Forklift truck manufacturers are responding to changing market needs with new technological developments. With the CeMAT exhibition just a few days away we look at the key areas of innovation.
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CeMAT, the giant materials handling show, kicks off in Hanover on 2nd May under the tagline “Sustainability in intralogistics”. Here’s a quick guide to some of the new products at the show
Live demonstrations will be just one of the highlights of Logistics Link Live which takes place at the National Exhibition centre in Birmingham for 8-9 June
Linde is launching a new 10 to 18 tonne diesel engine counterbalance truck series to service applications at the heavier end of the forklift truck market
STILL has launched the compact RX50 three wheel electric counterbalance truck
Toyota Material Handling UK has added a site in Glasgow to its UK network
Reach truck sales have bounced back in recent months, and designers have been coming up with innovative ways of boosting reach and visibility. Malory Davies reports.
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has chosen Briggs Equipment for a £5 million contract to supply nearly 400 trucks and other materials handling equipment to one of the country’s largest builders’ merchants and home improvement retailers
Asda has saved 40 per cent storage space in its back of house high bay racking areas across the UK after reducing aisle widths to less than 2m and operating VNA Bendi trucks
Orders for forklift trucks rose 24 per cent last year – the first annual rise for three years, according to the British Industrial Truck Association. Secretary-general James Clark said the figures consolidated optimism for rising sales this year