Modern Materials Handling

My favorite part of the materials handling industry is how small it can feel. People change jobs, but the faces remain the same. It creates a universe of true connections and friendships. In the spirit of that connection, I have some sad news to share. We

Corvus Robotics, a provider of autonomous inventory systems, announced that co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Mohammed Kabir has been named as its new CEO. Kabir has led the company's technology and product since its founding. He succeeds co-founder

The latest CapEx Finance Index (CFI) from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA) shows that demand surged in July due to artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment. Seasonally adjusted new deal volumes were $14.3 billion, standing $2.8 bi

Engineer, inventor and bar code technology pioneer Jerome "Jerry" Swartz passed away earlier this month. He was 86. According to posts on the Zebra Technologies LinkedIn page and the Symbol Technologies Alumni Facebook group, he died in early August. His

After remaining unchanged for two months, confidence in the equipment finance market has dropped slightly. The Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA) released its August 2026 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI), revea

The robotic picking market grew from $1.4 billion in 2024 to $1.7 billion in 2025, a 28% increase, and is forecast to reach $4.6 billion by 2023, according to a new report from Interact Analysis. That 22% average annual growth rate follows a period of slo

DACS, Inc. announced that it is the first company to receive R-Mark Certification from the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) in the new Rack Decking category. The RMI R-Mark Certification is a voluntary program for rack manufacturer to determine if the r

Basler and Syslogic have formed a partnership to integrate Basler's ace 2 GMSL cameras with Syslogic's rugged computers. According to the companies, the combined solution enables high-performance vision applications with artificial intelligence (AI) capab

Robust.AI, maker of the autonomous Carter mobile robot system, has appointed Marin Tchakarov as its new CEO. Tchakarov takes over as Robust.AI marks the deployment of more than 100 Carter collaborative robots and prepares to launch a new platform for robo

Amazon Germany will deploy tbm hightech control's PPS High Performance mobile personnel protection system on roughly 50 Toyota Material Handling high-rack forklifts as part of a comprehensive safety project. tbm made the announcement on LinkedIn earlier t