productNew safety team
Toyota Material Handling has introduced a new quality, safety and sustainability team across their UK network.
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productMaster of manipulation
Designed to improve the safety of the operator and reduce costs due to damaged tools, the Tool-Mover from RUD Chains is a manipulation device for the safe turning and tilting of heavy and awkward plant items and injection moulding tools.
productNew heights of safety
SSI Schaefer’s automated pallet shuttle system, Orbiter, employs what is said to be a unique power technology and incorporates new safety concepts recommended by the European Factory Safety Association.
productHoists & cranes on show
J D Neuhaus will be exhibiting on stand No F41, at the CeMAT 2014 international exhibition being held on 19th – 23rd May 2014 in Hannover.
productAudit scheme
Every distributor company in the Storage Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA), known as SDCs, are to be independently audited on quality in a new scheme.
productMobile app for load safety
The Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) – the UK health and safety research and incident investigations establishment – has developed a smart phone application to help operators calculate the right number of straps needed to secure their load and comply with road traffic legislation.
newsWidnes firm sentenced over tipper truck death
A Widnes-based manufacturer has been fined £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death when a tipper truck overturned.
productQuicker, safer container handling
Since Felixstowe based Imorex Shipping Services invested in Combilift’s Straddle Carrier (SC) the machine has clocked up over 2,000 hours and made container handling quicker, safer and more flexible. It has also enabled the company to achieve an increase of around 40% in the number of TEU’s it can handle – from 70 a week to 110.
productLinde wins safety award
Material handling specialist Linde has won the safety award for its R14-R20 Reach Truck range in the Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence 2014 (FLTA).
productTow tractors are top choice
Working in partnership with one of their UK dealers, Bradshaw has supplied, 22 T800 tow tractors to a large international car production plant in the UK.
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