Articulated forklifts help keep cider flowing
May 1st 2008 Increasing demand for Magners
cider has led to rapid expansion
of the Company's Clonmel site
in Ireland. Keeping the supplies
flowing is crucial and Magners has
chosen a fleet of eight Aisle-Master
articulated forklifts which work in
the bottling plants, as well as in the
finished goods warehouses, to
ensure a streamlined handling,
storage and distribution process.
Until recently, the company used
counterbalance forklifts and drivein
racking, but the increase in
popularity of the Magners brand
and the resulting increase in output
meant logistics operations
manager, Raymond Galligan
needed to come up with a more
space saving and efficient method.
He says "We had to maximise
our warehouse space. Aisle widths
with the counterbalance were 4m,
and we knew we could improve on
this. By introducing a combination
of a new warehouse management
system, the Aisle-Master forklifts,
racking and much narrower aisle
widths designed around the trucks'
capabilities, we have vastly
improved storage density and
product location.
"The Aisle-Masters have enabled
us to achieve a 50% increase in
storage capacity, so have saved us
money as there is no need to buy
extra storage space."
The trucks are used throughout
the handling process, from
unloading pallets of empty bottles
through to reloading 80 to 100 lorry
loads a day with pallets of filled
bottles for distribution around the
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