Safety at Work

Irish Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin TD officially opened Combilift’s new global headquarters in Monaghan, Ireland, at the end of June. The £7 million investment will create 100 new jobs over the next four years. Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift, said: “This new facility in Monaghan will help us to …

Bob the Builder, Superman, Dr Who and even King Kong all have a new place to 'hang out' thanks to the racking team at materials handling specialist Allibert Buckhorn. Cheshire-based Aykroyd and Sons is one of the UK's leading suppliers of children's character nightwear, supplying to all the major high …

As we are constantly being told the loading bay is a dangerous place. A potentially deadly cocktail of large road vehicles, forklift trucks and people. Getting goods into and out of lorries brings all these elements together, so anything that can be done should be done to reduce the hazard. …

The UK's leading lifting services provider, Loughborough-based Morris Material Handling, has established a new division dedicated to the field of working at height. Branded Height Safety Solutions and forming part of Morris Maintenance Services, the operation specialises in the design, implementation, installation and management of complete solutions for working at …

The much greater capacity of double-deck trailers compared with single-deck versions can bring important benefits for transport operators and society in general. Fewer vehicles and drivers are required for a given payload. Fuel consumption and emissions are lower. Road congestion is reduced. A double-deck trailer can theoretically carry up to …

Industrial safety specialist Troax UK Limited has solved important Health and Safety issues for Direct Wines, the world's largest independent, home delivery wine merchant, following the installation of extensive runs of Anti-Collapse pallet rack safety screens to protect staff working at the company's wine warehouse in Theale, Berkshire. Over 40 …

Designed For Persons who may be required to carry out instruction direct to Fork Lift Truck Operators In the safe use of the Calor Dispensing Equipment. Hand Operated Units (HDU) or, Electric Dispenser Units (EDU). The course is ideally suited to be run at a customers premises where a suitable …

•525 PER CENT INCREASE IN SORTATION CAPACITY •RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS •RAPID CUSTOMER ORDER FULFILMENT Holland's leading independent shoe retailer Ziengs has installed a high-speed, high-capacity, sortation system from systems integrators SDI Greenstone at its distribution centre (DC) in Assen, in the north east of the …

Atlet has supplied a fleet of its new Tempo PPL low-level order pickers to Palmer & Harvey McLane's ambient regional distribution centre (DC) in Haydock,St Helens, Merseyside. Thirty-one of the new Tempo PPLs, which replace a fleet of older Atlet models, are used to assemble orders for the 4,000–plus Palmer …

European Conveyor Systems Ltd has completed the installation of a heavy-duty pallet handling system at McCain Foods' factory near Peterborough to provide significant buffer storage between production and cold store. ECS undertook the contract on behalf of Single Source Storage Services Ltd (4S), who had been appointed by McCain Foods …