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Month: October 2019

Manitou Debuts Electric Reach Trucks

Manitou Debuts Electric Reach Trucks

Featured
IMHX visitors got their first view of Manitou’s new ER16 electric reach truck at this year’s show. The 1.6 T model on show represented the middle ground of a six-model range that spans 1,200 to 2,000 kg. It appeared alongside an electric pallet truck, an electric stacker, an electric forklift and one of the company’s diesel forklifts. The electric units were shown with traditional batteries, but product manager Antoine Roger said Manitou is able to supply lithium batteries on demand. "We are targeting the smaller logistics businesses using up to 15 machines which have different needs and different levels of investment. And when you’re talking about lithium technology, it costs between four and five times the price of traditional lead acid batteries." Roger is seeing a move from di...
JCB presents new Teletruk at IMHX

JCB presents new Teletruk at IMHX

New Trucks
JCB brought its electric-powered telescopic lift truck, the 35-22E to Birmingham’s annual International Materials Handling Exhibition. The 35-22E has a lift capacity of 3.5 tonnes and joins the JCB 30-19E battery powered model which was added to JCB’s award-winning Teletruk range earlier this year “The JCB Teletruk has revolutionised materials handling operations in builders merchants, ports, recycling centres and industrial facilities around the world since it was first unveiled in 1997,” says JCB’s Teletruk General Manager Paul Murray. “The introduction of these electric machines means that Teletruk technology can now be deployed both inside and outside the warehouse, distribution centre or factory facility to deliver the ultimate in materials handling versatility.” The new ...
Doosan upgrades warehouse truck range

Doosan upgrades warehouse truck range

New Trucks
South Korean forklift giant Doosan has launched a major upgrade programme to its high-performance warehouse truck range, starting with enhanced new models in its stacker and powered pallet truck ranges. The vehicles, which were debuted as last month’s IMHX in Birmingham, included the BPL18/20S-7 with lateral drive, the BPM20S-7 with middle drive and the BDL13S-7(H) double stacker. Standard features across the range include low-noise and maintenance-free AC motors, electric power steering, regenerative braking, sensitive proportional hydraulics, multi-functional display for monitoring energy and machine status, turtle speed button, hydraulic damper for shock-free load lowering – all combined with a robust, compact chassis that offers high manoeuvrability in tight spaces and designed-...
JCB opens £50m German HQ

JCB opens £50m German HQ

Manufacturer
JCB chairman Lord Bamford this week officially opened new headquarters for his operations in Germany. JCB Germany, founded in 1965, is now operating from a newly-built facility on a 12 acre site in Cologne. Costing £50m, it represents one of the biggest investments in JCB’s history. The new HQ includes offices for 75 employees and a training centre for customers and dealers. It is three times the size of JCB Germany’s former facility. Lord Bamford unveiled a plaque to mark the opening during a dealer conference at JCB Germany attended by 50 dealers from around the world. He said: “Europe has been a very significant market for JCB since the 1950s and this facility is a great example of our investment in future growth. JCB has operated in Germany for more than 50 years and it...
New lithium-ion traction battery ‘cuts costs by up to 50%

New lithium-ion traction battery ‘cuts costs by up to 50%

Batteries, Innovation
A cost-cutting traction battery for industrial vehicles is being launched by Swiss battery system manufacturer ecovolta. Ideal for use in forklifts and pallet jacks, the new evoTractionBattery can replace lead-acid batteries thanks to a standardised lithium-ion solution, cutting the costs per charge cycle by up to 50 percent. Each evoTractionBattery can be monitored individually via the cloud, which makes it easy to check battery data and manage charging online. To smooth the battery’s introduction, ecovolta is offering support to companies in integrating the new solution into their existing logistics systems. The higher usable capacity of ecovolta’s evoTractionBattery and the significantly longer service life of its Li-ion technology offer major benefits in comparison to lead-ac...
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