Cost is a key driver for any warehouse operation, but seismic shifts in manufacturing and retail practice as well as the challenges of the economy are changing the role of counterbalance trucks, and the factors that influence investments.
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Italian Battery firm Midac has launched its business in the UK, based in Oswestry, Shropshire with a depot in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
Enersys has launched a new range of Hawker XFC batteries with 2V cells designed for counterbalance trucks, reach trucks, pallet trucks, order pickers and AGVs
Companies are increasingly concerned about their carbon footprints. And despite the fact that logistics operations are being squeezed to record levels, many businesses are harnessing carbon efficiencies as a way to unlock new potential. Johanna Parsons
New forms of battery technology are influencing the shape of warehouse truck design and industrial truck performance. Many initiatives purport to be greener solutions. But how do these new technologies perform and do the figures stack up…
Waitrose stores in central London are taking deliveries via the first of Mercedes-Benz’s low-emission Atego BlueTec Hybrid trucks, which makes between 12 and 15 drops per day, six days a week
Voting has now opened in the The Fork Lift Truck Association’s Awards for Excellence 2012.
The FLTA’s campaigns have boosted the industry’s safety record. But that could be put at risk as recession has forced some companies to adopt a less systematic approach to servicing. Johanna Parsons reports.
Iveco’s hybrid Eurocargo will make its UK debut at the Low Carbon Vehicle event
Sainsbury’s is working with Toyota to trial lithium ion battery technology at one of its largest distribution centres
