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.
62,000 sq ft pick module boosts furniture warehouse
With the retail showroom big enough to fit three Wal-Mart supercentres inside and eight million shoppers expected per year, getting the warehouse logistics right was essential for the huge Nebraska Furniture Mart facility in Texas.
Volvo Construction Equipment reconfigures racking
Volvo Construction Equipment boosts pallet capacity at Duxford head office and customer support centre with a new racking reconfiguration from SEC Storage.
Heavy duty evolution
Manufacturers are rapidly evolving more powerful and sophisticated solutions to meet the trend of ever more heavy and awkward loads, as Solving general manager John Cownley explains.
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.
Leading sideloader manufacturer sets up in UK
Baumann UK will be headed up by Jason Reynolds and will market diesel, LPG and electric models.
Boost performance in automotive part storage
In this trio of case studies, SSI Schaefer supports the automotive industry with versatile storage solutions that maximise space utilisation and improve the efficiency of parts retrieval.
Firm hit with £725,000 payout after warehouse worker killed
CAV Aerospace has been fined £600,000 and ordered to pay £125,000 costs, after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter and putting their employees at risk following the death of one of its employees in 2013.
Terex and Konecranes propose merger
The merger must still clear regulatory hurdles, but if it completes, the combined firm – Konecranes Terex – will boast annual sales in the region of $10bn.
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.
Hitachi develops two handed free-roaming warehouse robot
A prototype has been unveiled in Japan with the company saying the technology could be production-ready within five years.
Forklifts. Like you’ve never seen them before.
For the second time Toyota Material Handling Europe has launched a Logistic Design Competition.
