articleBringing safety to last mile handling
Semi-electric pallets trucks bring an extra level of safety to last mile drops, explains Bradley Dunn, sales and marketing director at SHS Handling.
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productTelehandler attachments
Contact Attachments is celebrating two years since the launch of its range of telehandler attachments, specifically aimed at the construction, agriculture and plant hire sectors.
productStreet helps manufacturer expand services
UK manufacturer Thornhill Heat Exchangers has selected Street Crane to supply and install overhead cranes at a new fabrication facility, which will enable the business to expand its services and meet growing customer demand.
productSkylift for washbay
As part of a reconstruction project to replace workshop and vehicle washing facilities destroyed by fire, Wm Hamilton & Sons specified a Stertil Koni Skylift 350 to simplify operations within a purpose-built washbay.
articleAdaptable solution
Modular aluminium profiling systems can be readily adapted to a wide variety of warehouse applications, says MiniTec.
articleCombilift supports mass customisation approach with €50m production plant
Combilift, the material handling solutions provider, has set the benchmark for mass production of customised innovative products according to Martin McVicar, managing director.
articleTailored to the customer
The scale of Combilift’s new factory in Ireland is impressive, but is the real story the philosophy behind the company’s very ambitious growth strategy? HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
articleYale expands tow tractor range for ‘milk run’ applications
Tow tractors can help manufacturing operations make the logistics ‘milk run’ more efficient, says Yale Europe Materials Handling. Its two new models offer greater towing capacities.
productHyster to give first glimpse of monster electric truck
In 2017, Hyster Europe revealed that a zero-emissions, 48-tonne Hyster’s laden container handling truck was being developed.
productDesigned for heavy and awkward lifts
Non-conventional containers from CakeBoxx Technologies have allowed a transport company to more easily move long and heavy loads that are unsuitable for conventional containers.
articleShipping company takes on 20 forklifts
Hyundai is the brand of choice for busy end-to-end transport firm Scotline, which has revamped its fleet with 20 heavy lifting Hyundai forklifts supplied by Acclaim Handling.
productChanges at the top
Street Crane has announced that Andrew Pimblett is stepping down as managing director after 49 years with the business, 38 of which he served as a board member. His successor is Gus Zona, who has worked for Street in the roles of both sales director and operations director.
productCorrosion-resistant lifter aimed at food industry
The stainless Logitilt from Logitrans aims to show the ergonomically correct way of emptying boxes in the food industry, by lifting and tilting boxes up to 90 degrees.
productSimple and effective tipping skips
Contact Attachments’ Tipping Skips continues to be one of its best-selling products, having been manufactured at its site in Mid Wales since 1974.
productTotalKare targets 20% growth after MBO
Heavy-duty vehicle lifting solutions provider TotalKare is targeting significant growth after an MBO.
productSafer automation with sensors
Sensata has launched a White Paper on how sensors are moving the materials handling industry towards safer automation.
productHandling bars of material
This Clamp Attachment from Packline is used in factory, warehouse and production environments to lift and transport various items including bars of material.
productChipboard manufacturer replaces diesel powered trucks with lithium-ion models
Kalmar has concluded a deal with a Polish manufacturer of chipboard products for nine electric forklift trucks powered by lithium-ion batteries.
productScrew jacks handle heavy loads
The Pfaff-silberblau SHE-series worm gear screw jacks from Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products, Kissing, ensure reliable operation in the latest pavers of the global mechanical engineering company Linnhoff & Henne.
articleLean operations
LKE is more than a manufacturer of trolleys and lifting equipment, it helps a broad range of companies bring a systematic approach to their handling operations. HSS editor Simon Duddy recently met up with the LKE team in the UK to hear more.
