Forklift truck drivers have the highest exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in the surface industry, equivalent to that of workers in coal mines, according to a survey by the Health & Safety Executive.
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After all the promises and false dawns, RFID is here for real. But deciding on the right strategy for your business is not straightforward. Malory Davies looks at how industry leaders are approaching the issue.
It’s as much an occupiers’ market as it has ever been,” says Richard Sullivan of Savills commenting on the increase in available warehouse space along the M4 corridor, particularly around Heathrow.
Toyota’s newest engine-powered forklift – the Tonero – has been designed to cut out harmful substances such as asbestos, cadmium and mercury, and is also lead and hexavalent chromium-free.
Germany mail order company Klingel has installed an automated storage, tracking and sortation system from Dürkopp Fördertechnik. Based on Dürkopp’s Rolladapter with an integrated RFID device which accompanies every item from goods-in to dispatch
There is more available space than ever before standing at 230,457,680 sq ft as of December 2007, according to the latest statistics from King Sturge’s Industrial Floorspace Today survey.
More than a quarter of fork lifts used in Europe and almost half in the US are powered by internal combustion engines. In the future, such significant engine use will create problems
Land Rover launched a pilot programme in January to deploy an active RFID system that synchronises the delivery of auto parts from suppliers to its assembly plant in Solihull more effectively. The pilot has been made possible through a government grant ad
Visitors to the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC last month will have seen Skills for Logistics campaigning hard to persuade companies to take up public funds for training.
Both short and long term exposure to particulate matter can cause respiratory and cardiovascular illness and even death. Pyroban Envirosafe has developed a diesel particulate filter system, designed to reduce particulate matter in exhaust emissions by up
