Material Handling Equipment - Racks, Conveyors, Carousels, Warehouse Equipment & more.
From publisher Global Industry Analysts, Inc. comes this year’s World Material Handling Market Report.
Here’s a brief summary of the report:
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Material Handling Equipment in US$ Million. The specific product segments analyzed are Conveying Equipment, Industrial Trucks & Lifts, Hoists, Cranes, & Monorails, and Automated Material Handling Equipment. The report [...]
European hot rolled and cold rolled prices continue to rise. The American Metal Market is reporting that some European mills have already booked hot roll coil orders at $1,187 to $1,234 per metric ton ($53.85/cwt to $55.97/cwt) and cold roll coil at $1,311 per metric ton ($59.47/cwt). These prices are in line with [...]
Under government mandate today, it was announced that Chinese steel products for July production will not be available for exports, as they are to remain in the domestic market to be used in the relief efforts for the devastating May 12 earthquake in China.There is market chatter suggesting that the Chinese mills are having trouble [...]
US flat rolled mills have increased their prices every month so far this year, but now there are talks that demand may be faltering, and there is more hot rolled coil (HRC) availability.
Has the market finally reached its peak?
The flat rolled market has seen a wave of increases since the beginning of this year. Domestic [...]
The Steel Index Reference Prices for last week (The Steel Index is owned by Steel Business Briefing).
Below is a quick summary of the past two weeks.
Hot roll coil prices – were up $5 per ton each week for the past two weeks (total of $10 ton). Over the past four weeks the change has [...]
There is a move in the U.S. Congress to protect schools from “unsafe steel from China” and elsewhere. The 21st-Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 3021) would mandate American made steel in all public school construction projects. The legislation is supported by the Congressional Steel Caucus.
Earlier this year the Steel Market Update [...]
Recently, if an industrial carousel manufacturer discontinued supporting its controls package, the equipment dependant on it was doomed as instantly obsolete. Manufacturers controls systems are inherently proprietary.
For years, thousands of warehouse and distribution centers around the world have utilized these vertical and horizontal carousel systems to store and retrieve the products they [...]
