articleDrums handled for port company
B&B Attachments was approached by Osamah Meshir, md of Sea Sands Shipping at IMHX 2013 to solve a very specific handling issue.
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productJust walk and grab
If you have restricted areas where forks trucks can’t access to lift and move your drums, de-palletise or move them around the warehouse, the Grab-O-Matic range of drum and materials handling pedestrian equipment can provide a safe and efficient solution.
newsWincanton employee wins forklift operator of the year
Wincanton employee Ryszard Janus was crowned RTITB Operator of the Year 2013 at a sparkling gala dinner to celebrate the competition’s Grand Final on 20th September 2013.
productSafety gets a lift
Contact Attachments has been designing and manufacturing forklift safety platforms for over three decades, which allow users to work at height safely and efficiently whilst carrying out tasks such as stock taking, factory maintenance or changing light bulbs.
productAttachments catalogue
Contact Attachments has produced a new specialist catalogue to showcase the firm’s extensive range of lifting gear equipment, providing customers with a convenient way to source their handling equipment needs in one place.
articlePutting the operator in the spotlight
In September 2013 RTITB, the largest lift truck training accrediting body in the UK, completed its competition to find the lift truck Operator of the Year.
articleDiesel fuelled all-rounders a hit in huge DC
3PL Itella Logistics has taken delivery of Clark forklifts for a huge new DC in Finland.
articleLifetime costs key as Briggs secures £1m deal
A focus on lifetime cost reduction, coupled with fleet management, has secured Briggs Equipment a £1 million contract to supply 22 new Yale forklifts and extend their existing contract on 11 used machines to a global construction products company.
articleWorker impaled on forklift tine by reversing lorry
Loading area the scene of yet another forklift related death.
articleDon’t miss the event of the year!
The Fork Lift Truck Association’s Annual Awards for Excellence show is the industry’s most prestigious awards show; a glittering celebration of the best and the brightest the UK has to offer.
productThe industry’s biggest event just got bigger!
New sponsor and supporters join the FLTA’s Awards for Excellence 2014.
articleThe future of the forklift
HSS Editor Simon Duddy speaks to forklift manufacturers to ask what the future holds for this industry workhorse.
productSafe drum transport
Contact Attachments has provided waste management company for the veterinary sector, Vetspeed, with a forklift attachable drum grab to help safely transport and empty 205 litre industrial drums used onsite.
articleMine takes grip of Hyster tyre handler
To help change the giant tyres on heavy duty mining trucks at an iron ore mine in Austria, VA Erzberg has selected the latest Hyster tyre handling truck.
articleLayer picking innovation promises ‘1000 outers per hour’
Flexi Narrow Aisle’s Warehouse Systems Division has launched the FlexiPiCK – a layer picking-based storage and order fulfillment solution that offers case pick rates of more than 1,000 outers per hour per operator.
productPipeline partnership
Contact Attachments has provided Advanced Engineering Solutions – a specialist pipeline and pipeline equipment engineering firm – with one of its forklift jibs to help improve the efficiency of its daily operations.
articleLayer picking innovation
Flexi Narrow Aisle’s Warehouse Systems Division has launched the FlexiPiCK – a layer picking-based storage and order fulfillment solution that offers case pick rates of more than 1,000 outers per hour per operator.
articleDouble-deep saves cash
For the majority of warehousing facilities, capacity is a major issue. Space is at a premium and wasted space costs money, says Atlet.
productPushed for time
The SweepEx push broom system from Broadwood International simply attaches to a host vehicle such as a forklift, loader, telehandler, skidsteer or tractor to sweep virtually any material in what the company says is a fraction of the time it would take with manual labour.
productSafe skip solution
Forklift attachment specialist, Contact Attachments has provided MKM Building Supplies with one of its tipping skips, providing a safe and convenient way to dispose of waste products.
