Flexi targets global sales growth
Flexi Narrow Aisle – the UK-based manufacturer of the Flexi range of articulated forklift truck systems – expects global sales of Flexi trucks to more than double over the next five years.
Find the exact product
Goplasticpallets.com is launching two new websites – Goplasticpallets.com and Goplasticboxes.com – which not only have a fresh look, but for the first time, include a useful search facility so customers can type in product codes or the name of a manufacturer to find exactly what product they are looking for.
Contactless substrate handling
Designed to provide fast and gentle transporting of flat panel displays and photovoltaic substrates, Festo has launched its new ATBT air cushion plates. They make contactless handling of substrates easy, regardless of their size and weight.
Industrial stencils
Spectrum Industrial, the health and safety site signage division of Centurion Europe, has launched a range of industrial stencils, covering frequently used text and graphic-based information and warning messages as well as a range of letters and numbers.
Focused on safety
At the annual Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Occupational Health and Safety Awards, Konecranes has been either a Gold or Silver Medal winner for the last three years.
Roof suspended load restraint system released
With over 4,000 prosecutions last year for unsafe loads and over 300 VOSA inspectors out in the field enforcing the VOSA matrix, load security is one of the hottest topics in the industry right now.
High-end imaging system
Pharmaceutical coding specialist Travtec has added a new vision system to its equipment portfolio.
Worker seriously injured in warehouse roof fall
Two men have been fined after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell through a fragile warehouse roof in Poole.
High charge efficiency
Battery specialist Powercell has launched a new battery charger that delivers what is claimed to be the world’s highest charge efficiency: 96%.
Double deck lifts
Transdek UK has worked closely with Arla Foods to install six loading and lifting solutions at several sites across the UK, including two tailor-made 6.5t double deck lifts at the world’s largest fresh milk dairy at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
MiniTec to exhibit at Southern Manufacturing
Designers and engineers visiting Southern Manufacturing who aim to use the show to develop ideas for production and test machinery will find plenty of scope in MiniTec’s Profile System machine framing range, on display at stand F50.
Winter protection
As well as disrupting work, closing sites and causing expensive delays, severe winter weather can also result in poor working conditions that could lead to serious injuries.
Modular muting
System manufacturers wishing to implement access guarding with muting often need to select, match, order and install numerous individual components. This is made quicker and easier with the versatile, pre-mounted Light Beam Safety Device systems from the Leuze electronic modular system set.
Serving up cool savings
Energy efficient lighting specialist Lutterworth Ecolighting has completed a total lighting refurbishment for Blakemore Food Service in Wakefield, which is saving the national foodservice wholesaler over £45,000 a year.
High speed hooding
Available through Gordian Strapping, Italian manufacturerOMS S.p.A. has launched a new, high-speed stretch hooding machine – the IS45.
UK investment
Increasing demand for TydenBrooks security seals across a diverse range of applications throughout Europe has led to a £250,000 investment in new production equipment at the Group’s European logistics centre in Worcester.
Ensures material flow
At stillage manufacturer, JS Burgess Engineering, the role of the sideloader is pivotal: ensuring raw material flow at the factory is as efficient as possible. So when the Derbyshire-based firm was looking to replace its incumbent side loader, after consulting with its local material handling equipment dealer, it decided to switch its sideloader replacement programme to Baumann for the first time.
Container handler order
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has gained an order from DP World for seven empty container handlers to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Composite firewall systems
ISD Solutions, a specialist in warehouse and firewall construction, has been successfully installing composite firewall systems to protect buildings and contents for over 15 years.
Outstanding leadership
Out of the country’s best employee owned companies, Loadhog, the re-usable transit packaging innovator, and another Sheffield company lifted two of only seven national accolades in the 2013 Philip Baxendale Awards – the UK’s only awards for the employee owned sector, working in conjunction with the Employee Ownership Association.
