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"Getting Back On Track: Implementing Lean Management To Overcome Challenges"

Plant Services; Using lean management teachings to start and continue to identify waste inside the warehouse helped the organization realize it was underutilizing its space. In times of uncertainty, The Raymond Corporation helped perform an audit of its current warehouse setup and identified areas for improvement. Raymond was then able to develop a new layout of the warehouse based on the turning radius of the warehouse fleet and that included more areas for smart storage and increased racking inside its warehouse and cold-storage operations.

"Newsmakers"

DC Velocity; Dave Micha, a welder at The Raymond Corporation, won gold at the Toyota Material Handling Group Skills Competition.

"Raymond Marks Its 100Th Anniversary"

MHI Solutions; MHI member The Raymond Corporation, a Toyota Industries Company, held a 100th anniversary celebration on June 14 at its headquarters in Greene, NY. This event kicked off a yearlong celebration of Raymond’s 100-year history of innovation.

"Lift Truck Safety Get Proactive with Sensors"

Modern Materials Handling; In the latest article, Lift Truck Safety Gets Proactive With Sensors, Raymond’s Dave Norton discusses how Raymond’s VR Simulator helps support classroom and hands-on instruction, as well as helps expose new operators to real-life scenarios in a virtual environment.

"Problem-Solving Culture Propels The Raymond Corp."

Industry Week; It’s a sunny July morning, and this Industry Week editor is at The Raymond Corp. in Greene, New York, home to both the company's headquarters and large manufacturing site. The maker of forklift trucks is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022, and on this day the large, airy building lobby is dominated by multiple impressive interactive exhibits showcasing many of the historical milestones, people and innovations that have been contributed to the company's century-long run.

"Top 20 Lift Truck Suppliers 2022"

Modern Materials Handling; Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) remained at the No. 1 spot on our Top 20 list. The company, which includes the Toyota and Raymond brands, saw its revenue rise from $12.67 billion for its fiscal 2020 to $15.92 billion in fiscal 2021—a 25.7% increase.

"The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of… Raymond?"

DC Velocity; Company leaders at The Raymond Corp. gave new meaning to the term work-life balance when they resurrected an employee group that celebrates creativity and in-house talent this past spring. A group consisting of 21 current and nine former employees of the forklift manufacturing company re-created The Voices of Raymond, a choral group originally formed in the 1960s as a way for employees to share their love of—and talent for—music. The group performed at company and community events in upstate New York throughout the ’60s and ’70s, and even recorded an album.

"Carolina Handling Launches Interactive Intralogistics Experience"

DC Velocity; Carolina Handling, the exclusive Raymond Solutions and Support Center for South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida’s central time zone, has launched a new online experience called Carolina Handling Intralogistics Constellation.

"Making Smart Warehouse Robots Smarter"

Material Handling & Logistics; Kuhl and the project team received a grant for “Effective and efficient driving for material handling,” a one-year, $300,000 project sponsored by The Raymond Corp. It advances earlier work with the company that established task selection and path planning of individual autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).