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Internal combustion to battery powered trucks as Stemco
Stemco was seeking to switch from running propane (LPG)/internal combustion (IC) forklifts to electric forklifts to substantially reduce their operating costs and eliminate their carbon footprint. Stemco reached out to MCP for a consultative analy...
Kimberly Clark's battery fleet management
Kimberly-Clark in Beach Island South Carolina owns and leases a fleet of 250+ batteries and 130+ chargers. KCBI maintained their battery room with a standard charge and cool rotation. This process was first managed by their forklift operators and...
Equipment planning and facility layout
When it comes to planning for capital requirements related to electric material handling equipment and supporting assets there are several considerations to evaluate. How many shifts does your facility plan to run? Are there seasonal peaks that wo...
Is it time to clean your battery room?
Does your battery room look like this? Well, it happens to the best of us and it is just the nature of battery maintenance. Battery charging, watering and changing can create a dirty environment. Over-watered batteries will boil over during a char...