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  • Yellow side-loader forklift moving timber in an outdoor equipment yard — illustrative stand-in, not All Lift or Jungheinrich

    Brand & Ownership · News ·

    Jungheinrich Signs Deal to Acquire Australia’s All Lift Forklifts

    Jungheinrich AG signed an agreement to acquire All Lift Forklifts, a Sydney-based Australian rental dealer. The All Lift brand stays on the door. This is a signed announcement, ...

  • Low-profile warehouse autonomous mobile robot carrying a pallet of boxes — illustrative AMR stand-in, not an FCC photo

    Standards & Testing · Research ·

    FCC Puts Foreign-Produced Advanced Robots on the Covered List

    On July 28, 2026 the FCC put foreign-produced advanced robotic devices on its Covered List. New models generally need authorization or DoW Conditional Approval; existing authori...

  • Interior of a North Texas newspaper distribution plant with stacked bundles — stand-in, not Quaker Lancaster warehouse

    Texas Manufacturing · News ·

    Quaker Oats Expands Lancaster, Texas Distribution Warehouse

    TDLR registered a 264,576-square-foot expansion at Park 20/35 Building 4 in Lancaster, Texas, starting July 15, 2026, with a May 10, 2027 completion target. Chron attributes Qua...

  • Stand-in automated forklift AGV retrieving a pallet from racking — illustrative only, not a KUKA product

    AGV & Powered Vehicles · News ·

    KUKA Opens Orders for KMF 1500P-CB Autonomous Forklift

    KUKA said the KMF 1500P-CB autonomous counterbalance forklift is orderable worldwide from September 2026, with deliveries expected in December. The company’s European Machinery ...

  • Gantry cranes and stacked shipping containers at Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, viewed across the water — illustrative stand-in for U.S. commerce and ocean freight, not a photograph of a Sept. 10, 2026 event

    Manufacturing & Industrial · Market Report ·

    U.S. Commerce Spend and Markets Report — Sept. 10, 2026

    Spend still up YoY but cooler week to week. Drewry Transpacific firm, Asia–Europe soft. PPI diesel and EIA retail diesel stay separate. Sept. 10 stocks fell as oil and yields ro...

  • Robots and racking inside an Amazon fulfillment center during a U.S. Army staff visit, stand-in, not the Loveland ribbon ceremony

    Plant Operations · News ·

    Amazon Opens Loveland Robotics Fulfillment Center

    A robotics fulfillment center is a warehouse where people and robots ship online orders. Amazon cut the ribbon Sept. 4, 2026, in Loveland, Colorado — after packages had already ...

  • Raymond narrow-aisle electric reach truck in a warehouse aisle, illustrative stand-in, not a Jungheinrich ETV 4i

    OEM & Engineering · News Brief ·

    Jungheinrich Opens Orders for the ETV 4i Reach Truck

    A reach truck is the narrow-aisle machine that reaches into a rack for a pallet. Jungheinrich said customers can order its new ETV 4i electric reach truck from Sept. 1, 2026.

  • Bar chart of DAT Week 36 all-in van, reefer, and flatbed spot rates for Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 2026, compiled from DAT table values

    Material Handling · News ·

    DAT Week 36 Van Spot Rate Prints at $2.95 a Mile

    DAT is a freight-rate data company. Its Week 36 print (Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 2026) put the all-in van spot average — linehaul plus fuel — at $2.95 a mile. That is not the same as lin...

  • Jungheinrich arculee M autonomous mobile robot beside warehouse racking, illustrative warehouse AMR stand-in, not a Vecna robot or Vecna customer site

    AGV & Powered Vehicles · News ·

    Vecna Robotics Raises $31 Million for Warehouse AMRs

    An AMR is a warehouse robot that moves without a rider. On Sept. 10, 2026, Waltham, Massachusetts maker Vecna Robotics said it raised $31 million to scale deployments and speed ...

  • Aisle inside a distribution centre with racking and a powered pallet truck, stand-in, not a Russell Equipment yard

    Brand & Ownership · News ·

    Chimney Rock Invests in Russell Equipment

    Chimney Rock Equity Partners said on Sept. 10, 2026, that it invested in Russell Equipment of Twinsburg, Ohio. Jeff Stone stays CEO. Terms were not disclosed.

  • Person pulling a manual pallet jack loaded with a portable air conditioner, illustrative, not an Exide battery

    Material Handling · News ·

    Exide Adds 24V Lithium Battery for Pallet Trucks

    Exide Technologies said on Sept. 1, 2026, that it added a 24-volt lithium-ion battery for pallet trucks. The company says it can retrofit existing 24-volt fleets.

  • El Paso, Texas skyline with mountains, stand-in near Socorro, not the Wiwynn plant

    Texas Manufacturing · News ·

    Amazon and Wiwynn Expand Socorro, Texas Manufacturing Site

    Amazon and Wiwynn said on Sept. 9, 2026, that they are expanding Wiwynn’s Socorro, Texas manufacturing site. The companies expect nearly 1,000 jobs by the end of 2027.

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