Top tips on truck refurbs
Refurbished forklift trucks can offer tremendous value for money under the right conditions, but don’t be caught out warns Neil Warren, Jungheinrich UK’s Used Equipment and Short Term Rental Director.
Multi-purpose truck turns heads
Crown has launched the Crown MPC 3000 Series, a new range of multi-purpose lift trucks, across Europe.
Expect re-invests in hydrostatics for 24 hour hub
As a full on, 24hr a day operation, fast and efficient loading and unloading of palletised loads from vehicles is absolutely crucial to the success of business at Expect Distribution.
Huge rack-clad automated warehouses
Jungheinrich’s Systems & Projects Division has provided a turnkey solution for global healthcare company, Grifols – completing two highly automated rack-clad warehouses at the heart of the company’s new worldwide operations in Dublin.
The Awards for Excellence
The countdown begins to the biggest and best night of the year – The Awards for Excellence on Saturday 27th February 2016.
Provides flexibility to sit or stand
Yale’s new MPT series rider pallet truck offers sit, lean and stand functionality.
Reach to 13.8 metres with Tergo UHX
UniCarriers has unveiled a new reach truck, the Tergo UHX, as well as a new order picker range, the EPL 100.
Robust and nimble truck
Flexi articulated forklift takes care of loading block stacked casks for Timothy Taylor’s short range deliveries.
Service to the fore
3PL Europa Worldwide Group, has specified 15 electric 1.6 tonne forklift trucks from Impact Handling for its new European 1hub, cementing a relationship that began more than a decade ago.
Reassessing storage due to exceptional growth
Exceptional sales growth and recent contract award from a leading home furniture retailer has seen the RGE Group need to increase its storage capacity. A pallet live racking solution from SEC Storage has enabled RGE Group to re-assess its logistics operation, bringing efficiencies and cost savings.
Food retailer buys big
AR Racking, an integral supplier of industrial storage equipment, installed a new distribution centre in England for a major UK food retailer. This warehouse is one of the largest distribution centres in the United Kingdom.
Get on point
Yale has introduced a Pedestrian Awareness Light (PAL) option which has been designed to provide an alert to pedestrians and users of mobile equipment that forklifts are operational in the area.
Cool and clean
High speed doors from BID Group keep the premises of a fast-growing pet food firm at an even temperature and helps prevent pest ingress.
XPO Logistics upgrades dock levellers
Stertil Dock & Door Products has installed a series of 11 hydraulic dock levellers for XPO Logistics.
Discounter opts for flexible automation
Pick front reduction and ergonomics boost convinced Scandinavian food discounter to select Witron for logistics centre automation.
Pharma firm deploys agile shuttles
Pharmaceutical compounding company Fagron has commissioned KNAPP to kit out its new warehouse in Belgium.
Record number of apprenticeship applications
Forklift manufacturer Linde Material Handling, has received a record 381 applications for its bespoke apprenticeship programme.
Incorrect aerodynamic add-ons could be ‘waste of money’
Schmitz Cargobull UK technical director Derek Skinner has warned that commercial vehicle fleets could be wasting money by incorrectly specifying aerodynamic add-ons for their trailers.
FSDF helps with DEFRA food chain emergency planning
DEFRA has published two new reports examining the potential impact of natural disasters on UK food supply and appropriate contingency planning.
Sports Direct denies naming and shaming warehouse workers
The sportswear retailer has sought to counter press allegations that workers suffer poor treatment at the company’s Shirebrook warehouse.
