Returnable packaging reduces waste created by every business, including material handling.  According to David Madden, President of Container Exchanger recently reported that, “Returnable packaging improves material handling by reducing the number of moves from stackable containers. This type of lean manufacturing and distribution metric is quantifiable and makes this environmentally sound decision a good business choice as well.”

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If you’re a family business owner, chances are you’re thinking about what you’ll do when your working days are over. As William Rothwell, a professor at Penn State University, noted in the foreword to Exit Right: A Guided Tour of Succession Planning for Families in Business Together “More than 40% of the people who run the closely held operations that comprise 80% of the North American economy will retire by 2007.”

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Material handling equipment and the materials to be handled are the essential factors related to engineering. It is an equipment that specially designed for handling packaged or bulky items that is generally in a production, shipping or storage facility. There are various material handling equipments that are used for handling of materials and there are some range of products such as belt conveyor, bucket elevator, bin activator, bag dump stat (more…)