 22, 2026
Crews work a warehouse fire in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, June 17, 2026.
Safety
Los Angeles Warehouse Fire Prompts Shelter-in-Place Orders Due to Hazardous Air
The facility provides transportation of frozen and other temperature-controlled goods.
June 18, 2026
Workers carry fresh herbs from Soko Fresh solar-powered cold rooms at Citadel Agri Merchants, Kitengela, Kenya, May 22, 2026.
Material Handling
Solar Cold Storage Helps African Farmers Cut Losses, Reach Global Markets
Estimates suggest up to 40% of food produced in Africa is lost between harvest and market.
June 16, 2026
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Geekplus Deploys Moving-Type AMRs at Multiple Toyota Plants
June 11, 2026
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Amazon Expands Freight Service to Outside Distribution Hubs
June 10, 2026
Workers assemble robot at the LY iTech Beijing Super Factory for Embodied Artificial Intelligence during a media tour in the Beijing E-Town on the outskirts of Beijing on May 29, 2026.
Experts Say Demand for Humanoids Lags Capacity to Build Them
June 8, 2026
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Recalled Gas-X Pills Contaminated by Coolant Leak During Packaging Process
June 5, 2026
Conveyor
Ammega Launches Integrated Conveyor Portfolio Under Ammeraal Beltech
June 5, 2026
USPS delivery vans in Denver, March 23, 2026.
USPS, DHL Reach $10B 'Last-Mile' Delivery Agreement
June 2, 2026
Packaging
Why Reactive Maintenance Is Biggest Liability in Modern Packaging
May 29, 2026
Graco office in Jundiai, Brazil.
Graco to Acquire Adhesive Application Supplier in $447M Deal
May 26, 2026
Managing all connections efficiently, safely, and reliably is key to maintaining productive operations.
Bridging the Gap Between Hydraulic System Engineering and Real-World Workflow
May 21, 2026
Manufacturing
Tariff Refunds and ‘Dumb’ Price Increases: A Manufacturer’s Survival Guide for 2026
May 21, 2026
Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky.
Years Before UPS Crash, 10 Similar Flaws Were Recorded
May 19, 2026
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How Does Atlas Learn?
May 18, 2026
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Building Your Multi-Mode Freight Strategy
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June 24, 2026
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Inventory Management
The Missing Link in America's Critical Minerals Push Isn't Mining – It's Processing Expertise
We have the resources and policy, but now we need the workforce.
May 11, 2026
The Volvo VNL Autonomous integrated with the Aurora Driver is now hauling freight to Oklahoma City five days a week.
Material Handling
Volvo, Aurora Launch Autonomous Truck Route to Oklahoma City
The new 200-mile route supports trips five days a week.
May 6, 2026
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Material Handling
Amazon Opens Its Logistics Network to ‘All Businesses’
The e-commerce giant officially launched “Amazon Supply Chain Services.”
May 4, 2026
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Material Handling
Solving the Challenges of Moving Oversized Raw Materials Through Modern Factories
Material handling has changed from human-operated forklifts to highly automated systems.
May 4, 2026
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Material Handling
Louisiana Lands Major Nuclear Manufacturing Expansion
Supporting the next generation of nuclear reactors and modular power plants across the U.S.
May 1, 2026
Steel
Material Handling
Ferrosource's Facility at U.S. Steel Campus to Offer Zero-Inbound-Freight Processing Model
The site will serve manufacturers directly across a range of end-use markets.
May 1, 2026
Union Pacific train cars in Bailey Yard, North Platte, Neb., May 2023.
Maintenance
Union Pacific Argues for $85B Acquisition of Norfolk Southern in New Application
Federal regulators rejected the railroad's initial application as incomplete.
May 1, 2026
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Material Handling
U.S. Steel Bets $2B on Massive Vertical Integration Project in Arkansas
Creating a direct link between mining operations, EAF feedstock creation and steel production.
April 29, 2026
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Maintenance
MODEX '26 Brings Material Handling's Biggest Trends
The hall was abuzz with automation, robotics, AI and the like.
April 24, 2026
Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the manufacturing of plastic in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2022.
Material Handling
EPA May Ease Regulation of Chemical Plastic Recycling
A potential new rule would recognize pyrolysis as manufacturing.
April 15, 2026
Kraft Heinz recently implemented the Walt Smart Radio System with 75 initial users, including team leaders, line technicians, maintenance personnel, managers, and supervisors.
Material Handling
Case Study: Kraft Heinz Upgrades Plant Communication with Smart Radio System
The implementation delivered accountability and operational transparency.
April 14, 2026
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Material Handling
Secret Mustard Waste Pipe Lands Factory Owner in Prison
Workers were warned to keep quiet.
April 14, 2026
Employees walk in front of the entrance to the JBS meat processing plant, July 23, 2021, in Greeley, Colo.
Operations
Workers at Major JBS Meatpacking Plant Win Wage Increases
The agreement comes after thousands of workers led a three-week strike at the Colorado facility.
April 13, 2026
Geologist Tuomas Pere walks down a disposal tunnel inside the Posiva Onkalo nuclear waste repository on the island of Olkiluoto, Finland, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
Material Handling
A 1.9 Billion-Year-Old Bedrock Will House World's First Permanent Nuclear Waste Site
It can store 6,500 tons of spent nuclear fuel.
April 9, 2026