articleIntroducing The Archies 2022
UKMHA transforms Awards for Excellence and marks a new era for material handling industry.
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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.
productManoeuvring in tight aisles
WHOLESALER LWC Drinks has introduced a fleet of VNA articulated forklifts across its nationwide estate of distribution depots, including the company’s recently opened new 173,000 sq ft bonded DC in Chadderton, Oldham.
productBathroom retailer invests in huge fleet
TOYOTA MATERIAL handling UK has provided the fleet, spearheaded by state-of-the-art reach trucks.
productHistory repeats for Crown
CROWN RECENTLY acquired one of the earliest electric counterbalance forklifts the company produced, originally manufactured in 1968.
productHigh-lift lithium truck
THE CLARK high-lift pallet truck PSX16 also features foldable ride-on platform and side protection bars.
productBriggs Equipment acquires major southern England forklift dealer
THE LEADING materials handing equipment supplier has completed the acquisition of materials handling dealer, Forkway Group.
productOrders soar for new lift trucks
UKMHA NOTES rising sales but says manufacturers are struggling to meet demand.
productAffordable new Hyster pedestrian pallet truck
HYSTER HAS expanded its range of warehouse equipment with the new P1.6UT pedestrian pallet truck.
newsTomorrow’s Warehouse unveils seminar agenda
Tomorrow’s Warehouse is a free-to-attend event that takes place on November 30 at the CBS Arena in Coventry.
newsJoin the discussion at Tomorrow’s Warehouse with Toyota Material Handling
AT THE forthcoming Tomorrow’s Warehouse conference (which takes place at Coventry’s CBS Arena on November 30th) team members from Toyota Material Handling UK will take part in two important discussion panel sessions that consider the rise of automation and robotics in logistics and the future role of forklift trucks across the supply chain.
newsNew MD for STILL Material Handling UK
STILL MATERIAL Handling UK has appointed Gillian Reed as Managing Director with effect from 1 January 2022.
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.
productOrder picking at medium rack height
LINDE MATERIAL Handling has launched the Linde V modular B vertical order picker and turret truck. The “man-up” vehicle expands the intralogistics specialist’s product range for wide and narrow aisle warehouses.
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.
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.
articleChampioning UK material handling
The past two years have tested the UK material handling sector like never before. The demands of Brexit saw the warehousing and logistics sectors stretched to near capacity. But this was relegated to a sideshow by the needs thrust upon the sectors by the requirements of the pandemic.
newsCatch up on demand with HSS Live
HSS Live took place on October 6, and now all presentations are available on demand on the HSS Live website.
productEnhance your operational efficiency
THINGS CHANGE fast in today’s world, so coming up with ways of achieving manpower savings, improving safety or increasing capacity could make that critical difference.
articleOperator comfort boosts productivity
When it comes to maintaining high levels of productivity, comfortable employees can make all the difference to a company’s operation, says Gianbattista Scaramuzza.
