Engineer 2.0 – taking service to the next level
What your mom never taught you about customer care…
Gentle transportation of sensitive goods
The Blickle SoftMotion is designed to ensure operational comfort and safety.
Paddle joystick range extended
Curtiss-Wright Industrial division has announced the launch of the JC1210, a single-axis paddle joystick that extends the company’s recently-introduced JC1200 family by incorporating latching and overpress functionalities and offering multiple mounting solutions in a single body.
Total fines of £2.5m after poorly executed heavy lift
The attempt to lift concrete panels weighing 11 tonnes went wrong and the worker was thrown from a MEWP and then crushed by a panel.
Eliminate stock-outs
BITO has launched flow racks fitted with StockSaver from WERMA helping customers reduce line-side stock holding.
Body mapping workwear
A change of season means a change of focus on what you wear on site.
Free driver CPC training offer
Vidu Recruitment has joined forces with Palletways to offer free CPC training to new drivers that take up jobs via Vidu Recruitment’s new, video-based recruitment platform.
Free conference focuses on depot-to-depot safety
CILT has unveiled a safety conference for November 8 entitled Delivering Safety First, this year’s Transport & Logistics Safety Forum Conference.
How come fork lift accidents are rising while road accidents are falling?
Although the tougher new testing regime for fork lift operators has met with widespread approval, according to Dave Sparrow, Managing Director of accrediting body AITT, it’s just a first step in the journey to improving safety.
Gantry robots keep tyre manufacturers on track
Güdel’s gantry robot systems have been installed with Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear, Continental and Pirelli to manipulate, transport, sort and palletise product says Güdel UK’s Will Bourn.
Safety shoe launches
Uvex with safety footwear specialist Heckel has introduced its Macsolex MX 300 GT Gore-Tex safety boot.
Offroad safety footwear
Complete protection is the maxim for the new Suxxeed Offroad safety footwear from renowned shoe specialist Heckel, part of the uvex safety group.
3D printing will mean less stock held in warehouses and DCs
The impact of 3D printing on online shopping and the High Street has also been massively underestimated, ParcelHero’s David Jinks warns The Richmond Supply Chain Forum’s Autumn Conference.
CHEP invests heavily in automated pallet repair at Essex service centre
CHEP UK & Ireland, the supply chain solutions company, has opened a new state-of-the-art pallet repair and service centre facility in South Ockendon, near Thurrock, in Essex, United Kingdom.
Choosing MHE for temp buildings
Temporary structures represent a viable and highly cost-efficient solution for many firms who find that they have outgrown their existing storage units. You should also examine your existing MHE to ensure that it has the design and build qualities needed to operate effectively within the temporary store.
Gap testing robots to pick and sort clothes
The clothing giant is testing robots from start-up Kindred AI in the USA.
Cesab signs Champion dealer
Cesab Material Handling has continued to strengthen its UK coverage after signing Champion Materials Handling as the authorised Cesab dealer for Bournemouth and the surrounding areas.
Leave the wood video heralds new era
Goplasticpallets.com has used the power of visual storytelling to take its ‘Leave the wood’ campaign to the next level by launching an intriguing new video.
The SICK sense is customisable
SICK has developed the SureSense family of user-customisable photo-electric sensors – a concept that enables machine builders and plant engineers to specify from a wide-range of sensing options all within a standard technology, set-up, mounting and housing.
