Smelter gets aisle-master
November 1st 2006 Anglesey Aluminium, a smelter that produces over 140,000t of aluminium per year, has taken delivery of an Aisle-Master articulated forklift at its smelting plant in Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey. Stores Team Leader Craig Bolton was faced with something of a challenge when looking to replace the very old stand-in reach truck which, he admits, was becoming a museum piece. The pre-existing aisle widths were configured around the dimensions of the reach truck, and the very tight areas posed a problem for most potential replacement forklifts. After trialing an Aisle-Master on the advice of Materials Handling Specialists Carrylift, Craig and his colleagues were extremely impressed with its performance overall, and in one problematic, very narrow aisle in particular. He realised that this articulated forklift was the unique answer: "The only other solution would have been to take all the racking down, temporarily relocate all the pallets and build a new aisle. With 12,000 different products in store this represented a logistical nightmare!" More articles from Aisle-Master Ltd: | 
