The lift truck of the future?
Imagine a forklift without the driver, without the engine, without the mast, without anything but some snazzy, new fangled forks. Imagine no longer.
Handling up to 6,000kg
The new power and free (P&F) system for heavy loads rounds out Eisenmann’s portfolio of conveyor solutions for painting lines.
3PL unveils embroidery as value added service
Core Management Logistics (CML) is on the hunt for clients to take advantage of its new embroidery service.
Palletforce agrees to £30m private equity buyout
The company’s management has agreed a price it says offers a substantial premium on the company’s last traded share price in June 2015.
Get processes in place
Don’t rely on software alone for coping with returnable container management issues says Evi Schulz, manager of managed services at CHEP Automotive and Industrial Solutions.
LPG trucks beefed up by Kubota engine
Yale achieves a step change in efficiency by equipping its GLP40-55VX LPG counterbalance trucks with a new Kubota industrial engine.
Croydon schoolchildren benefit from logistics game
Year 5 students at Atwood Primary Academy in Croydon have taken receipt of the Business on the Move logistics game, kindly donated by the TT Club.
Auto tipping skip reduces accidents
Businesses looking to take advantage of commercial waste incentive programmes may be creating conditions that endanger their employees, according to leading forks and attachment specialists, Invicta.
Leading sideloader manufacturer sets up in UK
Baumann UK will be headed up by Jason Reynolds as MD and will market diesel, LPG and electric models.
A smooth floor is a safe floor
A recent project saw CG Flooring Systems carry out work for an international pharmaceutical company who were looking to refurbish their warehouse, goods receiving areas and packaging floors.
Omni-channel key in supply chain consultancy buy-out
Global management consultancy Accenture has acquired Total Logistics, a UK supply chain consultancy.
Reachstacker series from Liebherr makes debut
Liebherr Maritime Cranes has launches the new Pulser reachstacker series.
Jaguar Land Rover invests in suite of cranes and hoists
Konecranes has supplied and installed a comprehensive range of hoist and crane lifting system solutions within Jaguar Land Rover’s new Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) located on the i54 business park in Wolverhampton.
AGV system makes the process possible
An automated solution from Egemin machines is helping a manufacturer produce up to 5,000 crown corks per minute in three daily shifts.
Wheeled crane causes serious arm injury
Totternhoe Metal Recycling Limited (TMR) have been fined after a worker was injured while delivering waste metal.
Have you improved forklift site safety?
The FLTA is seeking Safe Site Award entries from companies operating lift trucks. Share your story of fork lift safety excellence for a chance to win acclaim and help other companies save employees from injury or worse.
Combilift breaks ground on €40 million manufacturing facility
Combilift, the specialist manufacturer of 4-way forklifts and other innovative materials handling equipment recently formally inaugurated the construction process of its new €40 million, 46,000m² manufacturing facility and global HQ in Monaghan, Ireland.
Chain conveyor transports Land Rover axles
LB Foster Materials Handling has designed, manufactured and installed a triple strand chain conveyor into Dana UK Axle in Birmingham.
Knights of Old buys 27 new UniCarriers trucks
The Knights of Old Group has signed a new contract that sees UniCarriers become the company’s sole supplier of industrial indoor and outdoor trucks.
