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Drive-In Storage Rack

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

This article from Material Handling Management Online describes some of the features and benefits of Ridg-U-Rak’s Drive in Rack Style.
Ridg-U-Rak’s drive-in storage rack systems store product on continuous rails. Lift trucks directly enter the rack structure to place and retrieve pallets.
Continue Reading the article at Material Handling Management Online.

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New Shelving Clip Style Guide

Friday, March 6th, 2009

SJF just published a shelving clip style guide for use by anybody needing to identify popular shelving clip styles.  The shelving clip guide makes a good compliment to our already widely used and very popular rack style guide.  This guide features pictures of many major brands of shelf clips including Borroughs, Edsal, Lyon, Penco, Republic [...]

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SJF’s very own Stafford Sterner recently penned an article for Material Handling Management Magazine.  This article gives you 7 real-world, useable tips for purchasing used material handling equipment.
Click Here (opens in a new window) to read the article on the MHM Website, and Leave a comment here if you enjoyed the article.  Let us know [...]

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court entered an order approving bidding procedures for substantially all of the assets of Interlake Material Handling, Inc. and its affiliates. The court also approved the proposed break-up fee and expense reimbursement for the stalking horse bidders for the assets, Mecalux USA, Inc. and Mecalux Mexico S.A. de C.V.,

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The new Chameleon dual control system by SJF Material Handling Inc. in Winsted, MN will provide its users the ability to control multiple carousels with 1 Chameleon controller < more...>

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Ceiling obstructions…

Monday, November 10th, 2008

If you have ever received a quote on pallet racking, any salesperson worth their salt will have asked you if there are any obstructions that you need to be aware of - this includes rafters, sprinkler systems, etc.  This video (in addition to being very funny) demonstrates why it’s important to be aware of your [...]

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DJ Products - Ergonomic Material Handling

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I’d like to take a minute to introduce readers of this blog to a friend of mine in the blogosphere and a fellow Minnesota material handling company.  DJ Products is a Minnesota based ergonomic material handling products company whose line of motorized carts is well known in many industries.  They offer a full line of [...]

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Okay - I’ll admit it, this post is a shameless plug for our online store, but I think you’ll agree that these products are both unique and in the right situation, very useful.   So…without further delay - here they are.

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How to save when buying online

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

In the past it took time to bargain hunt, going from shop to shop comparing prices, but these days there are websites which do all [...]

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Nucor Scrap Surcharge (contracts) to Increase by $120/Ton
Nucor’s scrap surcharge will increase on June 1, 2008 by $120 per ton ($6.00/cwt) based on the latest published #1 Busheling scrap prices. This increase comes after an increase of $170 per ton for the month of May.
Number 1 Busheling has moved from $430/l.t. in March to [...]

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