2017 CEMA Forecast: Conveyor Industry Shipments Rise
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that overall industry orders (bookings) for the first 6 months of 2016 decreased 0.93% compared to the same period in 2015, with total orders of $5.67 billion. CEMA estimates industry billed sales (shipments) for the first 6 months of 2016 increased 3.15% compared to the same period in […]
January 1, 2017
2017 ITA Forecast: U.S. Forklift Industry Records Historic Year
A new president elect has been decided, Republicans control all three branches of government, Brexit happened and the U.S. economy keeps chugging along. The question now is at what pace will the economy move and in what direction? It has been a brutal presidential election, there have also been many hard fought and expensive congressional […]
January 1, 2017
MHEDA Supplier Forecast: Five Reasons MHEDA Suppliers Are Bullish For 2017
The measured optimism that MHEDA Suppliers were feeling last year at this time was largely validated, with many Suppliers seeing sales increases, and sales records in some cases. Though manufacturers of material handling equipment saw gains in some areas offset by declines in other areas, a similar sentiment permeates the supplier sector this year as […]
January 1, 2017
MHEDA Dealer Forecast: Modest Growth Anticipated for 2017
Each year in the 1st Quarter issue of The MHEDA Journal, we survey the industry to try to paint a complete picture of what can be expected from the economy in the coming year. To do this, we solicit forecasts from our partner associations like MHI, ITA and CEMA. We also speak to MHEDA members […]
January 1, 2017
Women in Industry: Jacqueline Terrell
Jacqueline Terrell Company: REB Storage Systems Title: VP of Marketing and Sales Years on Job: 6 I started at REB Storage Systems International as an administrative assistant to the then President of the company. It was there that I began to learn not only the company but the ins and outs of the material handling […]
January 1, 2017
