MHE fleet switches from LPG to electric

Doorco head of Health & Safety, Quality & Environment Richard George, explains: “With change comes opportunity. Not only were Jungheinrich able to switch the fleet to lead acid; they also gave us a comprehensive breakdown of the carbon we would save with an electric fleet. We were looking at savings of almost 840 tonnes of CO2e over the life of the contract. That was huge for us."

DoorCo decided to swap its entire fleet of 18 forklifts to Jungheinrich and also invested in vehicles for its new manufacturing facility.

Every day, DoorCo moves around 2,500 doors. With each pallet of 25 doors weighing close to a tonne, safety is an important element in every truck movement. Richard found the safety features of the Jungheinrich fleet compelling.

“Operators can’t start the truck until they’ve completed their safety checks. If they have a bump in the truck, it's recorded. We can spot negative operator trends before they result in an accident. All of that is a major advantage when it comes to managing health and safety. We don't want to be reactive, and I certainly don't want to measure accidents. I want to measure something that tells me we’re heading towards an accident so we can intervene and prevent it. That's what the truck telematics can do. Not only is that helping us manage health and safety; it’s also preventing damage to equipment. That can have a huge impact on costs.”