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Cover story Garry Bartecki

Much needed plans for 2022 There is little doubt that 2022 is going to be a handful to deal with. David Baiocchi laid it all out in last month’s issue and every bit of what he said is going to take place in some form in 2022 and even 2023.

To make matter worse, from the time David’s article appeared in MHW we have a new highly contagious COVID-19 strain to deal with which could put you back six or nine months, which in turn could offset some of the changes you made to your business to get back on track to a more profitable 2022. Not only is the new Covid strain a problem but when you add in the supply chain issues that continue to plague us there seem to be more roadblocks in front of us than pathways to profitability and cash flow.

And just so you know, Dean informed me I had the cover story for January and the topic should cover what dealers will face in 2022 to the best of my ability. I said that would not be a problem. The next day, however, I received a copy of David’s article. Needless to say, I am thinking David covered most of what to expect in 2022, leaving me to follow up where he left off which in my mind is a tough thing to do. So, I did my homework and am taking a shot at projecting what roadblocks you will face in 22 along with ideas on how to turn problems into opportunities.

Hopefully, I will provide you with some paths to explore to improve sales, profits, and cash flow.

So, let us get going.

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put you back at 2019 operating results. Not going to happen.

Equipment and parts are somewhere on a boat or on a truck (if you are lucky). A recent article written by a 35-year truck driver states that nonunion drivers who get paid per load or some other metric will not go to the ports because they wind up losing money on the deal. His conclusion was that this condition will continue for years to come.

So do not expect to replenish your new unit inventory any time soon.

The labor problem also seems to continue even though there are plenty of jobs available. People want to work from home. People want to avoid coming in contact with the virus. People want more money for what they do. All these factors place you in a tough position.

And then we have inflation to deal with, which many of you have not had the pleasure of dealing with the negative impact of inflation.

Your inventory and parts cost increase. Your other expenses increase. Payroll increases because employees need to cover the inflationary cost increases.

How do you plan for these scenarios and still have adequate capital to stay afloat? That is the question to which every one of you will have a different answer, depending on how much capital you have available, the markets you are in and the customer base you do business with. Quite frankly, you are starting with a clean slate when you plan out 22 because all the variables are nothing like what you faced in the past with fewer solutions and resources available to make meaningful changes.

If I were sitting in your office, I would suggest using a zero-base budgeting approach to attempt to zero in on areas where the spend is too high or the returns too low. There is little doubt that technology will be part of this correction even though part of the problem is to figure out which technology to adopt. But no matter what the technology has to provide benefits and support to customers as well as your company. Otherwise, you are wasting your money.

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To start on a budget, I suggest you make use of the Profit Planning Model found in the annual MHEDA DiSC report. This tool provides methods to determine RETURN ON ASSETS and RETURN ON NET WORTH. The formula covers both your balance sheet and income statement activity, making it easy to spot what activity or investments are causing the ROA or RONW to move to the better or worse.

To start with I would not use your 2019 operating results as a starting point for your budgets. I would use that zero-based approach where you build up costs from the bottom up using a method where you eliminate unnecessary costs or excessive costs. But no matter how you look at it the goal is to arrive at a plan that allows you to do more with less and more efficiently with the dollars you spend. If you cannot arrive at this goal, I believe you will find it hard to compete in your markets because a competitor has produced a new strategic plan that allows him/her to put forth more competitive pricing than you can. This competitor will have a good handle on customer needs and how to fill them, be able to notify customers of potential problems, use fewer people to do more work, and market in a way to attract new customers.

Let us face it, the cheapest way to reduce cost is to become more productive. Know what your employees are doing, have employees accountable for the work they perform. Find ways to reduce the time to perform tasks. This goes for your employees and the employees of vendors that supply goods and services. Part of this solution may require outsourcing some activities. Or bring in part-time college folks who are comfortable working with your modern technology.

One unusual approach to consider is creating an inside sales operation. Do you know why you want to do this? It is because your normal outside sales meetings are going to decline in number because people you wish to speak with are working out of the office. Working from home has educated buyers that they can get what they need without meeting with salespeople. And I can guarantee that if you adopted this process, you would be the only one doing it. In the end, you may decide you need fewer outside sales folks.

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those in use by customers will address this need for information.

A process to track inside and outside techs would accomplish a similar result. Where are they and what are they doing. This approach is being adopted by the construction industry with very meaningful results.

So, in the end, you are doing more with fewer people and attending to customer needs at a higher level. And as sales growth is concerned gaining customer trust and finding ways to encourage repeat business with your company will find you retaining customers longer which altogether is a cheap way to increase business compared to trying to find new customers.

I also want to mention one comment you hear about the auto industry. We also come around to the fact that what happens in the auto industry will eventually wind up as part of the lift truck business. A recent interview with a CarGuru stated that new car prices are up 20+% and used cars up 30+% with the end result being that potential buyers are sitting on the side, keeping their current equipment longer and waiting to get a price they are more comfortable with. Guess what? You will experience a comparable situation. But it could be a benefit if you can provide better service for the customer units, supply used units out of your rental fleet to those in need, suggest telematics for customer-owned units have a good knowledge of the used market to assist with moving customer units out when the time is right. As I have mentioned in the past, refurbing used units in your short-term rental fleet and making them available for sale would have a nice impact on margins.

So here we are dealing with a number of “new” issues we have to learn how to operate under to turn a meaningful profit. Getting more productive and using technology is necessary to achieve this profitable result. But there is one last issue to deal with and that is inflation.

It is no secret that inflation is with us and probably here to stay. As of November 2021, there is a 6.2% increase in the consumer price index compared to a year ago. Tough on your business costs and your pricing strategy. There are three issues a business owner has to deal with regarding inflation. First are the interest rate costs. The second is managing your gross margin to expected results. The third is managing Labor Costs. Three solutions to these problems are:

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Move loans with variable rates to a fixed rate while the rates a still low. After one or two rate hikes this move may not be available.

Understand your margins in real-time. Do the work to get this data regarding both the balance sheet and income statement. Your operating system should do this for you.

Consider outsourcing labor to become more efficient and have lower-cost obligations for insurance and other employee-related costs.

This new COVID-19 strain could throw a monkey wrench into your plans for 2022. But no matter what the eventual goal has to be to become more productive and aggressive in addressing customer needs.

2022….HERE WE COME! Garry Bartecki is a CPA MBA with GB Financial Services LLC and a Wholesaler columnist since August 1993. E-mail editorial@MHWmag. com to contact Garry.

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Acquiring Talent Happy New Year! I am sure that everyone reading this is trusting that the new year will hold fresh opportunities for us to continue building and refining our engagement with customers. A good way to kick that off is by taking stock of the current economic landscape. The supply chain disruption I spoke about in the last edition is still with us, and it’s expected that shortages of critical manufacturing components will continue deep into the Spring and Summer of 2022.

I’ve said before, that the calendar holds no magic. When December gives way to January, annual forecasting efforts are many times driven by hope instead of strategy. In spite of our valiant efforts to “pencil-whip” our obstacles; the same realities blocking our progress on December 31st will, no doubt, still be limiting our progress on January 3rd.

There are a lot of factors currently in play that we can do nothing to control. We can’t conquer them; we can only prepare ourselves to work “around” them. One of these obstacles has been looming far longer than the pandemic. Last month I talked about “Job Shock”, and how our inability to hire and retain quality technicians has reached critical levels.

With a dearth of new equipment on the lot, our opportunities in CUSTOMER SERVICE will be priority one. Our customers will depend on us to extend the life of the equipment that is tired and worn. These challenges will be impossible to solve without hiring more technicians and putting more vans on the road.

It’s difficult however to ramp that up quickly.

It’s not necessarily the capital investment (vans, tools, and parts) that is holding us back. Most of the dealers I speak to, have MULTIPLE vans sitting empty on their lot, awaiting new staff.

Many dealers could hire 3, 5, even as many as 8 additional technicians without having to invest an additional dollar of capex.

Customarily, we have used three venues to locate and acquire technical talent.

1. Competitors: We all know that this is the quickest method to fill a van with a warm body.

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dealership is already the “employer of choice” with wages, benefits, and working conditions outpacing competitive employment offerings.

This strategy however seldom really provides the quality individuals we were looking for. The fact is…the trainable, self-motivated, and high-caliber technicians in the marketplace already have a sweet deal with their current employer. Most of the hires willing to jump ship and sign on with you, always seem to develop training deficiencies. attendance issues, or behavioral problems that never allow them to really help move the team forward. The reasons are self-evident. This is a competitive industry. You know it…. your competitor knows it. Everyone knows what it takes to retain top talent, and they are already offering it.

2. Automotive and Industrial: Making the shift from automotive or industrial repairs to material handling equipment is not a difficult shift.

Yes, there is some training needed to acclimate new automotive techs to working on hydraulics or motive power systems, but the “nuts and bolts” of the job are not usually the limiting factor.

The issues inherent with the conversion have more to do with expectations than they do with technical abilities. Most of these candidates come from automotive dealerships where they were guaranteed 40 hours a week, and all repairs are conducted under one roof. They also are certain that they will never be called to work overtime on a weekend or after hours. Training, tools, resources, and facilities in an automobile dealership may also be more robust and modern than in an equipment dealership setting. I am not suggesting that these candidates can’t be successful if they are offered in-shop opportunities. The problem here is that we are looking to fill ROAD. Once that tech gets his third call in three nights to repair units after hours, in the elements, they may not be so willing to see it through.

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with the assurance that they will be trained and certified to service and repair that OEM’s line of products. This leaves little room for material handling companies to make a competitive argument. Some of these students however enroll in the basic mechanical programs and we should regularly target these graduates with the lure of having their own service vehicle, opportunities for overtime, and a hungry job market in our industry.

These three venues aside, my suggestion for bolstering the ranks, is to enlarge the pool of candidates. We can do that by using some tactics that allow us to engage the candidate at an earlier juncture. It will require a longer-term process, and we will have to design and execute “homegrown” training regimens in order to be successful.

Most dealers have never considered these options, but with growing market needs, and shrinking talent pools, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Military If you have a military base in your market area, there is always a motor pool. Here technicians repair everything from armored troop carriers to

Blackhawk helicopters. Most military motor pools are manned with enlisted ranks who will “term out” after a period of time. Those who do not choose to re-enlist will need employment. The upside is that usually, the skills and knowledge base of these candidates are top quality. They also have personal habits and interpersonal skills honed by a disciplined lifestyle. They generally enjoy the autonomy of working on the road, and many of them are good candidates for leadership in the ensuing years. The downside, especially for those deployed in combat scenarios, is that they can come with some unexpected mental and emotional issues that may require accommodation.

Transitioning troops into private life is taken very seriously by the military, and they have set up a system of provisions through the VA to do just that. The Veterans Benefits Administration created the Office of Transition and Economic Development (OTED) to provide opportunities for returning servicemen and women to achieve economic success. My advice is to connect with the OTED in your region and make sure that the local staff knows that you are on the lookout for candidates with specific skills.

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High School FFA Programs If we want to enlarge the field of candidates, we have to start early. Establishing relationships with FFA leadership is a great way to do that.

These are the kids that intentionally involve themselves with the types of activity we are looking to encourage. They learn how to weld, build specialty equipment, and customize machinery before they ever leave high school. FFA advisors at the high school are always looking for partnerships, sponsorships, and joint projects with private industry. Think about starting a summer intern program where some of these FFA kids can be trained. Then offer them full-time employment after they graduate.

MHEDA program As I said earlier, the technician shortage has been with us for quite a while. MHEDA saw this coming, and in an effort to serve their dealer members, MHEDA started a specialized program to develop and certify technicians. This program is a few years old, and it may be the resource that brings you the high-quality candidates you are looking for. At a minimum, the program serves as a template that can perhaps be replicated regionally,

either inside your dealership, or in tandem with MHEDA, or a community college.

The MHEDA CFT program both educates and certifies lift truck technicians. It includes 55 hours of e-learning content, as well as hands-on training and assessments.

You can find more information on the MHEDA program here: www.mheda.org/ education/certified-forklift-program Like it or not, our success in this industry will in great part, be predicated on how well we continuously recruit, train, and motivate a technical workforce. We have to be innovative and unique. We have to pay competitive wages and provide well-defined paths for advancement. We have to start early and invest in programs that build a workforce from the ground up.

Dave Baiocchi is the president of Resonant Dealer Services LLC. He has spent 39 years in the equipment business as a sales manager, aftermarket director, and dealer principal. Dave now consults with dealerships nationwide to establish and enhance best practices, especially in the area of aftermarket development and performance. E-mail editorial@MHWmag. com to contact Dave.

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The 30-second personal commercial—How to write it

When you go to a business meeting or are networking in general, you are on the lookout for contacts and prospects.

Your commercial is the ability to provide information to create interest and response from prospects. It is the prelude and the gateway to a sale.

How effective is your commercial? Do you even have one?

Let’s say you’re out with a customer networking at her trade association meeting, and she introduces you to a prospect. The prospect says “What do you do?” If you’re in the temporary staffing industry and you say, “I’m in the temporary staffing industry,” you should be shot.

Your reply should be, “We provide quality emergency and temporary employees for businesses like yours so that when one of your own employees is sick, absent, or on vacation there is no loss of productivity or reduction of service to your customers.”

You deliver a line like that and the prospect can’t help but be impressed.

Now you have the prospect’s attention. You ask your power question(s) to find out how qualified the prospect is. “How many employees do you have?” You ask, “Do you give them oneor two-week's vacation?” “How do you ensure that the level of service to your customers isn’t reduced during these vacation times?” Make the prospect think.

Want to prepare or revise your commercial? Here’s how: Your objective is to have 1,530 seconds of information that states who you are, who your company is, creatively tells what you do, shows how you can help others, and why the prospect should act now.

After you creatively say what you do, you ask a power question or series of questions that make the prospect think and respond in a way that gives you needed information. This information allows you to formulate an impact response to show how you can help, and lets you know how qualified the prospect may be. The questions must be open16

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ended. (A question where the answer makes the prospect say more than yes or no.)

The power question is the most critical part of the process because it sets up your impact response.

When formulating the power questions for your commercial, ask yourself these five questions…

1. What information do I want to get as a result of asking this question?

2. Can I tell how qualified my prospect is as a result of the question?

3. Does it take more than one question to find out the information I need?

4. Do my questions make the prospect think?

5. Can I ask a question that separates me from my competitor?

Here are some lead-ins to power questions that will expose areas of need: • What do you look for…

• What have you found…

• How do you propose…

• What has been your experience…

• How have you successfully used…

• How do you determine…

• Why is that a deciding factor…

• What makes you choose…

• What do you like about it…

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• What would you change about… (do not say “what don’t you like about”) • Are there other factors…

• What does your competitor do about…

• How do your customers react to…

• How are you currently…

• What are you doing to keep…

• How often do you contact…

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Sales Trends continued

You should have a list of 25 power questions that make the prospect think and give you the information you need to strike.

Your commercial is the ability to provide information to create interest and response from people you network with.

Here is a personal commercial example…

• Name…Hi, (hey) my name is Richard Herd.

• Company Name…My company is (or I’m the president of) Continental Advertising.

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What are you doing to ensure your name is in front of your customers more than your competitors?)

• How You Help…(May be modified based on answers to power questions). I think we can help you. We have creative brainstorming sessions with our clients where we bring together a small team of our people and yours. We place various items on the table that relate to your business and the customers you serve. This process creates a dialog that always leads to innovative products that compliment your marketing plan and impacts your customer’s image of you. Not only is it productive, but it’s also fun.

• Why the Prospect Should Act Now… Would you like to schedule a brainstorming session, or have lunch first and preview a few items to get a better feel for what I mean?

Use this example to help you write your own commercial. After you write it, rehearse it. Then go try it out and adjust it for the real world. Then really practice it (More than 25 times in real situations) until you own it.

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Alta Equipment Group acquires Midwest of all EnerSys motive power products in the states of Oregon and Washington, including NexSys, Mine Services Alta Equipment Group Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Midwest Mine Services LLC, a privately held company headquartered near Toledo, Ohio.

Midwest Mine Services designs, fabricates, and installs full aggregate processing plants for quarries, mines, and recycling operations throughout the United States and is well-established in the Ohio and Michigan markets. The company is also the authorized dealer for several original equipment manufacturers and their component supply partners, further expanding Alta’s OEM relationships. www.altg.com

Pantero acquires Ampro Material Handling supplier Pantero has announced the acquisition of Ampro Material Handling, a Detroit-area racking and material handling supplier since 1969. The acquisition will allow Pantero to expand its material handling solutions for its warehouse and distribution customers. Over the past 52 years, Ampro has made a name for itself in southeastern Michigan and beyond for high-quality material handling solutions, including warehouse racking, flow racks, mezzanines, and much more. www.pantero.com

EnerSys and Concentric expand partnership EnerSys has recently expanded its battery and charger product distribution through a manufacturer representative agreement with All Battery Sales and Service, now owned and operated by Concentric, LLC, a forklift and critical power supplier.

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Wolter Group acquires Advantage Material Handling Group Advantage Materials Handling Group, founded in 1968, is a full-service forklift and material handling dealership providing equipment sales and service, parts and rentals, dock equipment, storage solutions, and more throughout Northern Indiana. Within the Advantage Materials Handling Group, there are three brands; Balint/Ryder Handling Equipment, BT Battery & Charger Systems, and BT Equipment Services & Parts. All of which will now operate as Wolter. Furthermore, the acquisition of Advantage Materials Handling Group expands Wolter’s coverage area for Kion North America’s Linde and Baoli lines of electric, gas, and LP forklifts. www.advantagematerialshandling.com www.woltergroupllc.com

Trew operations expanding in Fairfield, Ohio TREW has expanded with an additional new facility! Their existing operations in Mason, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin have been busting at the seams due to our rapid growth. To provide room to grow, we decided to move our Mason, Ohio operations into a new facility that allows our engineering, software, support, part fulfillment, and manufacturing operations to expand. Trew’s headquarters, and the added manufacturing capacity, are now located in Fairfield, Ohio - a suburb of Cincinnati. The area is a hotbed of material handling talent and provides us with the opportunity to grow our product and service offering while recruiting world-class talent. www.trewautomation.com

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Shifting Gears

Industry personnel and organization news

Nano One announces retirement of Director and President John Lando Nano One® Materials Corp. (Nano One), is a clean technology company with patented processes for the low-cost, low-environmental footprint production of highperformance cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries.

Nano One announces the retirement of John Lando, President, co-founder, and member of the Board. Mr. Lando co-founded Nano One with CEO Mr. Dan Blondal and has served as President and a member of the Board since its inception.

Mr. Lando’s guidance and contributions have established Nano One as an innovative, rapidly growing company within the lithium-ion battery sector. www.nanoone.ca

Wynright announces the retirement of Gordon Hellberg

supporting customers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. www.hybridlifts.com

Seeq appoints Dr. Lisa J. Graham as Chief Executive Seeq Corporation, has announced that the company’s board of directors has appointed former chief operating officer Dr. Lisa J. Graham, PE as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Former CEO and co-founder Steve Sliwa will remain at Seeq in an advisory role as vice chairman and co-founder. Seeq also appointed Ashley Kramer to the company’s board of directors.

Leveraging Dr. Graham’s experience driving innovation in the process industries and with IIoTfocused organizations, she will focus on reinforcing a strong culture, while rapidly scaling the organization to achieve growth and revenue goals. www.seeq.com

Daifuku Wynright announced that Gordon Hellberg, a 40-year Aisle Master AME-OP secures German industry veteran who worked industry award for companies such as Rapistan, One of the Ermanco, TGW, Schaefer, and new products to finally Wynright will retire on be launched this December 31, 2021. Troy Carter, year by Combilift, a veteran of the industry and the Aisle Masterlongtime team member at Daifuku OP (AME-OP) Wynright will assume control on January 1, 2022 was a winner www.wynright.com in this year’s “INDUSTRIAL Production – handling award 2021”, organized Hy-Brid Lifts announces JJ Beimborn as by a German publication, Industrial Production.

Midwest Territory Sales Manager A jury of industry experts and votes from the Hy-Brid Lifts, a low-level readership determined the winners from over 30 access equipment provider, entries, and the AME-OP won second place in announces JJ Beimborn’s transition the Handling and Assembly Category of this year’s from Service Manager to Midwest awards. The new AME-OP is a stand-on electricTerritory Sales Manager. His new powered model that combines the advantages of a role will include promoting the narrow aisle articulated forklift and an order picker growing Hy-Brid Lifts product for versatile operation in warehousing applications. line, establishing and maintaining www.combilift.com customer relationships, and 22

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Industry personnel and organization news

Motion names VP of Operations Integration Motion Industries, Inc.has announced the promotion of John Watwood to Vice President of Operations Integration, effective immediately. Mr. Watwood moves to this position from Vice President/Group Executive for the Southeast, to which he was promoted in 2019. In his new and expanded role, he will be responsible for Motion’s Distribution/ Fulfillment network, Branch Operations Support, and Enterprise Excellence. He will report to Joe Limbaugh, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain, Operations Support, Marketing, and Enterprise Excellence. www.motion.com

Tompkins Solutions names Roy Smith Vice President of Material Handling Integration Tompkins Solutions has named Roy Smith vice president of sales of its material handling integration division. In this role, Smith will be responsible for driving sales revenue and growth by building and maintaining customer relationships and delivering best-in-breed material handling integration solutions. Smith has over 35 years of sales management and logistics engineering experience, designing and supplying more than $100 million of material handling solutions for companies across a wide variety of industries, including automotive, food production, and manufacturing, among others. www.tompkinsinc.com

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GEORGIA: Metal recycling service provider is planning to invest $340 million for the construction of an electronic recycling facility in AUGUSTA, GA. Completion is slated for Spring 2024.

FLORIDA: Contact lens mfr. is planning to invest $200 million for the expansion of their manufacturing facility in JACKSONVILLE, FL. They are currently seeking approval for the project.

INDIANA: A biotechnology company is planning to invest $125 million for the construction of a 110,000 SF processing facility in FISHERS, IN. They have recently received approval for the project.

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ALABAMA: Wire mfr. is planning to invest $100 million for the construction of a 270,000 SF manufacturing facility in HARTSELLE, AL. They have recently received approval for the project. Completion is slated for early 2023.

INDIANA: Trailer mfr. is planning to invest $50 million for the renovation and equipment upgrades on their manufacturing facility in TERRE HAUTE, IN. They are currently seeking approval for the project. Construction is expected to start in early 2022. They will consolidate part of their operations upon completion in late 2024.

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OHIO: Home appliance mfr. is planning to invest $65 million for an expansion of their manufacturing facility in OTTAWA, OH. Construction is expected to start in Summer 2022, with completion slated for 2023.

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Hamilton expands Stainless Steel offering with new 3200 lbs. Caster Series The product engineering department at Hamilton Caster has released the expansion of their stainlesssteel caster offering with an all-new series rated up to 3200 lbs. per caster. With this introduction, the new Champion Stainless Series represents the highest-rated stainless steel caster series on the market today. The new series is designed for extra heavy loads where corrosive environments or sanitary considerations demand having all fork and hardware components of stainless steel. www.hamiltoncaster.com

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Stretch Wrap Supplier introduces choice of colors Orbital wrapper manufacturer TAB Industries, LLC has introduced a choice of colored stretch films. Offered as part of its TAB line of stretch wrap, the colored stretch films are available in red, green, blue, black, white, yellow, and orange, as well as in clear as standard, and in custom colors as an option.

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