articleCo-presented by Channel Five news presenter, Emma Crosby,and Martyn Fletcher, chair of the Fork Lift Truck Association, the FLTA annual Awards for Excellence saw industry figures from far and near descend upon the Hilton Birmingham Metropole to discover who had won one of the material handling industry’s most coveted prizes – an Archie
productSentry Protection Products, with its
Collision Sentry collision warning
device, has been voted the IMHX
2013 Design 4 Safety Awards’ overall
winner. This follows success earlier
in the week when Collision Sentry
won the top award in the technology
category of the competition.
productContact Attachments manufactures
more than 15 variations of forklift jibs
for customers such as BAE Systems,
Britvic Soft drinks and BMW as a safe,
reliable way of transforming forklifts
into adaptable lifting equipment.
productThe Davis Derby TruckLOG TK5
system is said to tell you everything
you need to know about who is
driving your trucks – and how,
putting you firmly in control of
driver access, pre-operational checks,
shock reporting, training needs, use,
service and maintenance schedules.
productVisitors to Crown’s stand at the
recent IMHX were able to view an
impressive line-up of
new models which
offer enhanced
efficiency, improved
safety and energy
savings.
productForklift attachment firm, Contact
Attachments, has designed and
manufactured a range of forklift
tipping skips, creating an efficient
way for its customers to strategically
locate skips on site to keep working
areas clear and to allow safe and
speedy removal of scrap or rubbish.
productNew from Manitou, the MI
range of industrial counterbalanced
forklift trucks is
said to reinforce the company’s
position as a full line material
handling equipment supplier and
form an important constituent of its
Industrial Materials Handling division.
productThe St Clare Engineering Grab-OMatic
fork attachments and
pedestrian drum handlers are
designed to provide safe handling.
productTo meet rapid expansion in container and industrial handling tasks at its Puerto Cabello and La Guaira sites, Venezuela’s governmentowned port operator Bolivariana de Puertos SA (Bolipuertos), has awarded a large contract for port equipment to Kalmar.
productThe SICK CLV610 barcode scanner
with fieldbus module meets the need
for easy-to-install and cost-effective
product identification in storage,
product handling and conveying.
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