articleIntroducing The Archies 2022
UKMHA transforms Awards for Excellence and marks a new era for material handling industry.
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articleMake the shift
Toyota’s new electric counterbalance range comes with a choice of lithium-ion, lead-acid or hydrogen power options.
articlePosition your ops for the future
The Tomorrow’s Warehouse Event offered insights, predictions and advice on how to position your business to best benefit from future trends. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
productRecycling plant takes on five electric forklifts
LINDE MATERIAL Handling secured the contract to supply 5 new X20-X35 electric forklifts with Sherbourne Recycling.
articleForklift power: the drive to electric explained
Toyota’s counterbalance specialist, Paul Bowers, considers some of the factors driving the rise of the electric-powered forklift market.
articleHelp de-carbonising operations
Mitsubishi EDiA trucks help leading pipe manufacturer reduce costs and emissions as part of extensive carbon-cutting programme.
productGovernment changes red diesel rules
THE UK Material Handling Association (UKMHA), the trade body representing all aspects of the UK’s material handling industry, has alerted lift truck operators to important changes in the permitted use of rebated fuels, such as red diesel.
productForklift options in a time of increasing environmental concerns
The Tomorrow’s Warehouse event will explore key issues for logistics professionals at a time of unprecedented change at the CBS Arena in Coventry on November 30.
productOrders soar for new lift trucks
UKMHA NOTES rising sales but says manufacturers are struggling to meet demand.
productCoca-Cola sites plan switch to electric forklifts as part of Net Zero plan
COCA-COLA Europacific Partners has launched an initiative for carbon neutral manufacturing at two of its sites as part of its ambition to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
productCredit helps scale imports of EP forklifts
DF CAPITAL partnered with Handling Equipment UK to help support its dealers in the UK electric forklift market. Handling Equipment is a UK importer of EP Equipment. Based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, it is a family-run business that employs 20 people. It currently works with over 40 material handling dealers in the UK.
productPowered pallet trucks can help avoid injuries
EACH YEAR in Britain some 150,000 people are injured and about two million suffer from ill health caused or made worse by their work – with back strains and other musculoskeletal disorders brought on by manual handling tasks among the main causes of staff absenteeism.
productHeavy duty battery launched
IN HIGHLY intensive operations, handling equipment and its traction batteries are often pushed to the limit during daily use. To tackle this, industrial battery specialist Hoppecke has launched a new range, purpose-designed for heavy duty applications.
productPower by the hour
BOILER MANUFACTURER Vaillant has made a transition from lead acid to Lithium-ion forklift batteries. It partnered with Jungheinrich to introduce a new 26 vehicle Lithium-ion fleet to operations.
productPower management tools
ENERSYS IS providing a real-time window into battery health with power management tools designed to maximise battery life while reducing operational downtime.
productHigh performing lead-acid battery
THE GNB Tensor battery is said to achieve multi-shift operations and help warehouses to achieve greater levels of efficiency.
articlePopular workhorse sees upgrade
DOOSAN HAS unveiled a major upgrade to its BT/BX 7 Plus Series electric counterbalance forklift trucks, bringing advanced performance-enhancing design and improved capabilities to the three and four wheeled, 1.5-to-3.5-tonne, mid-market product range.
newsPortcentric warehouse upgraded to net zero
THE PORT of Tyne’s Warehouse 21 has been revamped to run entirely using clean energy from renewable sources.
articlePowerful and sure footed
The Mitsubishi EDiA XL electric forklift delivers all of the power of a diesel but with none of the noise or emissions, says Stewart Gosling.
articleToyota reports strong lithium-ion take-up
Nearly a quarter of all Toyota electric-powered forklift trucks ordered for delivery in the UK now feature Lithium-Ion battery (LiB) technology, but the manufacturer stresses the importance of good charging discipline.
