http://www.mhia.org./rss/marketresearch MHIA.org en-us Copyright Material Handling Industry® 2007 10 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:55:58 GMT Many of the establishments in this segment operate on networks, with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over a large geographic territory. Other establisments in this segment provide consulting services related to the process, physical distribution, and logistics of handling goods. http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/warehousing Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:55:25 GMT Among the equipment in this sector is a variety of steel shelving; steel storage racks; flow delivery equipment; industrial mezzanines; portable storage racks; modular drawer storage; shop and tool cabinets; storage cabinetry; storage enclosures; and other directly related equipment. This sector includes ... http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/storage Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:54:43 GMT Principle equipment groups include pallets and skids made of wood and wood products, metal and molded polymers, box pallets; baskets; ocean containers; dump boxes; barrels, drums; pails; wrapping and packaging equipment; and a wide variety of directly related equipment and materials. http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/packaging Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:53:49 GMT Among the primary technologies included in this sector are cranes; hoists; monorails; lift tables; dock levelers; aerial platforms and lifts; and a wide variety of accessory and specialty equipment. This sector contains 56 equipment groups which are organized into three sub-sectors. http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/overhead Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:53:14 GMT The major portion of this sector consists of equipment including fork lift trucks (of many types and styles); straddle trucks; pallet stackers; trailers; powered and manual pallet trucks; dollies; wheeled carts, and a wide array of directly related accessories and components. Within this sector are 60 ... http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/mobile Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:52:26 GMT This sector contains 62 equipment groups organized into two sub-sectors: Bulk and Contained Load Handling. Among the primary bulk handling technologies are re-claiming equipment; bulk material loading/unloading equipment; vibrating, screw, apron, and steel belt conveyors; blowers; feeders; plus a variety ... http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/conveyorized Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:52:06 GMT Among the equipment in this sector is muscular assist manipulators; industrial robots; automated guided vehicle equipment; automated storage and retrieval systems; carousels; bar coding/scanning/data-collection equipment and other directly related equipment and components. This sector contains 33 equipment ... http://www.mhia.org./learning/marketresearch/analysis/automation