articleHyster hits ReachStacker millennium
Manufacturer is celebrating the production of its 1000th ReachStacker.
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articleSimpler and faster lifting of awkward loads
Moving Alvan Blanch’s grain driers onto low loaders for transportation used to take over three hours, involve five personnel and four forklifts. Since the company took delivery of a Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) the procedure now requires just one piece of lifting equipment, one driver and it is done and dusted in 10 minutes.
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productTruck-mounted
Provider of forklift and crane mounted vehicles Little Pot Transport has recently acquired a Manitou TMM25 – 4 Way truck-mounted masted forklift. The TMM25 enables the operator to handle heavy loads laterally and position them in confined areas. At the touch of a single button, the front wheels of the TMM turn 90 degrees sideways.
articleEgemin AGVs to handle slabs and rolls
Flooring manufacturer IVC has placed an order with Egemin for an automated warehouse solution at its manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia.
articleHeavy truck packs a punch
Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks has launched the TREXiA EX, a new range of 10.0 to 16.0 tonne diesel IC engine trucks.
productSafer lifting
Fibrelite is seeing an increase in enquiries for its lightweight composite access covers as industries world-wide switch from the more traditionally used metal and concrete.
productWarehouse-AGV project
IVC has placed an order with Egemin for an automated warehouse solution for its manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia. The order consists of an integrated warehousing system with AGVs to handle the intermediate transport flows of slabs and rolls and storage of slabs.
articleCombilift to invest €40 million in major manufacturing expansion
Combilift is to invest €40 million over the next two years in a new manufacturing facility, which will also create 200 additional jobs over the next five years.
productChocolate wrappers
Egemin has supplied an automated warehouse system with AGVs to Kim’s Chocolates.
productModular support
Lean manufacturing offers significant potential for manufacturers to improve performance, increase efficiency and optimise processes.
articleWindsor stacks up for Metsä Wood
Contract covers a wide range of equipment including sideloaders, forklifts and ancillary machines.
productGround forces
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) provides a broad array of ground services at over 120 airports.
productRobust positioning solution
When a manufacturer of insulation products needed to position mould tools from a 50m long conveyor into various filling stations under extremely hostile conditions it turned to HepcoMotion for a solution.
productWire rope hoists
SNT Duriez at Grand Quevilly, near Rouen in France is a specialist in energy conversion, producing power transformers up to 40mva.
productPallet dispensers available
Pallet dispensers are fast becoming a key element for improving working conditions in a warehouse environment.
newsWorkers burned when crane spilled 300 tonnes of molten steel at Tata
Global steel giant Tata has been prosecuted after three employees suffered serious burns when tonnes of molten metal spilled onto the factory floor and ignited.
productLow cost hand pallet trucks from 4K Systems
Materials handling & storage specialist, 4K Systems, is offering reduced rates on new hand pallet trucks with digital weight indicators, now available to purchase online and with free delivery.
productTransport for patients or equipment
Bradshaw Electric Vehicles can provide a cost effective transport solution for transporting patients, visitors or equipment from its wide range of electric vehicles, which includes tow tractors, pedestrian controlled vehicles, load carriers and people carriers
productChanging handling habits
Despite legislation and better risk management, Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) remain one of the most frequent types of work-related injury across most industry sectors.
