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May152021 by adminNo Comments
Jungheinrich presents new ERD 220i electric pallet truck

Jungheinrich presents new ERD 220i electric pallet truck

New Trucks
Jungheinrich has unveiled its new electric pallet truck ERD 220i at a recent virtual event. The forklift truck is designed for flexible use in the handling warehouse and to load and unload trucks. The new ERD 220i  has L2 dimension of just 1,065 mm and is therefore the most compact truck in its class. Compared to its predecessor, the 220i is more than 300mm shorter thanks to its new lithium-ion battery concept, which results in a space reduction of approximately 25 per cent. The compact dimensions make the electric pallet truck particularly versatile and agile to drive. Its turning radius has been reduced to just 1,985 millimetres. This creates new free space in existing warehouses and enables precise manoeuvring even in confined spaces. It also allows for completely new concepts...
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May152021 by adminNo Comments
Toyota Material Handling wins Gold award

Toyota Material Handling wins Gold award

Featured
Toyota Material Handling UK’s Fleet Management Centre (F.M.C.) has been awarded the prestigious Toyota Lean Academy (T.L.A.) ‘Gold Award’. The T.L.A. Awards are an annual Toyota Material Handing Europe initiative driven by the Toyota Lean Academy to drive standards in the way of quality assurance, on-time delivery, environmental factors and health and safety. The grading of the Awards is Bronze, Silver and Gold. The Fleet Management Centre is based in Old Dalby, Leicestershire and is responsible for all UK Short term rental (STR), Long term rental (LTR), and Demonstration (DEMO) trucks. The facility also supplies the outstanding “Approved Used” (AU) machines for the UK. After achieving Silver status in 2019, Sean Reckless, FMC Workshop Manager was the project manager behind th...
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May62021 by adminNo Comments
Rebrand for Nationwide Hire

Rebrand for Nationwide Hire

Access
Plant and tool hire broker Nationwide Hire has changed its name to WowNow Hire. The private equity owned firm needed a new name to distinguish it in from other ‘Nationwides’ out there, including Nationwide Platforms. This Nationwide, now called WowNow, is a £16m business founded by Howard Piper in Hampshire in 1995. It has no inventory, shops or depots but boasts access to five million products from 9,000 locations by acting as an intermediary. In October 2019 Wol Kolade’s private equity vehicle, Livingbridge, invested £15m in the business to take control. Chief executive Jonathan Holley said: “Changing our name makes perfect sense. We still cover the entire United Kingdom and the new name amplifies what we are all about, our WowNow DNA.” He said that the ‘Wow’ reflected...
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May42021 by adminNo Comments
Confused about “ATEX” compliant lithium-ion forklift batteries?

Confused about “ATEX” compliant lithium-ion forklift batteries?

Batteries
Using a lithium-ion battery to power a lift truck has many advantages in the right application, but (at the time of writing in June 2021) the requirements to assure lithium-ion batteries are safe for use in potentially explosive atmospheres is not clear. Some manufacturers have placed trucks with lithium-ion batteries into Ex applications but others, including Pyroban do not believe the technology is appropriate at this time. Steve Noakes, Managing Director of Pyroban and convenor of the EN1755 standards committee, explains the problem. We receive a growing number of enquiries for Ex-certified lithium-ion battery options, and for good reason. Lithium-ion batteries allow opportunity charging, require less maintenance, and offer longer operation between charges, so have proven to be po...
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Apr212021 by adminNo Comments
One-millionth Linde truck rolls out of Aschaffenburg

One-millionth Linde truck rolls out of Aschaffenburg

Manufacturer
Linde Material Handling has been manufacturing counterbalance trucks at its Aschaffenburg, Germany production site since back in 1959. In March 2021, the one-millionth vehicle rolled off the assembly line and has since been ceremoniously handed over to customer company Colorobbia España S.A., one of the largest facilities in the world for the production of frits, pigments and other products for the ceramics and glass industry. Even though big celebrations had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, it was a real goosebump moment when the one-millionth counterbalance truck came off the production line at the Aschaffenburg plant in mid-March. Captured on video for everyone to see, the completion of the milestone vehicle was celebrated with a minute-long indoor fireworks display of red Be...
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Apr82021 by adminNo Comments
How will material handling adapt to the rise of e-commerce?

How will material handling adapt to the rise of e-commerce?

Industry, Innovation
For years e-commerce has been on the rise. The decline of the high street and big retail brands falling victims to this structural change have both been signs of this. Now with the Covid-19 crisis, consumer buying behaviours and expectations for online shopping have shifted even more. E-commerce has become a major opportunity to buy or to sell. The effect of e-commerce is not limited to where someone buys, but also to how the products are delivered and stored. Previously shops also used to function as an interim storage place and as delivery points of the products to the customers, whereas now we have individual delivery to homes. In addition, shops always tried to be able to have enough products in stock, with a local community in mind, e-commerce websites often target the entire c...
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Apr12021 by adminNo Comments
JCB appeals patent dispute ruling

JCB appeals patent dispute ruling

Industry
JCB’s patent dispute with Manitou rumbles on with the British manufacturer appealing against a recent French court ruling. On 26th February, 2021 the Paris Court of Justice (Tribunal Judiciaire) found that Manitou was guilty of infringement of some JCB patent claims but not others. JCB had been claiming €190m in damages; it was awarded €150,000 plus €50,000 in legal fees. The case concerns two specific European Patents (the 065 patent and 965 patent) held by JCB for its Longitudinal Load Moment Control (LLMC) system, introduced in 2017. JCB has also brought infringement proceedings against Manitou, again in France, the UK and Italy, for infringement of a further European Patent (the 382 patent). Back in February 2019, JCB was granted a preliminary injunction by a French cou...
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Mar302021 by adminNo Comments
Sunbelt gives JCB its biggest ever UK order

Sunbelt gives JCB its biggest ever UK order

Industry
Sunbelt Rentals UK has placed an order with JCB for 2,100 new machines. The £65m order is the single biggest that JCB has ever taken from a UK customer. Sunbelt Rentals UK (formerly A-Plant) is buying JCB Loadall telehandlers, mini and midi excavators, site dumpers, tracked excavators and rough terrain fork lifts. It is also getting 350 JCB access platforms – JCB’s biggest-ever UK deal for this equipment following its 2017 entry into the powered access market. The machines are being supplied by via dealer Greenshields JCB. JCB chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: “Sunbelt Rentals is one of JCB’s largest global customers and this huge investment in new and innovative equipment demonstrates its desire to offer the most advanced machines, featuring the latest ultra-efficient,...
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Mar252021 by adminNo Comments
TVH ownership split

TVH ownership split

Industry
Belgium's giant TVH equipment and parts business is in the final stages of an ownership reshuffle. According to a report in De Tijd, the reshuffle sees the Vanhalst family taking full control of the Mateco machinery division, in which it previously held a 50% stake. Meanwhile, the Thermote family has control of the TVH Parts division, with a 60% stake. It is reported that Pascal Vanhalst is working with the Thermotes to offload his family's 40% interest in the parts business. While the major assets have been divided, both families retain their interests in TVH Equipment nv, the Belgian branch of Mateco. The business "where it all started 50 years ago remains in the hands of both families through a joint venture", according to the report. It notes that the business has a strong em...
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Mar202021 by adminNo Comments
Crown Paints adds further Flexis to its forklift fleet

Crown Paints adds further Flexis to its forklift fleet

General
Crown Paints has added further units to its existing fleet of Flexi articulated very narrow aisle (VNA) warehouse trucks which operate at the company’s production facility in Hull. Crown has operated Flexi trucks – which are designed and built in the UK by Narrow Aisle Ltd – at the Hull site for over three years and Narrow Aisle is providing the new fleet with a service agreement that includes all planned maintenance, safety inspections and repairs rolled-up in one fixed monthly charge. And operational efficiency at the Hull facility will be further enhanced thanks to an integrated battery charging solution designed and delivered by Narrow Aisle’s Warehouse Systems Division. Featuring ‘call-forward’ alert technology to identify the most appropriate fully charged battery when a...
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