articleLift truck incidents can result in a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. When the worst happens, organisations often lack the records which prove they have done what is legally required for compliance and safety. That’s just one reason why RTITB is encouraging the warehousing and logistics industry to go paperless with training records. Laura Nelson, RTITB Managing Director, explains.
productSupply chain issues are predicted to top the post-Brexit agenda.
productTranslift has developed from its manufacturing heritage to a dealership offering professional added value. It offers the Bendi and Landoll range, as well as complementary products.
articleManagers at George Walker Transport have been working with engineers at Sheffield-based CAM Forklift Trucks developing new techniques to improve the crucial role forklifts play in their intensive materials handling operation as part of a productivity and £500,000 cost reduction platform.
productCrown is to open a new Midlands facility following its acquisition of a speculative development on a landmark site in Perry Barr, Birmingham.
productHubtex has upgraded its MaxX range of vehicles, offering greater visibility and longer operational working hours.
productSTILL Materials Handling has been awarded ISO 14001 (Environmental) and ISO 45001 (Health and Safety) accreditations which will sit alongside their already existing ISO 9001 (Quality) certificate.
articleThe Combi-PPT is a powered pallet truck with standard lift capacities of 3,000kg and 6,000kg, with higher capacity models from 7,000kg to 16,000kg available on request.
productA familiar face to millions of rugby fans, television presenter Mark Durden-Smith, has been announced as host of the Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence 2019.
productA scaffolding company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck.
newsCFTS, the body behind the fork lift truck industry’s Thorough Examination standard, has paid tribute to its valued technical manager, Shaun Prendergast.
productThe Engineering Team that supports Dematic’s Modernisation and Upgrades (MU) business has moved from Northampton to larger offices within the Kion Group at Linde’s Wellingborough depot.
productPermatt is a Cat forklift distributor and says ‘Cat Lift Trucks is one of the leading manufacturers of forklift equipment with over 80 years’ experience’.
newsThe British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) – the UK trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of fork lift truck and associated components and services – has appointed Linde’s UK MD Massimiliano (Max) Sammartano to its Board.
productBy 2022, logistics provider Dachser plans to replace all of its roughly 6,000 ‘ground conveyors’ (such as pallet trucks) in Europe with vehicles powered by energy-saving lithium-ion batteries.
productOne of Combilift’s new products has been named as a finalist in the Safety Category of the FLTA Awards for excellence 2019.
articleGreat Bear chooses 58 truck fleet from Crown to boost warehouse efficiency at 24/7 DC operation. To boost flexibility for the leading 3PL Crown offered a pay-as-you-go model for some of the fleet.
productClark Europe will use LogiMAT in Stuttgart from 19-21 February 2019 to showcase new products for process optimisation and cost-reduction.
productElokon has released the first smartphone based forklift fleet management system on the market.
articleRobotic trucks aim to bring cost effective flexibility to automated handling.
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