FLTA Awards postponed
The 26th annual FLTA Awards for Excellence, which had been due to take place on Saturday 21st March has officially been postponed in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.
The 26th annual FLTA Awards for Excellence, which had been due to take place on Saturday 21st March has officially been postponed in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.
In these uncertain times one of the industries that is keeping the UK moving is logistics.
For an operation dealing with diverse loads, a one-size-fits-all approach to its materials handling needs is unlikely to deliver the levels of productivity required. When Marston’s, the UK’s leading independent brewing and pub retailing business, expanded its business, it turned to trusted Yale partner, Briggs Equipment.
Modern businesses are constantly on the lookout for potential opportunities to maximise their operational efficiency, with the warehouse environment increasingly being targeted as a key area for improvement.
The postal service company was fined after two employees were injured by fork lift trucks in two separate incidents.
On-site safety is a top priority for building products manufacturer Ibstock across all of its plants, a conviction it pursues vigorously when specifying requirements for its vast fleet of forklift trucks.
Linde Material Handling UK has been working hard to support the food sector, in particular major supermarket chains who have been working tirelessly to keep shelves stocked with food.
Mentor FLT Training has developed a new e-learning course, to help those managing forklift operations meet their responsibilities for safety, compliance and productivity.
There’s certainly a time and a place for considering changing your MHE suppliers. During the grip of a global pandemic is not that time.
A 3D camera and SensorApp solution from SICK has enabled rapid, damage-free guidance of automated and driver-assisted high-bay forklifts into pallet pockets, as well as the precise and efficient pick-up of dollies by automated guided vehicles (AGVs).
For a long time it has been just as commonplace to have industrial cleaning equipment among your fleet of assets as forklifts and other materials handling equipment, says Briggs Equipment.
The new BT Levio LWI160 powered pallet truck from Toyota Material Handling is the first ever pedestrian-operated truck that has been designed around a modular Lithium-Ion battery concept, making the truck very compact, light and energy-efficient, setting new standards in the industry.
You may be surprised to hear that qualified and experienced forklift engineers have been in such demand that they sometimes attract transfer fees. F-TEC managing director Karl Baum tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that this is symptomatic of a broader skills issue which the body is tackling with PRO-TEC, the industry’s first register for professional forklift engineers.
The Fork Lift Truck Association is opening up its entire web resource in a bid to help British businesses deal with the current crisis and immediate aftermath.
Materials handling equipment must receive essential inspections in line with maintenance schedules.
Where electric forklifts are likely to be idle for a prolonged period, appropriate care is vital to keep batteries in peak condition.
The manufacturer expects up to 2,000 trucks per year are to be remanufactured at the plant near Brno in the Czech Republic.
Mentor remains on hand to help businesses meet HSE guidelines for vital MHE training amid COVID-19.
Linde’s Truck Call app can help to reduce personal contact to a minimum by enabling contactless work processes. The firm is offering 6 month trials of the product.
The FLTA Awards for Excellence will now be held on Saturday 21st November 2020.