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Hyster develops warehouse space-saving solutions

Hyster develops warehouse space-saving solutions

Logistics
Warehouse space is becoming increasingly inadequate in the face of rising demand. One reason for this, is the continued growth of online shopping. Statista forecasts that revenues in B2B transactions alone will rise from over €40 billion in 2018 to around €46 billion this year. Space-saving solutions from Hyster can help to utilise every square meter of available space within the warehouse. As early as the 1970s, the construction of high-bay warehouses led to the construction of special narrow-aisle lift trucks that enable companies to optimise their storage capacity. Today, many companies are forced by the ever-growing on-line market to increase their storage space with an unchanged floor plan. Optimise available space “In warehouses, a typical counterbalance truck may need a...
Viennese Brewery Uses Fronius Battery Charging

Viennese Brewery Uses Fronius Battery Charging

Batteries, Logistics
Ottakringer is the oldest brewery in Vienna – and its beer is famous far beyond the city limits. As well as maintaining the highest standards in quality, the brand caters for almost every taste with over 20 types of beer. Its beer is brewed right in the heart of the Austrian capital city. To ensure that all processes run smoothly, one of the things Ottakringer relies on is its electric forklift trucks, as well as Fronius charging technology and expertise. When it came to equipping the new charging station for forklift trucks, two requirements were paramount: the station needed to comply with current safety standards and be more energy efficient than the existing infrastructure. Fronius has supplied twelve Selectiva battery charging systems. Over 540,000 hectolitres of beer leave the...
Pyroban reduces Chivas Brothers fire risk with adapted Hyster lift trucks

Pyroban reduces Chivas Brothers fire risk with adapted Hyster lift trucks

Logistics
Pyroban is increasing safety at a Scottish whisky distillery with arrival of explosion-proof electric lift trucks. Chivas Brothers is introducing the adapted Hyster E3.5XN to its facilities in Tormore, near the Cairngorms National Park in the country that makes drivers aware of flammable whisky vapours and shuts down the machine automatically if necessary. Featuring Pyroban’s system 6000 which continuously monitors the direct environment around the lift truck using infrared gas-detection technology targeting ethanol. Rob Vesty from Pyroban explains: “When a mixture of potentially flammable vapour in the air is detected it initially gives an audible and visual warning to the driver but if the vapour and air mix approaches potentially explosive levels the system shuts down the p...
Briggs and Ryder – a solid partnership approach

Briggs and Ryder – a solid partnership approach

Dealer, Logistics
Forklift rental giant Briggs Equipment UK has successfully outsourced its entire transport operation to Ryder Dedicated Delivery Solutions, in a true partnership approach that has seen a seamless transition When you stock and lease more than 24,000 different forklift trucks and materials handling products, managing the transport movements to ensure customers receive the right piece of equipment, on time, and in the right condition, is no mean feat. Throw in the myriad of road transport regulations and legal compliance that commercial vehicle operators have to deal with, together with the recruitment, training and retention of HGV drivers, and you have yourself one very big daily challenge. Over the last year, Briggs Equipment UK has handed over its entire transport operation t...
Avery Weigh-Tronix launches next generation of Pallet Truck Scale

Avery Weigh-Tronix launches next generation of Pallet Truck Scale

Logistics
Avery Weigh-Tronix, one of the world’s leading industrial weighing manufacturers, has extended its range of industrial weighing equipment with the introduction of the PTS2000S; the next generation of pallet truck scale which works as part of three innovative solutions designed to drive business efficiencies. The PTS2000S drives operational efficiencies by making in-motion weighing part of the natural process of moving goods within the organisation. Build features including high quality steel, polyurethane wheels and a shock and vibration resistant scale make it ideal for use in harsh operating environments. While wireless and Bluetooth connectivity allows for the instant transfer of weight data from the scale to the user’s back office system, avoiding manual data input. The PTS2000S ...
Hiab Delivers Truck-Mounted Forklift Number 75,000

Hiab Delivers Truck-Mounted Forklift Number 75,000

Logistics, Manufacturer
Cargotec’s Hiab has delivered its 75,000th truck mounted forklift. Die Behrens-Gruppe of Germany travelled to the Moffett production centre in Dundalk, Ireland, to receive the vehicle on 8 May. The milestone unit is an emission-free electric Moffett E-series, specially painted and decorated to mark the occasion. “Moffett is the original truck mounted forklift and globally undoubtedly the most popular brand. We’re immensely proud to sell 75,000 units before the brand celebrates its 75th anniversary next year,” says Michael O’Reilly, Product Manager Truck Mounted Forklifts, Hiab. He continues “It is an Irish success story. We manufacture all truck mounted forklifts at our state of the art manufacturing facility in Dundalk, County Louth, supported by close to 400 dedicated and passi...
Minus 35 degrees: fully automated warehouse for blood plasma

Minus 35 degrees: fully automated warehouse for blood plasma

Logistics
Jungheinrich has implemented a comprehensive intralogistics concept in Dublin, Ireland, for the global healthcare company Grifols. From planning to construction to service, Grifols receives the entire Jungheinrich solution from a single source. One of the special features is a cold store warehouse with a capacity for 1,152 pallets and a temperature range of up to minus 35 degrees Celsius, suitable for the safe stacking and retrieval of blood plasma. The stacker crane, which is specially configured for use in extreme temperature conditions, reaches a height of 14.3 metres. Jungheinrich also designed special quadruple-depth storage channels for Grifols. The load is handled crossways by a double shuttle. The second single-aisle, high-bay silo warehouse is set to a temperature of plu...
Forklifts in F1

Forklifts in F1

Featured, Logistics
  High-speed logistics challenges in the world of motorsport. Motorsport, whether it’s racing or rallying, on two wheels or four, is popular across the world. The highest-profile series, the Formula One Grand Prix World Championship, visits every (inhabited!) continent on the planet. Planning and managing the logistics is quite a challenge – and not for the faint-hearted! Long-time racing fan Ruari McCallion has a scout behind the scenes with help from Rocla Rus. What takes 50, 80 or even more forklift trucks up to three weeks to put together and less than 24 hours to take apart? It’s the infrastructure for a modern-day F1 GP (Grand Prix). Looking after the logistics involved in getting the show together, on time, and maybe thousands of miles away from the previous event i...
Taking the Biscuit

Taking the Biscuit

General, Logistics
Based in the UK, Pladis Global is one of the fastest growing global snacking companies. The company has been dealing with Still Materials Handling for the last 15 years. Still supply the full range of materials handling equipment, from hand pallet trucks, forklift trucks to fully automated warehouse solutions. The German manufacturer have over 7,000 employees worldwide and service centres throughout the UK. Still have been supporting Pladis Global with their ongoing materials handling requirements and ever changing needs at their Ashby-de-la-Zouch site which now boasts over 25 trucks in their fleet. During the course of ongoing health and safety surveys across the site (with continuous site improvements ensuring that the workforce is kept as safe as possible), Pladis identified 2 ke...
Linde Supply Truck Combines Forklift and Train Benefits

Linde Supply Truck Combines Forklift and Train Benefits

Logistics, New Trucks
The Trolley Supply Truck is a new vehicle concept from Linde Material Handling that the company claims combines all the advantages of a Linde logistics train with those of a forklift. The design is based on Linde’s matrix concept: both the goods transporter’s control unit and drive unit come from the modular system for Linde warehouse equipment. What is completely new, according to Linde, is the load unit which takes the form of a bar trolley with steered wheels. It allows efficiency increases of up to 30 percent to be achieved in material transport to production plants. “Many of our customers have already implemented forklift truck-free production supply via tugger or logistics trains,” explains Ralf Knaut, Project Manager Special Solutions at Linde Material Handling. This is becau...
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