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Keynote Speaker, Day #1 -
Greg Mason, General Manager of Products and Training,
Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp.:
"How Innovation and Technology Can Profit the Environment without Impacting Profitability"

How does technology improve the impact forklift trucks have on the environment? And how much will it cost to change? This presentation will examine that developing existing technologies can mean less resources invested and greater return. It will examine how LPG trucks can be replaced by electric trucks, without loss to productivity or profitability, benefiting the environment, company employees and the bottom line simultaneously.

It will detail how electric technology can be improved to reduce the impact we have on the environment. Longer run times, greater performance characteristics, longer service intervals all lessen the impact on the environment now, without changing the existing infrastructure. In addition, it will cover how innovative technology such as AC power and RFID can help the production process become more efficient.

Overall, it seeks to dispel the myth that it costs a company to run greener.

About Greg Mason:

Greg Mason brings a broad range of technical and material handling experience to the table. Starting his career in the Military (submarines), he has held positions as a technical trainer, contract manager, marketing manager, sales manager, product manager, and, general manager for a number of companies. This experience gives Greg the uncommon ability to fully understand and appreciate the technological changes that are taking place in the materials handling industry and how those changes can be employed to drive down operational costs and the carbon footprint of material handling users.

Greg was with the US Navy Nuclear Power program as a Navy Electrician from 1984 to 1993. Prior to joining Jungheinrich in 2006, he was Project Manager and Sales Manager with Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklifts of America Inc. from 2002 - 2006, Marketing Manager at Material Handling Associates from 1999 - 2002, and Contract Administrator and Service training specialist at Raymond Corporation from 1995 - 1999.