Trusted supplier
With facilities to store 25,000 traction cells, chargers and accessories in its Cardiff warehouses, for over 10 years ESPEX Batteries has been a trusted and reliable supplier of industrial batteries in the UK.
Energy saving lighting
Energy efficient lighting specialist Lutterworth Ecolighting is looking to save Naylor Drainage Ltd over £59,000 a year with its newly installed lighting solution at the company’s head office in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire.
Steel plated midsole
The flexible Halo Safety Trainer from the Scruffs range comes with both a steel toe cap and steel plated midsole for extra foot protection.
The industry’s biggest event just got bigger!
New sponsor and supporters join the FLTA’s Awards for Excellence 2014.
Optical-based
Knauf has become the latest company to buy Harland Simon’s Warehouse Insight system for its manufacturing site at Sittingbourne, Kent.
Salt spreader
Adding to its stable of winter tools and machinery, DMMP has announced a new Magnum spreader. Simple to use, maintain and store, it will have a positive impact on the way many organisations deal with ice and snow this winter, says the company.
ATEX137 certified
GNB Industrial Power has announced the successful certification of its service management, engineers and product support team, who can now perform the necessary work on explosion-protected batteries according to the Workplace Directive 1999/92/EC, also known as ATEX 137.
Facilities expanded
Logistics provider David Hathaway Transport is gearing up for growth following the completion of refurbishment work at its new 35,000 sq ft depot in Royal Wootton Bassett.
Guided aisle operation
To ensure the efficient handling and storage of its 600+ product lines which come in lengths of 3m and 6m, BSS Industrial uses four Combilift electric C4000 EST stand-on models at its 47,500ft² warehouse in Coventry.
Blue lamp spot on for safety
A new lamp from ECCO Group has been designed specifically for material handling applications to provide a visual warning for pedestrians in the vicinity of mobile equipment.
Technical advances over time
It is now many years since the warehouse management system (WMS) first appeared, marking a departure from the basic control by total quantity and valuation offered by stock control packages towards the more advanced concepts of managing space utilisation and control of warehouse movements.
Rusmail takes to the big ground
Rusmail has solved one of its most challenging handling problems to date using an inclined belt conveyor which needed to reach from ground level to a height of almost 6.5 metres for a food processing client.
Pallet capacity increased
When Greggs’ recently updated its Gosforth bakery and raw materials storage facility by merging two units into one purpose-built site, RediRack – Greggs’ long-term storage systems supplier – was tasked with reconfiguring the racking to increase pallet capacity in the most financially-efficient way possible.
In safe hands
Visitors to the Dynamic Storage Systems (DSS) stand at Logistics Link South can test the company’s ‘safe hands’ by participating in a live penalty shoot out competition.
Close the door on energy loss
Open doorways can account for high levels of energy loss in today’s well-insulated industrial premises. ‘ACE’ Air Curtains are widely used to project a full invisible curtain of air across complete opening areas, allowing safe unhindered movement of goods and personnel.
Overhead conveyor contract signed
Materials handling specialist, LB Foster Materials Handling, has won a substantial contract with SignFab UK. The contract, which was awarded through the third party consultant, Colour Dynamics, is for an overhead conveyor.
Efficiency improvements
Driving up productivity in a number of production cells, Wilmat recently supplied Schneider Electric with a specialised 3500kg capacity battery powered stand on tow tractor with bespoke trailers.
Simple solutions
The team at Midland Pallet Trucks, a leading provider of pallet trucks, manual stackers, lift tables and aerial work platforms, is encouraging more businesses to look to simple solutions to their workflow issues.
Stacks of accuracy & stability
Beumer has reengineered its high-capacity paletpac layer palletiser, providing better accessibility, shorter assembly period, higher flexibility and, as a result, lower costs.
Level control developed
Logitrans has further developed its level control, making the dimensions of the box with sensor and electronics smaller and covering the buttons with a protective film so that they are less susceptible to dust and dirt.
