News Liquid error (templates/blog line 10): Could not find asset snippets/icon-rss.liquid RSS

Frankfurt/Anji, January 18, 2018 – The KION Group is entering into an exclusive global strategic partnership with leading Chinese manufacturer EP Equipment in the fast-growing market for entry-level, light-duty warehouse equipment. KION Group to acquire a minority stake in a leading Chinese manufacturer to extend its offering in the fast-growing market for entry-level warehouse equipment The exclusive strategic partnership will focus on joint product development and supply chain synergies, with the aim of capitalizing on growth in the global market KION Group CEO Gordon Riske: “The cooperation with EP Equipment will further strengthen our position in the booming warehouse equipment...

The Big Joe E25 electric pallet jack is the first of the brand’s new lithium based products and was released on July 15th of this year.  Unique to this model is that it is the first Big Joe product to use their new "Easy Exchange" 8lb. portable lithium power pack, which is similar conceptually to power supplies on cordless hand tools.  The use of a small exchangeable battery with the power density and quick recharge time of lithium cells is hoped to be a strong motivator in moving companies away from the use of manual pallet jacks and towards electric.  Especially on the...

Fueled by a complete update of the Big Joe product line over the past few years and several new innovative products, strong sales continued for the brand in the first quarter of 2017. Now in their eighth consecutive year of double digit growth, the company reports that the first quarter was another record for the firm and being led by sales of the J1 task support vehicle. The J1 or "Joey" has been a hit for Big Joe since it was introduced at Promat in 2013. Over the past four years Joey sales have continued to grow as has the...