productRecent indications are that Royal Mail is looking to change the handling medium for typical letters, bank statements, direct mail, etc, from a combination of cage trolleys and sacks to transporting items in standard stackable plastic totes.
productKalmar has received an order to supply three Kalmar Gloria Reachstackers to PD Ports’ Teesport facility.
productRotterdam based QARGO Packers specialises in the packing, securing and export of large and heavy products weighing up to 35t. The company is the first at the port of Rotterdam to operate a Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC), which was designed to ease the handling of containers and other oversized loads.
productThe Proving Factory’s recently opened assembly facility in Coventry will use a flexible manufacturing cell supplied by MiniTec UK.
productTesco has gone live in Ireland and the UK with a Journey Management solution from telematics platform provider Microlise.
productManufacturer of automotive lighting and electronics, Hella, is using a bespoke loading and unloading solution from Thorworld Industries at its new UK premises.
articleAdvances in vision technology are offering new opportunities for manufacturers to improve the quality checking and traceability of alpha-numeric characters printed on packaging. Neil Sandhu, SICK UK’s applications specialist for imaging & measurement systems, discusses advances in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Optical Character Verification (OCV)
productChemical manufacturing company, Robinson Brothers, has selected three new Cat forklift trucks featuring Pyroban explosion protection to help maximise safety at its plant in West Bromwich, UK.
articleWhen health care giant Kimberly-Clark was experiencing persistent problems with forklift trucks impacting a particular section of steel barrier at its Flint site in North Wales, the company decided to trial a very different barrier – one that comprises a blend of polyolefins and rubbers. A-Safe explains
productKite Packaging’s new FIBC bags, are made from woven polypropylene and can be loaded with up to 1t of product. Most suited to dry, free-flowing products, they have strong lifting handles to be used with a crane or forklift.
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