Adapted for busy builders merchants
JCB Industrial has designed a range of four Teletruk materials handlers specifically for use in the builders merchants sector.
Hyster delivers empty container handlers
Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) has received five new Hyster empty container handlers for its fast 24/7 operation, which handles up to ten container-ships a day.
CEMEX refurbishes crane system
Terex Material Handling’s Demag Service team has completed a major refurbishment and upgrade of a Demag crane system at the CEMEX cement production facility in Rugby.
Service key to expansion
When Manbat Industrial Power Systems acquired PowerCell it added the final piece in its current expansion programme.
Forklift fleet facts
Fleet management systems have been used to optimise forklift truck operations since the 1990s and have seen many adaptations and improvements. Transmon Engineering is an early pioneer of such systems, and Bob Warner, sales manager for Transmon, explains what to consider when selecting a fleet management system.
Clipper automates returns process with LB Foster
The ever-increasing success of online fashion shopping led to a demand for greater capacity for processing returns at Clipper’s Selby distribution centre.
Smart Lift boosts productivity
Yale Europe Materials Handling introduces the new MP Series Pedestrian Powered Pallet truck which offers enhanced productivity capabilities and a smoother and more efficient operator experience.
Online grocer picks to shopping bag
The Spanish online grocery retailer, Tudespensa, is using the automated E-Grocer solution from KNAPP at its Madrid distribution centre to process about 1,000 orders a day.
Automated solution promises non-stop logistics
Witron has released its solution named Order Fulfillment System (OFS) which is designed to be a flexible solution for the highly dynamic sector.
MPs vow to tackle bogus self-employment
In the wake of the City Link debacle, MPs have called on the incoming Government to bring forward proposals for tackling companies who use or encourage the practice of bogus self employment.
Verlinde launches food grade manual hoist
The ZHV INOX manual hoist is made up of a hoist body, a hook, a high strength lifting chain and a hand chain, all entirely made of stainless steel.
Loading bay flexibility
Retailers across the country are investing in additional warehouse space, with more spent on big sheds in 2014 than in any other year within the last decade.
Distributor agreement
Logistex has signed an agreement with Norway’s Hatteland to be one of the official distributors of the AutoStore automated warehouse system in the UK.
First Linde Robotics trucks released
Linde Material Handling has launched the Linde L-MATIC L HP robotic stacker and the Linde P-MATIC robotic tractor which are both “driven by Balyo”.
Terex Port Solutions launches reach stacker forklift
The company has debuted the Liftace 5-31 reach stacker and the Stackace empty container handler will follow in the coming months.
Make the most of GPS as a business tool
Telematics can help you overcome the 4 biggest challenges in logistics says Derek Bryan, European sales director, Fleetmatics.
Womenswear label inks deal with CML
Finery London has picked Core Management Logistics to provide its warehouse and distribution services.
Price still king finds survey of Omni-channel consumers
The poll also found M&S was top of the fashion chart and consumers still prefer store to online.
Still revamps its high lift pallet trucks
The German manufacturer has modernised and expanded its range of high-lift trucks with and without an operator’s stand-on platform.
Swisslog and KUKA combine on innovative logistics robots
The two companies will present a human-robot workstation at Hannover Messe in Germany.
