productModular support
Lean manufacturing offers significant potential for manufacturers to improve performance, increase efficiency and optimise processes.
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articleReducing collision risks
Construction giant turns to Linde for technology to help forklifts automatically slow down when reversing, much reducing risk of collisions.
articleWindsor stacks up for Metsä Wood
Contract covers a wide range of equipment including sideloaders, forklifts and ancillary machines.
productPowered roller conveyor
LB Foster Materials Handling has designed, manufactured and installed the conveyor system, lifts and transfer cars for an automotive tabbing cell.
article£6.5m steel store to support the automotive industry
An innovative air handling dehumidification system helps protect steel at a major new storage facility opened by AV Dawson in the North East.
newsWorkers burned when crane spilled 300 tonnes of molten steel at Tata
Global steel giant Tata has been prosecuted after three employees suffered serious burns when tonnes of molten metal spilled onto the factory floor and ignited.
productLow loading attachment handles scrap
Contact Attachments has partnered with a leading manufacturer of thermal spray equipment and consumables to provide it with a manual handling solution to load and unload.
productTransporter system handles 12 tonne loads
A heavy-duty transporter system designed and installed by Sidetracker Engineering is providing a leading UK steel producer with safe, efficient transportation of loads weighing up to 12 tonnes within one of its North Yorkshire warehouses.
productTata Steel takes on 7 Bulmor sideloaders
Seven new Bulmor trucks were recently delivered to Tata’s Sheffield premises after a very thorough and competitive appraisal.
articleHeavy rotation
Hard landscaping manufacturer Marshalls has taken on 360 degree Kaup Fork Rotators on flexible casual hire contracts from B&B Attachments.
articleGood lighting for packing and despatch
More than 5,200 Trilux E-Line LED and T5N luminaires have been installed at the huge Playmobil warehouse in Germany.
articleRotating shuttles from YLOG add agility
The YLOG-Shuttle system enables shuttles to move both crosswise and lengthwise in a store by rotating.
articleLack of planning and supervision behind heavy lifting injury
Court found the complicated lift of a two tonne metal frame involving two forklifts swung out of control with a bystander hit and injured.
productAdidas kicks off automated project
TGW has announced that it will implement an automated warehouse solution at the new Adidas logistics centre in Brazil.
articleWorker loses leg after forklift drops heavy load
A Tameside factory worker had to have part of his left leg amputated after he was struck by an 850kg metal frame being delivered to a plant in Glossop, a court has heard.
productConveyor transports 1,000kg cardboard stacks
Astec Conveyors designed and manufactured a heavy duty modular flat belt conveyor system for a leading corrugated cardboard manufacturer to transport stacks of corrugated cardboard weighing up to 1,000kg each.
articleConveyor transports 1,000kg cardboard stacks
Astec Conveyors designed and manufactured a heavy duty modular flat belt conveyor system for a leading corrugated cardboard manufacturer to transport stacks of corrugated cardboard weighing up to 1,000kg each.
productEfficient distribution of warm air for automotive supplier
Powrmatic has supplied seven NVS condensing warm air heaters and 11 CECx destratification fans to Eberspächer UK’s newly constructed warehouse and test facility at Ringwood in Hampshire. The units were specified and installed by PWB Industrial Heating Service.
productNew dimensions in automated storage
KASTO designs, manufactures and project manages the installation of a vast range of automated warehouses and other computer controlled storage and retrieval systems for bar, tube, profile, sheet and other items.
articleDoosan rolls out 7-series trucks up to 16 tonne capacity
The forklifts are aimed at demanding industrial environments including heavy manufacturing, mining, construction and the metals and timber industries.
