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Introducing Carryline

Handling & Storage Solutions caught up with Applied Automation Industrial Systems at the PPMA Show to hear about new product ranges, and how the growing company has recently moved to much larger premises.

Aisle-Master – the versatile, space saving and tough operator

Aisle-Master articulated forklifts offer unbeatable space saving, cost effective and productive storage and handling, and with lift heights of up to an impressive 15m as seen on the cover of this month’s issue, they enable every inch of available space in the warehouse to be exploited.

Get wise to fair wear & tear

For a vast number of UK organisations, hiring or leasing their fork lift trucks makes more economic sense than buying outright. However, such businesses would be wise to consider their obligations under such a contract – it could work out very expensive indeed.

E’tow boat to China

Sinotrans, one of the largest logistics players in China, has asked Egemin to automate its new distribution centre in Kunshan.

Keeping it in the loop

Linde Material Handling has established ‘Hardware in the Loop’ software simulation as the test standard for electronic control and assistance systems.

Box Order System for fresh food

Numerous food retail logistics experts from Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Scandinavia were introduced to the newly developed Box Order System (BOS) in the course of an Expert Day at WITRON’s headquarters in Germany.

Lear inks storage & picking deal with Gebhardt-ECS

Gebhardt-ECS has been appointed to implement a dynamic multi-level storage and picking system at the Lear Corporation factory at Coventry.

IMRG sees mild October pointing to bumper Black Friday

The early warning signs suggest we could be in for a bumper Black Friday, says IMRG’s Andrew Starkey. But has the warehousing and logistics industry got the capability to successfully deliver?

Semi rough terrain forklift launches

European Handling Equipment, best known for its Warrior brand of handling products, held Open Days last month to showcase products from its Taiwanese partner manufacturers Tailift and Noveltek.

Marcotran selects AR Racking to install a new warehouse in Zaragoza

International transportation company Marcotran selected AR Racking, specialising in heavy-load storage, to install one of its new warehouses in Zaragoza.

Battery firm invests in new technology

Industrial Battery and Charger Services Limited (IBCS), based in Rotherham, is investing in new technology.

Rental firm takes on Bobcat telehandler

Readyplant has bought the first Bobcat T35105L telehandler in the UK from Wigan-based Norwest Plant.

Double decker forklift promises more operational capacity

TCM’s SRD 200 double stacker forklift focuses on important operational benefits; greater efficiency with long-distance capacity.

AGV comes in counterbalance and tugger versions

This new type of Egemin’s E’gv will be unveiled in Europe at the Logistica trade show in Utrecht, which is held from November 10 to 13.

Hyundai unveils high performance forklift

The Hyundai 30D-9 forklift is one of the high-performance machines in the newly designed 9 series of Hyundai diesel counterbalance trucks.

Seatbelt would have saved forklift driver, says HSE

A man who was crushed under his forklift truck at a Grantham company would have survived if he was wearing his seatbelt, an inquest at Grantham Magistrates Court was told.

Supply chain agility

Today’s supply chains need to be more agile than ever before. Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA), considers some of the areas of innovation that can boost agility and also some of the barriers to implementing new technologies.