productWMS from the floor up
Formica Group has chosen the AIDC-WHM warehouse management system to run its new, 50,000ft UK storage and distribution operation in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
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productPowered pallet truck offer
Bluetruck.co.uk is the exclusive UK source for the HanseLifter German materials handling brand.
productNuclear drum transfer
Exmac Automation has provided a bespoke conveying system to King Transport Equipment to transfer drums containing nuclear waste via two trailer units used to transport low-level nuclear waste within the Sellafield reprocessing plant.
productRemote monitoring
Available on Konecranes’ wire rope CXT and open winch SMARTON cranes, TRUCONNECT is an innovative remote monitoring and reporting system that helps customers optimise crane maintenance, increase operational safety and maximise usage leading to improved productivity.
productCelebrating 50 years
Sidetracker Engineering, manufacturer of multi-directional reach trucks and sideloaders, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, still producing all machines in the UK and still run by the family that started it.
productAnalysis could save thousands
Proteus Software and TouchStar Technologies – respectively suppliers of warehouse management systems and mobile computing solutions to the supply chain sector – have joined forces to offer warehouse and distribution centre operators a new reporting service that, it is claimed, will allow energy efficiency savings of between and 15 and 25% to be made.
productExhibition sells out
LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) reports that all exhibitor space for LiftEx 2013, a UK trade show dedicated to the overhead lifting sector, has now been sold.
productPush back system
Enabling an increase in storage of 30% and a reduction in energy consumption of 20%, Interroll’s Push Back system (LIFO) is running successfully in one of Dole Food’s workshops in Korea.
productEnhanced container handling
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply two shuttle carriers to long-standing customer, Total Terminal International (TTI) Algeciras SAU.
productClassic use of vehicle lifts
Two 3000kg capacity vehicle lifts from Stertil Koni will once again be playing a vital role in Channel Five’s Classic Car Rescue.
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