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Toyota Material Handling UK (TMHUK) has announced the appointment of Stuart Reilly to the position of Rental & Used Director. With more than three decades’ experience of the materials handling industry, Stuart has been with TMHUK for over 20 years, during which time he has held leadership positions within the …

Toyota Material Handling UK has launched a new range of electric counterbalance forklifts. Designed for both indoor and heavy-duty outdoor applications, the Traigo80 80-volt electric counterbalance range is offered with a choice of lithium-ion, lead-acid or fuel cell power solutions. Customers that opt for lithium-ion batteries can select two intelligent …

Dried fruit, home baking and snack products company, Whitworths, has replaced the gas-powered counterbalance trucks in operation at its Northamptonshire production and storage facility with lithium-ion machines from the Toyota range. In all Toyota has supplied Whitworths with 27 new three- and four-wheel counterbalance forklifts, together with a number of …

Toyota Material Handling is helping vulnerable people in the East Midlands by donating a counterbalance forklift and two hand pallet trucks completely free-of-charge to the Leicester South foodbank. Toyota will also maintain and service the trucks at no cost and is providing driver training lessons to volunteer staff at the …

Online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum has optimised its intralogistics processes by investing in a new fleet of more than 50 electric-powered Toyota lift trucks. Including state-of-the-art reach and counterbalance models as well as powered pallet trucks and order pickers, the trucks will be deployed at the company’s 277,000 sq ft …

With more and more forklift truck users opting for electric-power over IC-engine driven machines when the time comes to replace or upgrade their materials handling equipment fleet, the coming years are expected to bring a clear shift away from diesel and LPG towards electric forklifts. Indeed, Toyota Material Handling expect …

At the forthcoming Tomorrow’s Warehouse conference (which takes place at Coventry’s CBS Arena on November 30th) team members from Toyota Material Handling UK will take part in two important discussion panel sessions that consider the rise of automation and robotics in logistics and the future role of forklift trucks across …

Nearly a quarter of all Toyota electric-powered forklift trucks ordered for delivery in the UK now feature Lithium-Ion battery (LiB) technology. “While lead acid remains by far the dominant battery type within the electric-powered forklift market, sales of Lithium-ion forklifts have been on a sustained upward curve for some time,” …

Camso Japan announced it has received the President’s Award from Toyota Industries Corporation in recognition of its excellence as a supplier. Presented to the top company among the Supplier Award recipients in each division, this prestigious President’s Award follows a recent Supplier Award from Toyota L&F Company, the materials handling …

A forklift operator’s office is the truck’s cabin so it’s essential that every aspect of the cab’s design is considered if the operator is going to be kept comfortable and productive throughout the working day, says Toyota Material Handling UK’s Gary Ison Sitting comfortably Ergonomics is often defined as ‘the …