Simarco, one of the UK’s leading independent freight firms, expects to use significantly less fuel after switching to Mitsubishi GRENDiA forklifts. The new deal with Bronze Mechanical Handling has seen eight GRENDiA trucks, with capacities from 2 to 3 tonnes, replace the Essex company’s outgoing fleet of mixed suppliers and brands.
Some €570bn from Europe’s GDP was lost in 2014 because occupational risks were not properly managed – be that from healthcare costs, lost productivity or lost earnings – according to two new videos released by the British Safety Council.
AV Dawson has taken delivery of five heavy-duty lift trucks at its 150 acre Lackenby site, near Middlesbrough as part of a £1 million pound deal with Cooper, as the integrated logistics company looks to increase its capacity at the facility – one of its two facilities that currently serve the Tata steel plant.
Schaeffler is now a partner in the e-F@ctory Alliance, a factory automation initiative by Mitsubishi Electric Europe.
To grow and evolve resources for manufacturers and processors, Rockwell Automation has welcomed nine new Encompass Product Partners and two global expansions within its PartnerNetwork program.
Reinforcing its position at the forefront of high performance measurement microphones and related acoustic equipment, GRAS Sound and Vibration recently held a free one-day seminar on ‘Measurements in Electroacoustics’. Speakers included Steve Temme, founder and president of Listen Inc. and John Shelton, technical director at GRAS UK.
Following site trials pumping aggressive oxygen scavenging chemicals, Occidental Petroleum in Oman has approved Hydra-Cell pumps, from Wanner International, for use in one of its most demanding applications.
The new Minarc Evo 180 from Kemppi delivers more welding power than its predecessor, the Minarc Evo 150, but retains all of its key features to better serve ‘welders on the move’.
Leading UK glove manufacturer Polyco will launch two new innovative gloves at the Health & Safety Event – the Multi-Task E and Multi-Task L.
Reliant AGM with C-Max Technology, claimed to be the industry’s first ‘true’ deep-cycle AGM battery, is now available from Trojan Battery, LLC, manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries. Reliant AGM maximises sustained performance and increases total energy output to meet demanding deep-cycling requirements in Trojan’s wide range of market applications.
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