Hi-Lo Storage Systems, pallet racking and long span shelving have formed an integral part of the fitting out of PTS Plumbing Trade Supplies new distribution centre at Birmingham. Undertaken as a partnership with its distributor, Angleton, Hi-Lo's FEM compliant, Premierack standard aisle racking and Shelfplan, long span shelving have provided …
Read More »LAP launches range of safety reversing alarms
High-quality safety reversing alarms for a wide range of vehicles including fork lift trucks and lorries are now available from LAP Electrical, the renowned manufacturer of emergency lighting products. There are a total of 8 part numbers in the LAP reversing alarms range which covers a number of models in …
Read More »Link 51 storage connects with electrical distribution needs
The electrical product distribution success that sees 5,000 lines supplied to both the retail and the trade sectors by Nexus Industries via their Masterplug and BG Electrical operations, has now been enhanced by a major Link 51 pallet racking installation. The facility provides some 12,500 pallet positions at the organisation's …
Read More »Toyota showcases new forklift at GLEE
Specialist brick forks, a speed controller and on-board weighing system are just three features of the new Builders' Merchants Special being exhibited by TOYOTA Industrial Equipment at GLEE. Specially tailored to meet the needs of builder's merchants, the TOYOTA forklift is the first machine specially developed for the sector. This …
Read More »Aisle-Master and the Chocolate Factory
The introduction of a new Aisle-Master electric articulated forklift has enabled gourmet chocolate manufacturer Lily O'Brien's to increase storage capacity at its Irish plant by an impressive 30%. Mary Ann O'Brien formed the company in 1992, naming it after her eldest daughter Lily, with little more than a few saucepans, …
Read More »Dynaco high speed doors now available from Easilift
DYNACO high speed interior and exterior industrial doors, which are crash resistant without damage and automatically reset themselves after collision, have been added to the extensive range of loading bay equipment available from Easilift Loading Systems Ltd. Widely used around the world in a variety of industries, DYNACO high speed …
Read More »Thorworld ramp has clear benefits for glass importer
A glass importer and wholesaler has halved the time it takes to unload incoming containers with a ramp supplied by Thorworld Industries Ltd. Fitted with a dock leveller, it has transformed unloading into a one-man job and led to a major improvement in working conditions. Concorde Glass Plc specialises in …
Read More »The virtue of Atlet at Paragon
Paragon Labels has maximised the utilisation of space at its new centralised finished goods warehouse by selecting a fleet of Atlet warehouse trucks including three Ergo stand-on pallet stackers and two OPC man-rising order pickers. The trucks support a busy round-the-clock operation supplying self adhesive labels to predominantly food suppliers …
Read More »Hawker power for Peugeot
EnerSys has supplied its Hawker Motive Power brand of batteries and chargers to power the lift truck fleet operating at Peugeot's manufacturing plant in Ryton, Coventry. One hundred and thirty Hawker batteries have been specially modified to enable them to be changed by a counterbalance forklift truck. The Hawker battery …
Read More »New Chairman of BITA Component Services Group
Mark Meehan, National OE Account Manager of CMP Batteries has been appointed as Chairman of the British Industrial Truck Association's Component Suppliers Group (CSG) for a period of two years. Mark should slip quite easily into the role after already completing two years as Vice-Chairman of the CSG. Mark takes …
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