• Choosing the Correct Pallet Rack System For Food & Beverage Warehouses

    Published On: July 13th, 2021

    Do you work within the food and beverage industry, particularly at a warehouse?  If so, you will be pretty familiar with the unique material handling challenges synonymous with this industrial space. Unlike your

  • Understanding Warehouse Pallet Rack Systems

    Published On: April 15th, 2021

    What Are You Storing? An obvious yet sometimes overlooked starting point to a successful warehouse project starts with identifying what you are actually storing. This means the size, weight and type of pallet. These

  • Designing to Optimize Your Warehouse Space

    Published On: April 15th, 2021

    It is critically important to know what type of product the customer is storing,  how they are storing it, and the quantity of products being stored. These may seem to be the most basic

  • Basic RMI Pallet Rack Requirements To Know

    Published On: February 16th, 2021

    When it comes to RMI pallet rack requirements there’s more than one might think that goes into properly outfitting your space. With varying load types, sizes, and weights there are plenty of rack requirements

  • AK Wins 2021 MHEDA MVP Award

    Published On: December 30th, 2020

    AK Material Handling Systems (AKMHS) has been awarded the prestigious MHEDA MVP (Most Valuable Partner) Award for 2021 for their accomplishments in 2020. AKMHS earned the distinction for the 11th time in as many

  • AK Helps Second Harvest Heartland Realize Vision of Expansion

    Published On: November 18th, 2020

    Second Harvest Heartland is one of the nation’s largest hunger-relief organizations and has been working with AK Material Handling Systems’ Senior Systems Design Specialist Jerry Fredrickson since 2008. Jerry worked with Second Harvest to

  • Minute to Connect: Interview With Tony Sineni

    Published On: June 8th, 2020

    We recently switched things up for the most recent episode of our Minute to Connect YouTube series. Matt Marek sat down with Tony Sineni, Director of Sales for Rack Builders Inc. (RBI) to talk

  • Outfitting Your Warehouse For The New Normal

    Published On: May 28th, 2020

    The new normal is upon us. While many areas of our states, countries, and the World continue to adhere to social distancing guidelines, many are also starting to return to a partial return to

  • AK COVID-19 UPDATES

    Published On: March 25th, 2020

    The AK Team is open for business. February 2 AK continues to be in a holding pattern with our COVID safety protocols and guidelines. We will continue to monitor local, state, and national numbers