productEquipment for moving heavy industrial loads based on the hovercraft principle has been available in the UK for 50 years or more. It is therefore surprising that to so many of the enquirers to Rotair Moving System’s website, this tried and tested method appears a “modern and magic solution” for their application.
articleThe Health & Safety Executive has published the second version of HSG246 Safety in the storage and handling of steel and other metal stock.
productBaumann has appointed Hannaman Material Handling as official distributors for North Wales. The appointment takes the total number of UK distributors to six.
productJD Neuhaus can provide a host of hoist solutions for working environments that demand high levels of cleanliness and hygiene.
productConveyor firm Coveya specified a specially-designed lifting jib from Contact Attachments to fit onto its existing JCB 550-80.
articleShipping firm invests in Hyundai counterbalance trucks with Hessle supplying the fleet.
productKalmar, part of Cargotec, has extended its long cooperation with Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia by providing them with 93 terminal tractors for container handling costing approx. EUR 5 million, with first deliveries taking place in December 2016.
articleWindsor Materials Handling managing director Stephen Burton explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy how the distributor is evolving into a national player.
productThe multidirectional forklift FluX is a new addition to the Hubtex portfolio.
productThe Combilift Straddle Carrier lifts walls up to 16 tonnes for O’Reilly Concrete and 40% faster than the cranes previously used.
articleBotros Hanna from Hyster Europe explains some of the key handling challenges faced by the steel industry today.
productCapable of lifting 20 tonnes and spanning 30 metres, Street Crane’s goliath double girder crane is being used by Centrum Pile, a manufacturer of precast concrete piles.
articleKalmar, part of Cargotec, is launching a new range of diesel forklifts. The Kalmar DCG50-90 range, comprising seven models, has been updated to provide better uptime, productivity and savings.
productContact Attachments has supplied a telehandler jib to support Anglian Water in its day-to-day lifting of heavy items including motors and pumps.
articleLeading timber importer GE Robinson orders five Baumann sideloaders to keep busy operations efficient and safe.
productNon-emergency machinery stops can be avoided with the arrival of a “failover” safety concept for use with ABB’s safety programmable logic controller (PLC).
productThe two weighing systems can be fitted to Hyster ReachStackers and Laden Container Handlers to obtain a Verified Gross Mass (VGM), as required by the recently introduced SOLAS Legislation.
productJ D Neuhaus (JDN) will use the forthcoming LogiMAT exhibition (Stuttgart, Germany 14-16 March) to present visitors with examples from their extensive range of materials handling equipment.
productA Canvey Island engineering firm was sentenced for health and safety breaches after a worker suffered life-changing injuries.
productLEEA has co-produced practical guidance and advice on the safe use of container lugs, which are commonly used for connecting ISO shipping containers to lifting equipment.
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