To find efficiencies, warehouse managers are investigating the benefits of alternative energy solutions technology that may better support their needs.

KORE Power, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, announced plans to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant.

TPPL batteries are a variant of absorbed glass mat (AGM) technology. But, whereas AGM batteries (and all other conventional lead-acid batteries) have cast lead plate grids, which conduct current into and out of the battery, and into which the active material of a battery is pasted, the TPPL batteries have plates stamped out of a roll of pure lead.

KION GROUP AG, Germany, joined forces with BMZ Holding GmbH, Germany, to form a joint venture under the name of KION Battery Systems GmbH.

OneCharge Inc., Irvine, Calif., reached an agreement with Combilift to fit its trucks with lithium-ion batteries.

Storage Battery Systems, LLC (SBS), Menomonee Falls, Wis., opened a new full-service stocking branch in Dallas, Texas.