articleUniversal loader
Advanced steering makes Hubtex DQ 45 E sideloader more manoeuvrable as manufacturer targets volume market.
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productPedestrian alert system
New from Davis Derby, the Pedestrian Alert System not only detects pedestrians and objects but also provides a warning and control thereby influencing the driver to improve safety, or reduce the speed of the vehicle if no action is taken.
newsHyundai steps up to Stage IIIB
Hyundai Heavy Industries has nearly completed converting its entire range of 1.5 to16 tonne load capacity diesel forklifts to Stage IIIB engines.
productPlatform provides safer scanning
Contact Attachments has partnered with logistics firm, Maiden’s of Telford, to provide a safer way of scanning and checking pallets using work platforms.
productOptimal interaction
As well as offering energy-efficient and gentle charging of a battery, the new trak|charger HF premium from Hoppecke ensures optimal interaction between the battery, data monitoring and the battery management system.
articleDoosan Ice for sub-zero warehouses
Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK is launching a range of trucks designed for use in cold stores and other sub-zero working environments.
productImpact steers course for port focus
Extending its materials handling portfolio from the smallest pallet trucks to specialist port-based machines with lifting capacities of up to 80t, Impact Handling has been appointed as a nationwide distributor for the Konecranes range of heavy-duty lift trucks.
articleImpact Handling takes on Konecranes heavy lift trucks
Impact Handling has been appointed as a nationwide distributor for the Konecranes range of heavy-duty lift trucks, extending its materials handling portfolio from the smallest pallet trucks to specialist port-based machines with lifting capacities of up to 80 tonnes.
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articleCML invests £400,000 in new fleet from Crown
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
article3PL invests in Crown fleet
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
articleSuited to long runs
Combilift has added to its 4-way sideloader portfolio with 4 wheel models designed for long runs.
newsLoad toppling from pallet truck crushes worker
A Hertfordshire engineering firm has been fined for safety failings after a toppling fan unit crushed a worker as it was being manoeuvred into a ground floor plant room at a Surrey development.
articleReducing manual handling
Steel stockholder Abram Pulman and Sons has taken delivery of two more Sidetracker multi-directional trucks.
articleWood supplier sources fuel efficient fleet
Metsä Wood UK bought three Baumann LPG powered HX 4 tonne sideloaders for its Widnes-based production facility. There is a total of eight Baumann sideloaders on-site.
articleMade to boost profits
Atlet says every one of its forklift trucks are developed and produced for a specific reason: to improve the customer’s profitability.
articleOperating in tight spaces
European Handling Equipment has launched the latest generation of Mariotti compact electric rider forklifts in the UK.
productTruck towers to 13m
Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks has released the SENSiA, an 11-strong family of reach trucks.
productTilt indicator
To help overcome problems caused when forklift operators do not have sufficient view of the forks to be fully in control of their position, AEC Designs is marketing a mast tilt indicator that can be installed quite easily to all makes of forklift truck. Called ‘ForkAngles’, the device shows clearly at what angle the forks are set.
articleManagement needs to be aware of risks
The Fork Lift Truck Association has emphasised that managers need to be aware of forklift-related dangers, in the wake of the prosecution of a company and one of its directors after a forklift accident.
