productHardware firm orders truck mounted forklifts
Cargotec’s Hiab has received a significant order for Moffett truck mounted forklifts from Lowe’s, a North American hardware company.
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articleSafety in the company DNA
Safety is vital to any business and its operation. It needs to be built into the DNA of the organisation and all aspects of its people, products and processes, says Toyota Material Handling UK.
productHeavy battery lifting
Lift Safe has lightened the load of Adept Power Solutions (APS) by supplying it with a bespoke lifter to move large industrial batteries.
productCommitment to excellence
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has awarded Bristol Forklifts the highly-coveted Customer Focus Award for the firm’s commitment to delivering excellent sales, service and customer support.
product500,000th unit
2015 marks the launch of the 500,000th machine manufactured by the MANITOU Group. With its MANITOU, GEHL & MUSTANG brands and more than 400 models sold through the world, the event is an indication of the company’s leadership on the rough-terrain material-handling market.
productHeavy-duty lift trucks
Looking to increase its capacity, AV Dawson has taken delivery of five heavy-duty lift trucks at its 150 acre Lackenby site, near Middlesbrough as part of a £1m deal with Cooper Handling Group. The facility is one of two that currently serve the Tata steel plant.
articleHealth & safety obligations made easier
Health and safety is core to 3M operations and the company wanted to continue to reward operators who maintained a high level of driver and pedestrian safety.
articleInsight provided
Briggs Equipment UK has developed an interactive, web-based reporting system that gives customers 24/7 access to fleet management data.
articleBendi wages war on wasted space
With manufacturing now returning as the lion of the British economy, companies are facing a double challenge explains leading articulated forklift manufacturer Bendi.
articleStill revamps high lift pallet trucks
The German manufacturer has modernised and expanded its range of high-lift trucks with and without an operator’s stand-on platform.
productHandling longer lengths a boon for precision steel firm
Bird Stainless, headquartered just north of stainless steel’s home city of Sheffield, has taken delivery of its second Combilift 4-way forklift to enable it to cope with increasing demand for its products.
articleFood firm Brakes awards nationwide deal to Windsor
Windsor Materials Handling has been awarded a nationwide contract for the maintenance of materials handling and access equipment for food services business, Brakes Group.
productDelivery driver killed as forklift drops load
A Sheffield steel company has been sentenced after a catalogue of safety failings led to a 42-year-old worker being killed when he was knocked off his lorry and then crushed by a three-tonnes load of steel tubes.
productHigh-strength adjustable forklift hook deployed
Contact Attachments has showcased the versatility of its forklift attachments after providing a family-run formwork contractor with a more effective solution to moving heavy goods.
newsSite launched for short term rental of articulated forklifts
Flexi Narrow Aisle, the UK-based articulated forklift truck manufacturer, has launched a website dedicated to short term hire.
productRemote lift & lower
Crown has extended its tried-and-tested QuickPick Remote technology with a variant that controls lift and lower functions. Available now for fitment to Crown’s ES 4000 and ET 4000 Series stackers, this version of the successful remote glove technology features a special transceiver for the stacker’s lift system.
articleSafer Site seeks to drive down accidents and near misses
The Fork Lift Truck Association is pushing the free safety programme in a bid to save lives.
productManoeuvrability in small spaces
What is claimed to be smallest powerful counterbalance truck in the world has been launched by Wilmat, the West Midlands based manufacturer of materials handling equipment.
productReachstacker order
Kalmar has received an order to supply three Kalmar Gloria Reachstackers to PD Ports’ Teesport facility.
productManbat acquires Powercell
With its recent acquisition of PowerCell, Manbat Industrial Power Systems added the final piece in its current expansion programme.
