productYale SmartBelt foils seat belt cheats
Yale has introduced a new ‘cheat-proof’ interlock system – named ‘SmartBelt’ – to prevent drivers from bypassing seat belt procedures.
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productMajor appointments for Linde Material Handling in the UK
Linde Material Handling has appointed new Managing Directors (MDs) for both its South East and Castle regional offices.
articleCasual forklift training poses risk warns RTITB
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), some businesses allow lift truck “training” to simply be carried out by a forklift operator, who may or may not be correctly trained themselves, rather than using professional lift truck instructors. RTITB warns of the dangers of ‘casual’ training and confirms best practice.
articleAisle-Master – the versatile, space saving and tough operator
Aisle-Master articulated forklifts offer unbeatable space saving, cost effective and productive storage and handling, and with lift heights of up to an impressive 15m as seen on the cover of this month’s issue, they enable every inch of available space in the warehouse to be exploited.
newsHelp catch the bad guys
A Fork Lift Truck Association Alert states 12 Still forklifts have been stolen from Wincanton premises in Daventry.
articleSemi rough terrain forklift launches
European Handling Equipment, best known for its Warrior brand of handling products, held Open Days last month to showcase products from its Taiwanese partner manufacturers Tailift and Noveltek.
news“Pedestrians routinely weaved between forklifts”
A logistics company was fined £20,000 after a worker was hit by a fork-lift truck in a busy yard and suffered head injuries.
articleHyundai unveils high performance forklift
The Hyundai 30D-9 forklift is one of the high-performance machines in the newly designed 9 series of Hyundai diesel counterbalance trucks.
articleSeatbelt would have saved forklift driver, says HSE
A man who was crushed under his forklift truck at a Grantham company would have survived if he was wearing his seatbelt, an inquest at Grantham Magistrates Court was told.
articleMarket surveillance legislation update
The long planned market surveillance regulations are still not on the EU statute book. James Clark, BITA Secretary General examines why there has been such slow progress around these hugely important regulations.
articleGet with the programme
Peter Harvey, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association, looks at the key issues affecting fork truck safety and outlines its most ambitious safety initiative yet: the Safer Site Programme.
articleManitou ups tonnage
Manitou is expanding its range of industrial forklift trucks with 6 medium-tonnage and 8 heavy tonnage units.
articleManagement challenge to step into operator’s shoes
There is a serious problem in the fork lift truck industry that is killing people. The good news however, is that we now know about it and we also know how to fix it. Dave Sparrow, MD of AITT (Association of Industrial Truck Trainers) explains.
productInfographic outlines real forklift costs
Hyster has released an infographic explaining the real cost of owning a 2.5t capacity ICE forklift, wherever you are in the supply chain.
news18 warehouse complex for Scotch whisky manufacturer
John Dewar & Sons has opened a blending and maturation facility in central Scotland that features a complex of 18 warehouses across the 100-acre site.
articleHGV driver lucky to live after forklift dropped pallet
A logistics company has been fined for safety failings after a driver was injured when he was hit by a pallet that fell from a fork lift truck.
articleUK’s first lithium ion powered counterbalance truck
Toyota Material Handling UK has launched the first lithium ion powered counterbalance truck for the UK market.
articleWood pallet firm takes on 13 trucks
As part of HLC’s expansion, the wood pallet manufacturer has increased its fork lift fleet to 34 to handle the 200,000 wooden pallets that they make every week.
productIMHX 2016 announces expansion
The exhibition will move into a fifth hall at Birmingham’s NEC with a 2,000 square metre expansion due to a high level of demand.
articleCoca-Cola speeds up loading process with scanning system
In order to gear the loading process to the accelerated warehouse processes, Zetes designed a new scanning system on Coca-Cola’s forklifts in Dongen, the Netherlands.
