productKeeping forklifts good to go
Equipment downtime is the enemy of any workplace, so keeping forklifts (the workhorse of the warehouse) operating efficiently is essential to a successful business.
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articleCold chain specialist turns to tailored truck power solution
Working together to meet a demanding brief from Partner Logistics, lift truck manufacturer Crown and battery manufacturer EnerSys have delivered an materials handling solution that has improved equipment availability, enhanced performance and saved costs at the cold chain specialist’s freezer store in Gloucester.
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.
articleLeader of the pick
Stewart Gosling of RDD, the manufacturer’s UK importers, explains how to unlock your picking operation’s potential.
articleThe complete pallet stacker
Linde has released its L14 to L20 pallet stackers, handling loads from 1.4 to 2 tonnes.
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.
articleClosed loop
Recycling batteries is a key environmental win, says Manbat, as is ensuring batteries are not scrapped early.
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.
articleNo need to send for the SAS… it’s already built in
People, product and process, the 3 Ps that Toyota Material Handling focus on to be the world’s number one material handling provider.
productEfficiency improved
Simply Waste Solutions handles over 55,000 collections every month and facilitates the processing of over 80,000t of waste and recycling material every year. When the company needed to improve it materials handling efficiency it turned to The Forkway Group for a solution.
productKeg clamp attachment
To ensure productivity levels are met and to support end of line operations, B&B Attachments, the exclusive UK distributor of Kaup equipment, has supplied the ale makers Timothy Taylor with innovative Kaup keg clamp forklift attachments.
productTruck mounted team
UK manufacturer of Truck Mounted Forklifts, Loadmac, has teamed up with specialist lorry loader expert Plant Equipment, whose 26 staff supply, fit and service cranes for some of the biggest crane users in the country.
productFramework for training lift truck professionals
According to the Association of Industrial Truck Trainers (AITT), currently there is no consensus amongst training providers concerning the content and duration of training courses for fork truck sales personnel and service engineers. As it stands, many of these professionals undergo full operator training, which is an unnecessary and uneconomical waste of employer’s costs and trainees time.
productGreater efficiency, less fuel
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has unveiled its new K-Motion solution, which is embedded into the programming of the Kalmar Gloria reachstacker, increasing efficiency and productivity by elevating uptime, ergonomics and safety, while reducing fuel consumption and running costs.
productSee danger, speak up…
“Everyone has the right to be safe at work– the place, after all, where most of us spend a third of our lives. Last year 800 people lost this right when they went to work and were injured in accidents involving FLTs, most resulting in traumatic injuries that will change their lives and those of their families and employers forever. It’s just not good enough.”
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.
articleMR reach trucks power busy cold store
Two new cold store MR reach trucks supported by two MPX power pallet trucks are proving to be a robust, reliable and low-cost materials handling solution in sub-zero temperatures at Chiltern Cold Storage.
articleFighting the good fight
For over 40 years, Translift Bendi have been waging a war on wasted storage space with the continual development and introduction of innovative products and solutions.
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.
newsLinde Material Handling scoops UKWA Technical Innovation Award
Linde Material Handling has taken home the Technical Innovations Award in this year’s 16th Annual UKWA (United Kingdom Warehousing Association’s) Awards.
