Productivity & operator comfort key priorities
Masonry manufacturer upgrades forklifts for its busy operation, cutting downtime in the process.
Masonry manufacturer upgrades forklifts for its busy operation, cutting downtime in the process.
BYD Forklifts (Europe) has signed international Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) forklift specialist Translift Bendi as a dealer for its range of unique Lithium Iron Phosphate battery-powered material handling equipment in the UK.
If there was ever a time to make sure that your warehouse is working at optimum capacity and efficiency, then it’s now.
“Some operations are simply not suitable for automation,” says Stephen Burton, managing director of Windsor Materials Handling, on the evolution of MHE.
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The manufacturer was among the winners of the 2020 Red Dot Design Award for its recently launched Combi-CBE4 model – the world’s first compact counterbalance design electric powered multidirectional forklift with its patented traction on all wheels.
Multidirectional forklifts play integral role in ensuring maximum efficiency in an advanced manufacturing facility in Derbyshire.
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply Contargo Group with a total of 10 Gloria reachstackers.
With a multi-brand approach to heavy trucks, Impact Handling has all the angles covered.
Materials Handling has played a critical role in the UK’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic and as the global sector leader Toyota Material Handling has been responding to all the challenges.
Toyota Material Handling UK has launched Pallet Truck Plus which offers companies a cost-effective way to always have new Toyota pallet trucks available with full service support.
Food and FMCG companies must take steps to organise themselves now if they are going to have the right warehouse infrastructure in place to meet post-lockdown trading conditions, says John Maguire, managing director of intralogistics solutions specialist, Narrow Aisle.
These all-rounders are mostly used as towing vehicles for logistic trains, for example to supply production in industrial plants, or towing “shelves on wheels” in warehouses and distribution centres.
The Flexi Smart Stop System is an ‘in-aisle sensor’ that immediately disables a Flexi articulated truck if its chassis comes in to contact with an object, such as a pallet load, racking or rack guards within the aisle.
The PhoeniX electric multidirectional sideloader series from Hubtex is said to save up to 33% energy with electric steering.
Hyundai Construction Equipment (HCE) is planning to progress its smart logistics solutions using KT’s (Korea Telecom) 5G communication network and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
A Sidetracker multi-direction reach truck has enabled structural steelwork engineers Adstone Construction to upgrade the storage system at its Worcestershire premises, increasing warehouse capacity and efficiency.
Crown has released a white paper on the state of forklift automation, which reviews the current state of the technology and outlines the considerations to be addressed prior to adoption.
A bespoke solution from handling specialists Cooper SH has met the needs of a busy UK sea port.