Articles

TRENDS IN MATERIALS HANDLING

Discover information, expert strategies, industry trends and solutions from Hyster® to answer tough forklift and container handling questions, adapt to challenges and improve your performance.

ARTICLES

POWER AND ELECTRIFICATION

The world of materials handling equipment motive power has been evolving rapidly. From more expansive and flexible power source options to the electrification of formerly internal combustion engine fleets, unpack what the latest developments mean for the future of your operation.

SHOULD I SWITCH TO AN ELECTRIC FORKLIFT?

SHOULD I SWITCH TO AN ELECTRIC FORKLIFT?

Intense industries have historically depended on internal combustion engine forklifts for
consistent power delivery and performance, but the motive power landscape is shifting. This white paper explores four signs that switching to an electric forklift fleet could be right for your operation.

READ THE WHITEPAPER
WHAT OPERATIONS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SERVICING HIGH-VOLTAGE FORKLIFTS

WHAT OPERATIONS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SERVICING HIGH-VOLTAGE FORKLIFTS

Heavy-duty battery electric forklifts and other high-capacity electric materials handling equipment like container handlers rely on high-voltage battery systems. This white paper explores the safety considerations for maintenance and service that operations must understand to help prevent electrical danger or injury.

READ THE ARTICLE
LUMBER MILL FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION: FIVE QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING

LUMBER MILL FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION: FIVE QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING

As electric options advance and expand, lumber mill forklift electrification is becoming a viable option. This article explores five questions that lumber operations should ask when considering making the move from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric.

Read the article
Four Questions About Forklift Electrification in Metals

Four Questions About Forklift Electrification in Metals

Understand the considerations and benefits of electric forklifts in metal operations. Download our article to explore four common electrification questions.

Read the whitepaper
ELECTRIC OR ICE: WHICH TYPE OF FORKLIFT IS BEST FOR YOUR INDOOR USE?

ELECTRIC OR ICE: WHICH TYPE OF FORKLIFT IS BEST FOR YOUR INDOOR USE?

Decide on the best type of forklift for your business to use indoors, ICE or electric. Read to learn more about indoor electrification, including costs and benefits.

READ THE ARTICLE
IS HYDROGEN RIGHT FOR YOUR CONTAINER HANDLING OPERATION?

IS HYDROGEN RIGHT FOR YOUR CONTAINER HANDLING OPERATION?

Your port terminal operation is going electric. The main question: How? There are plenty of power options, including hydrogen fuel cells. This white paper examines how they compare to other electric options and how you can evaluate whether they’re the right fit for your operation.

READ THE PAPER
EVALUATING HEAVY-DUTY FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION

EVALUATING HEAVY-DUTY FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION

As the drive to reduce emissions continues, power technologies are enabling the shift to clean power options for a greater range of capacities and applications – including the electrification of heavy-duty forklifts and even container handlers. This white paper examines factors to consider when electrifying materials handling equipment for intense industries and applications.

READ THE WHITEPAPER
7 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING YOUR IDEAL POWER SOURCE

7 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING YOUR IDEAL POWER SOURCE

Forklifts have more power source options today than ever. With so many choices available, it’s a perfect time to reconsider if you’re using the right ones.

READ THE WHITEPAPER

ARTICLES

HIGH-CAPACITY MATERIALS HANDLING - BIG TRUCKS

Heavy-duty materials handling applications have unique demands and concerns. Explore insights from our big truck experts, from handling and storage strategies to keep large, heavy loads moving efficiently, to meeting growing sustainability targets without sacrificing performance.

ENGINEER OPTIMIZED FLEETS FOR PORT CHALLENGES

ENGINEER OPTIMIZED FLEETS FOR PORT CHALLENGES

Ports and terminals are under pressure to navigate space constraints, noise regulations and diverse cargo demands while minimizing the costly risks of over- or under-specifying their equipment. This white paper explores strategies to configure fleet equipment for optimal performance, personnel safety and total cost of ownership in complex port environments.

Read the whitepaper
FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MEET METALS AND STEEL INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MEET METALS AND STEEL INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

The metals industry plays a fundamental role in the growth and development of major industries and the greater global economy. Accounting for more than 90% of metals production, steel and aluminum are the backbone of industrial value creation.

READ THE WHITEPAPER
IMPROVING STEEL HANDLING EFFICIENCY

IMPROVING STEEL HANDLING EFFICIENCY

The steel industry is evolving, with mills handling a variety of product shapes and sizes. This e-book explores the unique challenges steel mills face — from metal production to distribution of coils, slabs, long loads and billets — and the material handling equipment built to meet them.

READ THE WHITEPAPER

ARTICLES

FINANCE/FLEET MANAGEMENT

Understanding the best way for your operation to acquire new equipment – whether through forklift leases, purchases or rentals – and effectively managing your fleet are essential to getting the best value. Learn more about how you can finance and manage your fleet to your advantage and reduce costs – from how you structure leases to leveraging telemetry data and planning for maintenance.

ENGINEER OPTIMIZED FLEETS FOR PORT CHALLENGES

ENGINEER OPTIMIZED FLEETS FOR PORT CHALLENGES

Ports and terminals are under pressure to navigate space constraints, noise regulations and diverse cargo demands while minimizing the costly risks of over- or under-specifying their equipment. This white paper explores strategies to configure fleet equipment for optimal performance, personnel safety and total cost of ownership in complex port environments.

READ THIS ARTICLE
BALANCING PERFORMANCE AND COST: HOW TO CONFIGURE FORKLIFTS

BALANCING PERFORMANCE AND COST: HOW TO CONFIGURE FORKLIFTS

Forklifts can run the gamut from off-the-rack standard to custom-engineered. Because no two operations are the same, it doesn’t take much to wind up configuring forklifts that are actually overbuilt or underpowered for your job. This white paper explains when enhancements may be warranted to help operations strike the right balance in specifying new forklifts for purchase.

READ THE ARTICLE
CUT TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BY MONITORING OPERATIONAL DATA

CUT TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BY MONITORING OPERATIONAL DATA

Plant operations are complicated, requiring a nearly limitless number of moving parts to work together seamlessly. Especially in large fleets, fleet managers don’t have the ability to oversee operational details for individual trucks.

READ THE WHITEPAPER
SAVINGS CHECKLIST: CUT FORKLIFT FLEET COSTS WITHOUT CUTTING CORNERS

SAVINGS CHECKLIST: CUT FORKLIFT FLEET COSTS WITHOUT CUTTING CORNERS

Managing a forklift fleet effectively means making the most of every investment, from the forklift’s first shift to its last. This checklist guides you through every major cost driver, so you can achieve the performance you need from your forklift fleet while keeping total cost of ownership under control.

READ THE WHITEPAPER

ARTICLES

SAFETY INNOVATIONS

Prioritizing forklift operator well-being and protecting your facility is critical. Browse our resources to understand how you can support safety, from best practices in operator training and daily safety checklists, to technologies that can help you reduce the risk of forklift accidents and injuries.

THREE LAYERS OF SAFETY

THREE LAYERS OF SAFETY

Is your operation doing enough to promote lift truck operating best practices? Read this whitepaper to discover the three layers of safety your application should consider.

Read the whitepaper
CREATING A CULTURE OF SAFETY

CREATING A CULTURE OF SAFETY

When any job or activity becomes second nature, familiarity often breeds inattentiveness—a sense of “autopilot” kicks in, and carelessness can result. Or, if a task or job can be completed more efficiently using some sort of shortcut, human nature will often dictate that action. Unfortunately, both distraction and corner-cutting can lead to disaster for the individual and others. In the materials handling industry, specifically those facilities using forklifts and industrial trucks, safe practices involve multiple layers of application from truck and machinery operations, to employee and visitor conduct

Read the Whitepaper
Safety Innovations For Constantly Evolving Operations

Safety Innovations For Constantly Evolving Operations

In Europe, the largest share of all fatal accidents atwork took place while people were driving or on boardtransport or handling equipment (17.2 %). Losing controlof machines, tools, or transport and handling equipmentis also the leading cause of both non-fatal and fatalaccidents, accounting for 25.7 % of the latter in the EU.

READ THE WHITEPAPER

ARTICLES

OTHER RESOURCES

There’s so much more to understand about materials handling. Dig into additional insights from our team to help you tackle evolving industry challenges and choose the right forklifts for your business.

UPTIME: 5 STEPS TO KEEP CONTAINER HANDLING MOVING

UPTIME: 5 STEPS TO KEEP CONTAINER HANDLING MOVING

Do you have a plan if container handling equipment suddenly fails? Have you taken steps to make sure your operation is not caught unprepared? Are you taking steps to reduce the risk of failure to begin with?

Read the Whitepaper
DELIVERING CLEAN POWER AND PERFORMANCE TO PORTS

DELIVERING CLEAN POWER AND PERFORMANCE TO PORTS

California’s climate commitment to deriving 50% of the state’s electricity from renewable resources by 2030 is impacting ports along the West Coast. It’s a bold move, but it’s achievable if technology and the infrastructure to support and charge it come together.

Read the whitepaper
RETHINK YOUR LIFT TRUCK POWER

RETHINK YOUR LIFT TRUCK POWER

Although they’re not often top of mind, forklift power sources affect your operations every day because the lift trucks they power are responsible for delivering parts and materials throughout your facility and moving final products out. These are bookend functions that keep your operation moving.

Read the Whitepaper
BUILDING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

BUILDING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

The extraction of raw materials through mining, quarrying and forestry. Constructing infrastructure and buildings. Manufacturing and supplying materials and products. Maintenance, operations, and waste disposal. All of these activities form part of the construction industry, a highly diverse sector that is cemented into the fabric of society and the economy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Read the Whitepaper
5 PAIN POINTS IN PAPER HANDLING

5 PAIN POINTS IN PAPER HANDLING

Few products as commonplace as paper go through such an extensive lifecycle. From the forest as raw material, to the pulp mill, paper mill, printing house, warehouse, port or terminal, or logistics operation before its final distribution as whatever finished paper product it becomes.

Read the Whitepaper
CHALLENGING TRADITIONS. GROWING AMBITIONS.

CHALLENGING TRADITIONS. GROWING AMBITIONS.

Today, wood is as much of a key resource as ever, seen commonly in the production of furniture, construction products, and more. Considering its long history, it is no surprise that this sector has been one of the more traditional industries when it comes to materials handling.

Read the Whitepaper
CONTAINER HANDLING & THE CO2 ROADMAP

CONTAINER HANDLING & THE CO2 ROADMAP

Ports and terminals all over the world continue to seek ways to reduce their impact on the environment. Port equipment, Reachstackers and container handlers in particular have all been a major area of focus.

Read the Whitepaper
ZERO EMISSIONS IS COMING TO PORTS

ZERO EMISSIONS IS COMING TO PORTS

Your port terminal operation is going zero emissions. The main question is how?

Read the Whitepaper
HVO: A NEW TOOL TO TACKLE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES

HVO: A NEW TOOL TO TACKLE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES

Across the world, focus on reducing materials handling
equipment fuel emissions is intensifying. Sometimes
to meet corporate environmental objectives, and often
hastened by local emissions standards and regulations.

Read the whitepaper
Top Trends Influencing Your Industrial Forklift Selection

Top Trends Influencing Your Industrial Forklift Selection

In tough industrial materials handling operations, no two applications face the same challenges. Even stakeholders across a single organisation will have different priorities
when it comes to selecting lift trucks.

Read the Whitepaper
IT TAKES TWO: BOOST CONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY AND THROUGHPUT

IT TAKES TWO: BOOST CONTAINER HANDLING CAPACITY AND THROUGHPUT

Severe congestion in container yards can wreak havoc on port terminal operations and subsequent stages of the supply chain.

Read the Whitepaper
BUILDING A BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT

BUILDING A BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT

Robotics are past the awareness stage. From horizontal transportation to storing and retrieving pallet loads at height, increasingly capable robotic solutions are becoming regular fixtures at manufacturing and automation events, and in trade and business publications across the globe.

Read the Whitepaper
LITHIUM-ION HELPS PAPER AND PACKAGING OPERATIONS

LITHIUM-ION HELPS PAPER AND PACKAGING OPERATIONS

Two large providers of paper and packaging solutions in the US faced similar challenges within their material handling operations. In order to limit costs, reduce emissions, improve their work environment and boost labour utilisation, the paper and packaging companies partnered with Hyster.

Read the whitepaper
TOP FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE PURSUING INDOOR FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION

TOP FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE PURSUING INDOOR FORKLIFT ELECTRIFICATION

Demanding industries like transport and manufacturing
have long relied on internal combustion engine (ICE)
forklifts, even in indoor settings. That’s changing. Electric
motive power is increasingly popular among high-intensity
operations, and electric options for forklifts are no longer
limited to lead-acid batteries. The opportunity is there,
but what should you know about electrification for indoor
forklift applications?

Read the whitepaper
DRIVING CHANGE IN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

DRIVING CHANGE IN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

Industrial manufacturing is a complex and dynamic sector. In today’s global market, one key area affected by changes, challenges, and trends is the warehousing operations within these tough applications.

Read the whitepaper
Four Questions About Forklift Electrification in Metals

Four Questions About Forklift Electrification in Metals

Understand the considerations and benefits of electric forklifts in metal operations. Download our article to explore four common electrification questions.

Read the whitepaper
WHAT GOING GREEN MEANS TO AFRICAN PORTS & TERMINALS

WHAT GOING GREEN MEANS TO AFRICAN PORTS & TERMINALS

Sustainability in ports and terminals to support green logistics has increasingly become the subject of discussion worldwide, including those in Africa. As the continent faces significant environmental challenges, the logistics and shipping industries have an important role to play in mitigating climate change.

READ THE WHITEPAPER
HVO: EXPLORING FORKLIFT EMISSIONS REDUCTION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AND CUSTOMISABLE POWER

HVO: EXPLORING FORKLIFT EMISSIONS REDUCTION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AND CUSTOMISABLE POWER

Focus on forklift emissions reduction and sustainable forklift power is intensifying. Sometimes to meet corporate environmental objectives, and often hastened by local emissions standards and regulations. Discover how HVO 100 fuel could help reduce the carbon footprint of a forklift fleet in some applications.

READ THE WHITEPAPER