Crown’s V-Force® Integrated Lithium-Ion System Boosts Productivity at City Furniture

Crown’s V-Force Integrated Lithium-Ion Storage System enables the utilization of opportunity charging throughout the shift, preventing the need for battery swapping and the downtime associated with it.
City Furniture is a forward-thinking furniture retailer with 18 locations and 36 showrooms that span across south and central Florida. The company has a tradition of embracing new technology and environmental responsibility and implemented the V-Force Integrated Lithium-Ion system to improve employee safety. Its implementation led to an increase of 12% towards overall productivity, motivating its operators by helping them earn productivity incentives. In addition, V-Force lithium-ion batteries eliminated battery watering and reduce maintenance, further increasing uptime and improving employee safety.
About Crown Equipment Corporation
Crown is one of the world’s largest material handling companies with a reputation for award-winning product design, advanced engineering and technology, and superior after-sale service. Crown’s business philosophy utilizes vertically integrated processes to design, manufacture and distribute forward-thinking, innovative solutions that improve customers’ productivity and operating efficiency. Crown produces a broad range of forklifts as well as automation and fleet management technologies.
The company’s global headquarters is located in New Bremen, Ohio, USA, with regional headquarters in Australia, China, Germany and Singapore. Its employees number more than 16,100 worldwide. Crown operates a service and distribution network that exceeds 500 retail locations in over 80 countries. To learn more about Crown’s ideas for helping customers advance the productivity of their operations, visit crown.com.
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