productHeavy snowfall and freezing
conditions suffered in the run
up to Christmas were are no
match for Crown engineers
operating in Scotland.
Gerry Gregory, Crown Lift
Trucks service engineer, was
snowed-in when local cash
productCrown Lift Trucks has appointed a
new sales director.
Jon Buckle will be responsible for
all aspects of sales in the UK.
Commenting on his new role, Jon
said: “Crown has an excellent
reputation for quality products
productIn the space of less than a year, a
second international design prize has
been awarded to Crown’s new WT
3000 Series of pallet trucks. The new
Crown pallet truck received the
prestigious IDEA Gold Award 2011
in the Comm
productThe past few years have seen growing
investment in the development of
fuel-cell technology, particularly in
the USA. Crown has been
researching fuel-cell forklift
applications for more than seven
years and in 2008 set u
productFor the past 25 years Crown has been manufacturing lift trucks for the European and world market in the Bavarian town of Roding in southern Germany. The site is now one of the company’s key manufacturing facilities.
productCrown was honoured with the
international Universal Design Award
for its WT 3000 Powered Pallet Truck
Series at the Hannover Messe trade
fair earlier this year.
To win this award, products must
fulfil evaluation crite
productA range of new Crown models
offering enhanced efficiency,
improved safety and energy savings
were on show at the IMHX exhibition
in March. The WP 3000 series
powered pallet trucks for instance,
feature robust steel covers, Crown’s
innovative X10 control handle, and
brake override mode. High-lift forks
on the WP 3080 raise the load by
750mm to give postural relief when
manually transferring goods.
productCrown has released a white paper on the state of forklift automation, which reviews the current state of the technology and outlines the considerations to be addressed prior to adoption.
productUnderlining the company’s
innovative product
development, Crown is
celebrating major industry
award wins.
productCrown’s ESR 5000 Series reach truck
is now available with a new
productivity boosting range of
standard and optional features. Most
notably, the new truck features
Crown’s Optimised Cornering Speed
system (OCS) as stand
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