![]() Last year also marked the integration of Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) and Toyota Material Handling USA (TMHU) into Toyota Material Handling (TMH). While the company sold 282,000 units in 2019-which include the Toyota and Raymond brands-representing a 7% increase over 2018, revenues were flat following a 16% spike in 2018. ITA’s annual meeting in September will also be virtual. This year, the event was held online, which enabled greater attendance than the usual ceremonies in Washington, D.C. Gusler highlights the success of the ITA-organized National Forklift Safety Day, which seeks to reinforce the safety and operator training message year-round. Automation is also an emerging segment of the market, as more forklift manufacturers automate existing models or partner with automation companies to achieve autonomous or semi-autonomous functionality. Lithium will keep getting cheaper, he says, and be used more and more each year. Alternative fuel options like lithium-ion and fuel cells seem to be ticking up, Gusler adds. Warehouse management system (WMS) integration is moving ahead as more users add forklift-mounted screens tied to the WMS. “As the technology becomes more standardized and affordable, it will trickle down to medium-sized customers.” “It’s becoming the standard that a large customer’s RFQ requires a telematics system, whereas in the past that trend was just starting to pop up,” Gusler says. More customers are requiring some kind of telematics solution tied into a fleet management system. Other trends look much the same as last year, says Gusler. Since primarily classes one through five are used in materials handling applications inside the four walls, Modern has only specified those on our supplier tableL ![]()
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