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Tax breaks for machinery investments

Tax breaks for machinery investments

Industry
One of the highlights of the 2021 spring budget is an incentive for companies to spend money on new plant and machinery. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in his budget statement that, beginning in April 2021, a new super-deduction for companies investing in new equipment over the next two years. This will cut companies’ tax bill by 25p for every pound they invest in new equipment, the chancellor said, meaning that they can reduce their taxable profits by 130% of the cost. This is worth £25bn to companies over the two-year period the super-deduction will be in full effect.     Rob Oliver, chief executive of the Construction Equipment Association, said “The announcement of a ‘super deduction’ for capital investment should stimulate decisions from companies curren...
Toyota keeps Top Spot.

Toyota keeps Top Spot.

Featured, Industry, Manufacturer
There has been little change in the Top 10 forklift manufacturers list for 2019/20. A report by German magazine DHF shows Toyota still at the top of the ranking, with 26.82% of the global market. KION remains in second place, with 14.59%, followed by Jungheinrich with 9.28%. The minor changes in the ranking include Manitou and Kalmar, seventh and eighth, respectively, which switched positions from last year. Similarly, Clark and Doosan (11th and 12th) have traded places in the latest listing. According to analysis by report author Jurgen Warmbold, incoming orders for the 2019 year dropped from 1,537,979 (2018) to 1,506,876 units - the first drop after six years of growth. For Europe, WITS has reported a decrease of 33,512 to 490,551 industrial truck orders, with...
Open-top telehandlers

Open-top telehandlers

Industry, Innovation
Snorkel is now offering all of its rough terrain telehandlers in an open cab version as an alternative to its standard enclosed cab. The Snorkel telehandler models SR626, SR1442, SR1745 and SR1065 come with a choice of an open cab, or a fully enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning. On the full electric, lithium-ion battery powered SR626E, both can types are available but there is no air conditioning in the enclosed cab. The open cab version features the same design and layout as the enclosed version and has a mesh grid to protect the operator.
LogiMAT 2021 Postponed Until Spring 2022

LogiMAT 2021 Postponed Until Spring 2022

Featured, Industry, News
LogiMAT 2021—the International Trade Show for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management scheduled for June 22–24, 2021, in Stuttgart, Germany—has to be postponed due to the difficult ongoing situation with Covid-19. The organizer, EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress-GmbH, has decided to push back the upcoming trade show to March 8–10, 2022, to give exhibitors the certainty they need for long-term planning. The organizer is working on a digital concept so that visitors and exhibitors can still meet virtually in 2021. “Given the current state of vaccinations and the virus mutations, there is no foreseeable end to the travel restrictions in place today. We must offer a timely response. Our exhibitors need certainty for their planning, and this simply isn’t available right now,” explains...
FLTA launches new website

FLTA launches new website

FLTA, Industry
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has launched a brand-new website, complete with a modern look, fresh features and updated functionality, designed to support members and non-members better than ever before. The new site covers all the latest government advice on Coronavirus in the Covid-19 Resource Centre, including health and hygiene factsheets for managers and equipment users. There is even a new Knowledge Hub to answer FAQs on a range of subjects. For full members and Safe User Group (SUG) members there are sign-in areas for exclusive access to resources such as Technical Bulletins, safety guidance and insightful Health & Safety Bulletins. When looking to buy or hire a forklift truck, the company supplying it should work to the highest standards, so the simple ...
BITA Secretary General to Step Down

BITA Secretary General to Step Down

BITA, Industry, Movers and Shakers
The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) has announced that its long-serving Secretary-General, James Clark, is to retire from his position at the end of 2020. After a successful career as a wheat buying director in the UK Flour Milling industry, James joined BITA in 1996. His tenure as Secretary-General has coincided with significant growth for the trade association and seen it rise to a pre-eminent position as the voice of the material handling industry. During his career with BITA, James has worked with ten Presidents and been instrumental in firstly establishing, and then developing IMHE Ltd, Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) and what is now, F-TEC, the industry training centre, based in Swindon. BITA has a 50 per cent shareholding in all three organisations. ...
Chinese market to expect boom in electric fork lift trucks

Chinese market to expect boom in electric fork lift trucks

Industry
According to recent international studies, electric fork lift trucks will be the protagonists of a real sales boom within the Chinese market from 2021 to 2026, accounting for a good 7% growth. Attention to environmental sustainability has become the main theme of global logistics in recent years, contributing to a positive impact on cost containment and work quality improvement. This positive scenario has induced many companies, including many Chinese ones, to implement electric trucks in their product portfolio: suffice it to say that according to an American research published on Business Wire their sale within the Chinese market will increase by 7% over the period between 2021 and 2026. Moreover, from the 609 thousand units produced in 2019, which unfortunately dropped to 573 thousan...
UniCarriers UK donates fork lift truck to Transaid in Zambia

UniCarriers UK donates fork lift truck to Transaid in Zambia

Industry
A fork lift truck donated by UniCarriers UK has arrived in Zambia to support international development organisation, Transaid, with building capacity and improving fork lift operator training and safety standards. UniCarriers  donated the two-tonne diesel-powered DL20 counterbalance fork lift truck to support Transaid’s partnership with the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Lusaka, the only government-backed technical and vocational training institution in Zambia. Lloyd Mbasela, executive director, ITC, says, “We are naturally very grateful to receive the UniCarriers fork lift truck, which we will use to help train more than 350 people on the safe and effective operation of materials handling equipment in its first year. “The fork lift will also help empower bo...
IFOY 2020 finalists shortlisted

IFOY 2020 finalists shortlisted

Industry, Innovation
Seventeen products and solutions from 16 manufacturers have been named as finalists in this year's IFOY (International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year) Awards, from a field of 32 company entrants. Bosch Rexroth, Combilift, Crown, Easy Mile, Geek+, Hyster, Jungheinrich, ProGlove, Raymond, Sany Europe, Still and Toyota Material Handling as well as the start-ups cellumation, doks. innovation, ForkOn and Wiferion are all in the running for awards. The finalists will go through the IFOY Audit at the international IFOY Test Days from February 6 to 13 at the exhibition grounds of IFOY partner Hannover Messe. In the IFOY Test, experts measure the key figures of the finalists in a standardised procedure. The IFOY Innovation Check sees scientists assess the innovative value o...
FLTA unveils two major new sponsors for the Annual Awards for Excellence 2020

FLTA unveils two major new sponsors for the Annual Awards for Excellence 2020

FLTA, Industry
Two of the foremost companies in the materials handling industry have seized the opportunity to become sponsors of the Fork Lift Truck Association Annual Awards for Excellence 2020. Carrylift and F-TEC will join an elite group of sponsors and supporters that already reads like a who’s who of the industry, including Combilift, Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK, IBCS, Flexi, Toyota Material Handling, Triathlon Batteries, TVH and Yale Europe Materials Handling. One of the largest suppliers of materials handling equipment in the UK, Carrylift will present the Safe Site Award, which celebrates owners and operators of fork lifts that have made real and tangible strides in improving workplace safety. Last year’s winner Kellogg’s is among a total of nine finalists. As the UK forklift indus...
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