articleTrusting your truck
The word reliability and materials handling equipment should go hand in hand. Without reliable forklift trucks, operations will stall and sometimes even come to a complete stop.
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productDoosan revamps lower capacity electric forklifts
The forklifts feature redesigned masts to improve visibility and a control system protected to IP65 as standard.
product37,000 operating hours
At the Alloa warehouse and glass manufacturing facility of WH Malcolm Logistics there is currently a 31-stong fleet, including Linde engine counterbalance and powered pallet trucks. The 24/7 site has a resident Linde Engineer John Alford maintaining the entire fleet and 12 of the trucks are H25Ts fitted with 5.6 triple masts and cascade double pallet handling attachments.
articlePoorly managed awkward lift leads to crush death
A father-of-two died when a metal frame being loaded onto a lorry trailer by a forklift fell on top of him.
articleDoosan revamps lower capacity electric forklifts
The forklifts feature redesigned masts to improve visibility and a control system protected to IP65 as standard.
articleA question of culture
Metsä Wood UK operations purchasing manager Gary Isherwood tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that he puts the safety of employees first when buying forklifts.
productTim Waples to CEO of Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK
Doosan Industrial Vehicle has today announced the promotion of Tim Waples to vice-president and CEO of the company’s expanded UK operations.
productMinimum downtime
Provider transport services for a host of air freight agents and their clients, Circle Express uses models from Jungheinrich’s TFG range of hydrostatic counterbalanced trucks.
newsCompetition launched to find India’s best forklift operator
ThinkLink Learning, in partnership with RTITB UK, is launching a competition to find the safest and most efficient forklift truck operator in India.
productDesign award for Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi EDiA EX – an 80-volt electric truck that is agile in small spaces, comfortable, easy and responsive to drive and can be used both indoors and out – has won a coveted Red Dot Design Award.
productDealer of the Year – are you the best?
In a bid to enthuse and excite forklift dealers across the land, The Fork Lift Truck Association is renaming one of its award categories.
productSTILL UK signs deal for £5m new-build facility
Global materials handling company STILL, has signed a deal for a new £5m facility at Hill Barton Business Park in Exeter, Devon.
newsMitsubishi Heavy acquires UniCarriers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift (MN) have respectively bought 65% and 35% shares in UniCarriers for a reported £570 million.
newsCesab dealer appoints new MD
PLP Lift Trucks has appointed John Gareth Organ as managing director.
productElevating cabin boosts safety when moving bulkier loads
Linde Material Handling has added the elevating cabin to its range of safety products in response to the increasing problem of moving larger and bulkier loads for forklift truck operators.
newsSir Neville Bowman-Shaw passes away
Neville died on 11th July 2015, peacefully at home. Husband of Georgie, father of Andrew, Annabelle, Fergus and Justin.
productStreamline processes
Contact Attachments has provided a specialist supplier of suspension springs with a simple solution to streamlining processes.
articleVisibility over bulky loads
Linde Material Handling has added the elevating cabin to its range of safety products in response to the increasing problem of moving larger and bulkier loads for forklift truck operators.
articleComponent curbs fuel costs
Eaton has released a hydraulic hybrid system solution that can help reduce forklift fuel consumption, as lead systems engineer Tim Meehan explains.
articleSpot fraudulent operator certificates
RTITB asks what should employers look for when hiring a forklift operator and checking their credentials are genuine?
