Distribution & logistics focus
Distribution and logistics facilities will feature prominently in the plans of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems – Industrial Door and Docking Solutions UK for 2013/14.
Distribution and logistics facilities will feature prominently in the plans of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems – Industrial Door and Docking Solutions UK for 2013/14.
At the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) Safety Conference in September 2012, it was revealed that fork lift truck accidents are once again on the rise. Delegates heard the “latest figures from the HSE reveal a 4% increase in serious fork lift accidents in 2010/2011, following a two year decline in accidents requiring hospitalisation, such as amputations, dislocations and long-bone fractures.”
Bonmarché, the UK’s largest value womenswear retailer for women aged 50+ years, has improved the safety of its loading and unloading operations with the adoption of Castell’s Salvo.
Easilift Loading Systems is to underline how companies can improve safety in the loading bay at the Fork Lift Truck Association’s 2013 National Fork Lift Safety Conference this September.
Hart Doors Systems has supplied a high-speed door, a sectional overhead door and two inflatable dock seals for Steinhoff UK Group Properties at its 420,000ft2 Magna Park, distribution facility in Warrington, for its Harveys and Benson for Beds subsidiary.
A trailer has all the moves when it comes to being loaded and unloaded on a dock; and A-Safe, the leading name in workplace safety and protection, has successfully entered the Dock Protection market.
NSK, manufacturer of industrial and automotive components, has chosen Castell’s drive-away prevention system, Salvo, to protect staff at its warehouse in Tilburg, Netherlands.
The recent headlines about the major UK gas companies increasing their prices again this year serve as a reminder that the cost of all types of energy is going to continue to rise exponentially for the foreseeable future. For managers of factories and warehouses it’s important that they act now to reduce their energy consumption and protect their profits in the long term. ALEM members are aware of the pressures that companies are under and offer many different high quality products and services
Loading area the scene of yet another forklift related death.
Dock sealing solutions are commonplace but one company is claiming a first with a solution that allows trucks to open doors into a fully sealed warehouse.
Thorworld MD John Meale explains how SMEs with an active warehouse space but no loading bay can unload and despatch effectively.
Dock Solutions has completed a nationwide safety upgrade on Walkers Crisps/Pepsico loading bays.
Loading bay equipment specialist Farrington Industries has secured the UK and Ireland distribution rights for a range of shock absorbing protection bollards.
Easilift Loading Systems is reporting a 30% growth in its service business during the past 12 months – a success the company attributes to the developments it has made in its after-sales approach.
When a reassignment of SCA’s Skelmersdale factory meant extra wall need to be built at the facility, the company approached Klimate High Speed Doors to provide rapid roll and fire roller shutter doors.
High levels of safety are central to the success of Transdek UK’s award winning product portfolio.
Alan Jenkins, sales director of Hörmann UK explains why designing out risk is essential for the modern loading bay.
Hart Doors Systems’ recently restructured service facility through the appointment of Gordon Kipling as service manager is paying dividends through a significant level of new business.
The Health & Safety Executive offers a wealth of information on making the loading bay safer. Here is our summary of the basics.