productDoosan to exhibit at leading agricultural show in January
Doosan will be exhibiting at LAMMA 19 (hall 18, stand 516), the UK’s top farm machinery, equipment and services show, to be held at the NEC in Birmingham, 8- 9 January 2019.
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productCombi-PPT Powered pallet truck nominated for FLTA Safety Award
One of Combilift’s new products has been named as a finalist in the Safety Category of the FLTA Awards for excellence 2019.
productIBCS appoints sales manager for South East England
Industrial Battery and Charger Services Limited (IBCS), based in Rotherham has appointed Adrian Charlton as Sales Manager for South East England area. Adrian has over 20 years’ experience as a key account and business development manager.
productHow to improve forklift safety through the winter
Forklift trucks are a great aid in any warehouse or packing facility. Not only can they improve productivity, but they can help to prevent injury when an otherwise strenuous task needs to be carried out. It’s little wonder they’re so widely used.
articlePay-as-you-go innovation
Great Bear chooses 58 truck fleet from Crown to boost warehouse efficiency at 24/7 DC operation. To boost flexibility for the leading 3PL Crown offered a pay-as-you-go model for some of the fleet.
articleBuilders merchant chooses Baumann sideloaders
Ridgeons Timber and Builders Merchants has improved efficiency by upgrading its fleet with Baumann sideloaders. The move comes after independent builders merchants Huws Gray completed an acquisition of the business in 2018.
productEnerSys to present its latest solutions at LogiMAT 2019
EnerSys will present its latest innovations for motive power batteries and their related infrastructure at LogiMAT 2019 – the International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management – on 19-21 February 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.
productSolutions for efficient material flow from Clark
Clark Europe will use LogiMAT in Stuttgart from 19-21 February 2019 to showcase new products for process optimisation and cost-reduction.
articleEngineering Success
Caunton Engineering is one of the UK’s leading fully automated structural steelwork contractors and a world leader in Just-In-Time manufacture. Designing, fabricating, painting and erecting structural steelwork for the construction industry, the Nottinghamshire business employs over 250 people and has annual turnover in excess of £64m.
productLinde safety finalist for FLTA awards
Linde Material Handling has been announced as a finalist for the Safety category at the FLTA awards.
articleGet a load of the talent
The Talent in Logistics event is dedicated to promoting logistics recruitment and supporting staff retention. The event is moving to Milton Keynes for 2019 and the team will unveil a white paper on student perceptions of logistics in the coming months.
articleManage batteries to avoid downtime
Maximising efficiency is essential for busy logistics operations and understanding how forklift batteries are performing is key to avoid potentially costly downtime says Hoppecke.
productAITT launches UK’s first annual monitoring scheme for instructors
In a drive to raise industry standards and offer the best service to its members, AITT has launched what is understood to be the forklift truck sector’s first annual monitoring scheme for instructors of forklift truck operators.
productSmartphone first for forklift fleet management
Elokon has released the first smartphone based forklift fleet management system on the market.
productCombi-PPT to showcase at LogiMAT
One of Combilift’s newest products, the Combi-PPT, will make its global trade fair debut at LogiMAT 2019.
productInduction failure as agency worker at courier hit by forklift
A courier service company has been fined after an agency worker was hit and run over by a fork lift truck.
articleBuilding planes faster
Hubtex highlights how it is helping Boeing to build planes faster. HSS editor Simon Duddy also hears how the specialist manufacturer anticipates automated models will claim half of the electric sideloader market in ten years.
articleRobotic range of forklifts
Robotic trucks aim to bring cost effective flexibility to automated handling.
productCFTS strengthens technical support
CFTS, the body behind a national standard for the Thorough Examination of lift trucks, has appointed a new technical manager, Adrian White.
productHoppecke launches HF premium chargers
The new trak | charger HF premium series from Hoppecke Industrial Batteries is said to deliver high quality reactive current compensation to accommodate precise charging times.
