Forklift News

The RAF’s fleet of bespoke air-transportable forklift trucks is set to remain operationally effective for at least another 10 years after undergoing a complete refurbishment by Briggs Defence. Introduced in 2004, the Dantruck is the RAF’s forklift of choice for Out of Area deployment by No.1 Air Movements Wing. Used …

Established in 1871, Weir Minerals is a heavy engineering business employing 15,000 people in over 50 countries, serving mining, infrastructure and oil and gas markets. In the UK, the company is headquartered at its Todmorden site near Halifax, where Weir Minerals manufacture mine dewatering solutions and slurry equipment for the …

BYD has appointed Paul Grady as the UK and Ireland Country Manager for its expanding forklift division. The appointment, which takes place with immediate effect, marks a significant step in BYD’s strategy to grow its UK forklift business at a time when the changes sweeping across industry should make investment …

Last summer warehouses across the UK were full. “There is no available space,” Peter Ward of the UK Warehousing Association told BBC Newsnight in July 2019. The lack of spare capacity was in part the result of stockpiling as companies attempted to shore up their supply chains ahead of Britain’s …

Businesses with operations in potentially explosive atmospheres may be overlooking service requirements that are essential for keeping people safe, warns Pyroban. “At the moment, many companies with a need for explosion protected lift trucks are choosing to extend the contracts for their ATEX forklifts or rent short-term hire units,” says …

Leading Nottingham based security barrier manufacturer, Hardstaff Barriers, a division of Hill and Smith Ltd, expanded its fleet last year with two new Hyundai 80D-9 diesel, 8,000 kg, counterbalance forklifts, in a deal with Hyundai Material Handling distributor, Acclaim Handling. Hardstaff Barriers has recently delivered and installed hostile vehicle mitigation …

MasterCheck app creators chose to release the updated 2.0 version of the app on the occasion of the annual National Forklift Safety Day this past June 9th in the UK and North America. The updated release includes additional features aimed at improving workplace safety and making every day a safer …

EnerSys® (NYSE:ENS), the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, will once again unite with the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) to support the annual National Forklift Safety Day. Now in its seventh year, this special day will be held on June 9, 2020, and serves as an important …

Range of application extended Clark is now offering the C40-55sD and C60-80D900 series diesel forklifts with load capacities from 4 to 8 tons with a Kubota diesel engine of level 5. Equipped with a diesel particulate filter and diesel oxidation catalytic converter, Clark diesel forklifts now open up areas of …

Hyster Europe has announced that the factories making its Hyster® forklifts, warehouse equipment and big trucks have started to resume production. The sites at Craigavon in Northern Ireland, Masate in Italy and Nijmegen in the Netherlands have all re-opened and have been reorganised with social distancing measures. New processes and …