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Pipe maker cuts carbon with electric forklifts

COMPOSITE STEEL drainage-pipe manufacturer, AquaSpira, has ambitious plans to reduce its embodied carbon by half and has taken a significant step in achieving this by switching from combustion engines to electric forklifts at its site in Nelson, Lancashire.

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End of red diesel subsidy could spell end for diesel forklifts

FROM 2022, the subsidy on red diesel used in forklift trucks will no longer apply. This will make diesel forklifts far more expensive to operate and less competitive than electric equivalents, according to Stewart Gosling of RDD, UK distributor for Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks.

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Visionary thinking on visibility

Giving lift truck operators a good field of vision is vital to safe operations. However, Mitsubishi comments that it’s equally important to consider just how much workers on foot can see. It is this line of thinking which led to the development of the Mitsubishi Safety Zone system.

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FLTA audit compliance certificate

Bristol Forklifts has been presented with the FLTA audit compliance certificate following a successful on-site assessment. The audit, which started in April 2017, reviewed 100 criteria, including safety, health and environmental procedures. 

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Swiftly shifting stone

Mitsubishi GRENDiA trucks, supplied by Bronze Mechanical Handling, are helping logistics specialist SLi load 100t of premium stone – while preventing damage to the cargo.

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