Supply Chain Digest is pleased to announce that industry expert Cliff Holste has joined the SCDigest staff as Material Handling Systems Editor.

Holste has enjoyed a long and notable career in the material handling industry, holding management positions at Alvey, Buschman Conveyors, Forte Industries, and W&H Systems, among other leading manufacturers and systems integrators. He is distinguished by his combination of engineering, system design, and business skills, and has helped dozens of both large and medium-sized companies successfully implement material handling solutions over his career.

As part of the SCDigest team, Holste will support our growing coverage of material handling related issues in distribution and manufacturing. That will include authoring a blog, Sorting it Out, that will appear regularly on the SCDigest web site.

“Cliff Holste is an incredibly knowledgeable expert in material handling equipment and applications and their value,” said SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore. “He will be a great asset to many of SCDigest’s 40,000 readers that are interested in material handling topics.”

Said Holste: “It’s exciting to join Supply Chain Digest’s vibrant and valuable publication and web site. It’s growing influence and position in the supply chain and logistics industry is clear. I look forward to contributing my perspective.”

Holste is the founder of Holste Material Handling Solutions in Cincinnati.