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Alta Equipment acquires Nitco

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Alta Equipment has entered into an agreement to purchase Northland Industrial Truck Company, or Nitco.

The acquisition will expand Alta’s business into the New England market, adding full-service materials handling sales operations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine.

Nitco and its construction equipment group, Northland JCB, will continue to operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of Alta, with no changes to leadership or business operations.  [Read more…] about Alta Equipment acquires Nitco

Nitco introduces wireless forklift fleet management technology

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Nitco has launched a new wireless forklift fleet management technology, which it says is “game-changing”. (See video below.) 

The company says it adds telemetry capabilities to materials handling equipment which could lead to “improvements in safety and accountability while eliminating inefficiencies and lowering your overall cost of operation”.

Nitco says the modules are equipped with sensors, GPS and telemetry technology, enabling machines to “collect helpful, actionable data that provides new insight into countless aspects of your operation”.  [Read more…] about Nitco introduces wireless forklift fleet management technology

Material handling equipment supplier Nitco opens expanded facility in New Hampshire

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Material handling equipment supplier North Industrial Truck Company has opened a new and expanded facility in Concord, New Hampshire. 

The new site is designed to showcase the company’s forklifts, construction equipment, warehouse solutions, and other products.

Nitco says the new facility provides a “huge showroom” for its “cutting-edge” industrial equipment, as well as an expanded shop for top technicians working on the machinery.  [Read more…] about Material handling equipment supplier Nitco opens expanded facility in New Hampshire

New Nitco solutions feature collaborative robotics and automation technology

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Northland Industrial Truck (Nitco) has created a new division to concentrate on collaborative robotics and automation technologies. 

Nitco, which has been in business nearly 50 years, says its new strategic accounts division will “focus on many things including disruptive technology, innovation, fuel sources, automation, and cobotics”. 

Collaborative robotics, or cobotics, describes how the integration of robotic equipment coexists with people in the workplace.  [Read more…] about New Nitco solutions feature collaborative robotics and automation technology