productHandling with care
The St Clare Engineering range of Grab-O-Matic fork attachment and pedestrian drum handlers provide a safe and efficient solution.
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articleVersatile vehicles
The fast-growing waste and recycling industry requires specialist and flexibly designed machines, says JCB.
articleAlert to the danger of lift truck overloading
Increased safety awareness has prompted a huge uptake in hydraulic overload check devices for Abbey Attachments, exclusive UK supplier for Ravas products. HSS editor Simon Duddy hears more from Paul Saunders and Nicky Whittle from Abbey.
productUpskilling: It’s the future…
So, what’s to be done? With skilled fork lift engineers retiring faster than new ones are recruited there is an acute skills shortage.
articleSteel manufacturer avoids downtime with Doosan ‘DPF free’ heavy lifting
Forklift downtime can be critical for Outokumpu so it turned to Doosan for cleaner, new diesel powered trucks.
productAttachment for unstable forklift loads
Contact Attachments has delivered further bespoke Four Fork Attachments for forklift trucks.
news5 people hospitalised with life-changing forklift injuries every day
Despite stringent legislation in the UK, serious injuries resulting from forklifts are still common.
productFork positioner improves operator visibility
Linde Material Handling has launched a new hydraulic fork positioner – View – that improves operator visibility when handling loads.
productSimple and effective tipping skips
Contact Attachments’ Tipping Skips continues to be one of its best-selling products, having been manufactured at its site in Mid Wales since 1974.
productEnsuring optimal handling safety
Contact Attachments designs and manufactures an extensive range of forklift jibs from its base in Mid Wales, helping customers to handle long and/or awkward loads through providing additional reach to their existing equipment. The jibs also support users in effectively lifting loads which are unable to be palletised.
articleKooi telescopic forks prove versatile for racking and loading
As the UK distributor for the Kooi Telescopic Reachforks, it’s Abbey’s experience that the Kooi Forks are predominately supplied in the UK to the warehouse and logistics industry for the use with “double deep” racking systems.
productBespoke attachment
Rainwater harvesting systems Otto Graf uses handling solution from Kaup.
articleFLTA Awards 2019: Get involved
As the winners from the 2018 Awards for Excellence continue to bask in their success, organisers, the Fork Lift Truck Association, are busily preparing for the Awards’ silver jubilee. With such an important milestone approaching, the FLTA would like you to get involved. Its chief executive Peter Harvey explains why.
productRolling papers
The Low Profile Reel Clamp Attachment is used in the factory, warehouse and production environments to lift reels of paper and film, etc.
productTransport firm sweeps the board
Contact Attachments provided the Seacon Group – a transportation company which handles over 1,000,000 tonnes of cargo – with one of its Heavy Duty Forklift Sweepers to help it more efficiently clear away debris from its operations at Tilbury Docks, Essex.
productHandling heavy reels
The Cradle Attachment from Packline provides the handling of large and heavy reels of film or paper, for example, to and from a storage and production machinery.
productSweeping up
Contact Attachments offers three BEMA sweeping attachment models, the 20, 25 and 40.
productMark Durden-Smith to host FLTA Awards 2019
A familiar face to millions of rugby fans, television presenter Mark Durden-Smith, has been announced as host of the Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence 2019.
newsTributes paid to Shaun Prendergast
CFTS, the body behind the fork lift truck industry’s Thorough Examination standard, has paid tribute to its valued technical manager, Shaun Prendergast.
productAdjustable clamp attachment with locking pads
This clamp attachment is used in the factory, warehouse and production environments to lift and handle a wide range of vessels.
