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.
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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.
productAisle-Masters save space for Yearsley Logistics
Yearsley Logistics is the largest frozen food logistics service provider in the UK, operating from 13 strategic locations around the country. It recently added the 200,000 sq ft automated cold storage facility at Hams Hall in the Midlands to its portfolio to continue improving its service offering to retailers.
productRelease drums from forklifts quickly and safely
St Clare Engineering has developed a Quick Attach/Release drum handler fork attachment.
productSupport following L117 update
In response to greater responsibilities for managers and supervisors overseeing fork lift truck operations, CFTS is urging managers and supervisors to be vigilant when it comes to Thorough Examination.
productWorld first in port automation
Kalmar and Navis, both part of Cargotec, have provided the operational backbone consisting of Kalmar automated stacking cranes (ASCs) and shuttle carriers and Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS) for DP World’s London Gateway port. The project is the first joint Kalmar-Navis deployment of software with automated container handling equipment.
articleSafer tires safer logistics
Tires on forklifts play a critical role in their safe use says Trelleborg Wheel Systems; they are the only part of a forklift that is in constant contact with the ground. Like cars forklift trucks have become significantly safer pieces of equipment in recent years, better design, better features and better regulation surrounding working practices have all contributed to making warehouses safer operations.
articleBendi adds multidirectional forklifts
After once again listening to the needs of the market place, Bendi, the global leading British manufacturer of articulated forklift trucks has extended their already impressive product range with the introduction of the Hubtex electric, LPG and diesel three-wheel multidirectional forklifts.
productNew manufacturing facility
Valmar, UK manufacturer of Sideloader products has completed a move to a new manufacturing facility at Cleckheaton, Leeds.
newsAttachment firm promotes from within
B&B Attachments has promoted Mark Eason to business development executive.
newsKION Group rolls out investment
The KION Group is set to invest approximately €60 million through 2021 in Linde Material Handling’s core plant in Aschaffenburg and around €23 million at the core Still plant in Hamburg over the same period.
newsLinde makes Smart choice
Linde Material Handling (UK) has appointed Richard Smart as its new head of business development.
productCesab appoints new general manager
Cesab Material Handling UK has appointed John McCranor as its new general manager, replacing Terry Stephens who is retiring after spending four years developing the UK network.
productDrumming up support
Contact Attachments has provided a safe and convenient solution to a chemical supplier’s waste disposal issue.
