productInvestigation finds poor segregation to blame for forklift death on farm
A Spalding farming business has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 in fines and costs after a farm manager was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck.
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articleCrown makes heavy investment
Building on recent product innovation, Crown has unveiled infrastructure investment to boost its offering to customers across Europe.
productThe industry’s biggest event just got bigger!
New sponsor and supporters join the FLTA’s Awards for Excellence 2014.
articleThe future of the forklift
HSS Editor Simon Duddy speaks to forklift manufacturers to ask what the future holds for this industry workhorse.
articleToyota launches Logistics Solutions team focused on automated handling
Toyota Material Handling UK has launched a Logistics Solutions team who will be responsible for providing support to companies who can benefit from its growing range of automated products.
articleStreamlining order picking
Reduce the walking time of your pickers with Crown’s QuickPick Remote.
articleMine takes grip of Hyster tyre handler
To help change the giant tyres on heavy duty mining trucks at an iron ore mine in Austria, VA Erzberg has selected the latest Hyster tyre handling truck.
articleLinde bids to raise awareness
The launch of Linde Aware, a new digital sales tool, highlights a key aim of Linde Material Handling UK – to make customers aware of the full breadth of the company’s offering and to demonstrate its customer focus. HSS editor Simon Duddy talks to sales and marketing director Andrew Daly about the company’s multi-faceted approach to solving material handling challenges.
productSeegrid and Linde team up on new automated tow tractor
Seegrid will launch the GT45 tow tractor and Guided by Seegrid P50 C Linde model tow tractor in Europe at LogiMAT.
articleLayer picking innovation promises ‘1000 outers per hour’
Flexi Narrow Aisle’s Warehouse Systems Division has launched the FlexiPiCK – a layer picking-based storage and order fulfillment solution that offers case pick rates of more than 1,000 outers per hour per operator.
productNear silent hydraulics
Addressing demand for for quieter materials handling equipment, Hiab Moffett set to work creating the world’s quietest Truck Mounted Forklift.
articleLinde launches VNA order picker
Linde Material Handling has expanded its portfolio for very narrow aisle solutions with a range of modular medium-lift order pickers.
articleLayer picking innovation
Flexi Narrow Aisle’s Warehouse Systems Division has launched the FlexiPiCK – a layer picking-based storage and order fulfillment solution that offers case pick rates of more than 1,000 outers per hour per operator.
productPromising manoeuvrability
The compact low-lift pallet truck Piccolo PLL from Atlet by UniCarriers combines maximum manoeuvrability with easy operation in one truck.
productMaximising height
A key feature of Timber and Builders Merchants Ridgeon’s warehouse in Suffolk is some 640 linear metres of adjustable cantilever racking which serves as the structural support for the building and gives much better storage at 6m high rather than the usual 5.4m.
articleSpace and speed key issues
Ace Express Logistics had two key issues on the agenda – space and speed – when it was looking to update the forklifts at one of its warehouses.
articleSeegrid expansion – AGVs target fast ROI
Seegrid chief growth officer Michael Hasco tells HSS editor Simon Duddy about the AGV company’s European expansion plans.
productForklifts worked hard
Timber firm Cranwood Industries has added a fourth Combilift 4-way forklift to its fleet, having acquired its first – which is still going strong – in 2002.
productPedestrian drum handling
For restricted areas that forklifts cannot access, and for general movement around the warehouse, the Grab-O-Matic range of drum and materials handling pedestrian equipment can provide a safe and efficient solution.
productPort takes on reachstackers
DP World has placed an order with Kalmar, part of Cargotec for two new generation Gloria reachstackers to serve its new container terminal T3 at Jebel Ali in Dubai, with delivery scheduled for June 2014.
