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Toyota Material Handling UK has received its SAFEcontractor accreditation for 2011. SAFEcontractor is a third party accreditation scheme that assesses your health and safety arrange- ments and is designed to take the hassles out of health and safety by helping customers to manage their list of approved contractors.
www.toyota-forklifts.co.uk
Barloworld Supply Chain Software (SCS) has launched a website to help businesses determine available solutions to the challenges faced in their supply chain. The website
barloworldscs.com, demonstrates a suite of six software products that support strategy, planning, optimisa- tion and management in the supply chain, as well as information regarding training and support.
www.barloworldscs.com
A supplier of specialist materials handling equipment plans to focus its efforts on providing a service to operators of heavy trucks and users of its specialist ports and freight terminal equipment. Warwickshire- based Cooper SH has been the sole UK supplier of Konecranes trucks and in 2010 agreed with the Scandinavian firm to represent its port equipment business through- out the UK and Ireland.
cooperspecialisedhandling.com
The Lifting Equipment Engineers’ Association (LEEA) has announced new practical training courses for engineers responsible for the test, examination and maintenance of overhead lifting equipment. The courses prepare trainees for the LEEA’s diploma, and include training on the maintenance of hoists and electric overhead travelling cranes.
www.leeaint.com
White Logistics, a member of Palletforce, the palletised distribu- tion network, has taken on two new staff members who completed the company’s first apprenticeships. Ben Darby, 19, works in the firm’s warehouse while Liam Harris, 18, is in the traffic office.
www.whitelogistics.co.uk
Briggs Equipment is celebrating a £5 million contract to supply nearly 400 trucks and other materials han- dling equipment to builders’ mer- chants and home improvement retailers Travis Perkins.
www.briggsequipment.co.uk
S4 Fork Lift Truck Association Awards winners
The Fork Lift Truck Association Annual Awards for Excellence 2011 presented a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award to Brian Nealon of Bendigo Mitchell who served the FLTA as both chairman and president. FLTA president John Chappell recognised Nealon’s pivotal work in “laying the foundations for the Association’s success.” Now in its 17th year, the awards serve as a ‘Pick of the Year’ for materials han- dling products and acknowledges those who strive to raise standards through- out the forklift truck industry. The Awards final four prod-
uct categories were the most hotly contested. Manufacturers Hyster (Environment), Cat (Ergonomics), Mitsubishi (Safety) and Linde (Innovation) were vic- torious after an open, public vote with a much coveted, bronze ‘Archie’ statuette their reward. Mitsubishi’s latest award in the safety category, for its Grendia hi- vis overhead guard, (inset) means it has now collected awards in all four categories. The company’s last victory was last year in the Ergonomics category in recognition of the ‘ErgoCentric’ focus on operator efficiency, comfort and protection in the development of its OPB20NE low level order picker.
Individuals were also recog- nised for their work, including: Adam Payne of Barloworld Handling (Apprentice of the Year), Tracy Zissler of Rushlift (Employee of the Year) and Paul Nichol of United Forktrucks (Services to Association). Peter Wooldridge of Flexi Narrow Aisle won an award for Services to the forklift truck industry in recognition of his groundbreaking innovations.
www.fork-truck.org.uk
Agency workers pose accident risk BITA announces rise in truck sales
Forklift truck-related accident rates are likely to rise as the UK economy emerges from recession, a leading health and safety practi- tioner has warned.
Peter Scott, Jungheinrich UK’s HSE manager, contends that while demand for some goods and services is increasing, the doubts that still surround the economy will make many compa- nies reluctant to take on perma- nent staff and turn instead to agency workers to relieve the pressure on their supply chains. “Our figures indicate agency workers are involved in more forklift accidents than permanent staff. We are seeing growth in the
use of agency staff and it is no coincidence that Jungheinrich’s records show that accidents rates have gone up in tandem.” “It is an agency’s responsibility to provide staff trained to operate the equipment, but it is down to the company to ensure workers are familiar with the layout of the warehouse, where they will work,” he explained.
www.jungheinrich.co.uk
BITA (the British Industrial Truck Association) has announced sales orders for forklift trucks increased by 24 per cent in 2010, marking the first annual rise for three years.
Tickled pink with corporate colour trucks
Huddersfield-based industry spe- cialists in transportation of pal- letised goods, The Pink Link, has invested in four new, bright pink, eco-friendly forklift trucks. The Pink Link has a long-term working relationship with STILL Materials Handling, the supplier of forklift trucks, platform trucks and tractors, to supply them with their fleet.
The Pink Link, requested that all forklift trucks were factory
ordered in pink in keeping with its corporate colours. This rein- forces the strength of brand con- sistency and identifies the trucks as ‘Pink Link’ trucks.
The company is also stepping up its environmental commit- ments in 2011, aiming to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption. These new gas powered trucks use less energy and reduce level of emis- sions produced. Vicki Davenport, The Pink Link sales & commercial director said: “The forklift trucks are a perfect match for The Pink Link’s family of trucks, they are per- fectly on brand.”
www.still.co.uk
Based on the latest figures from BITA’s UK forklift sales sta- tistics, the new numbers provide evidence of improving fortunes for an industry that has experi- enced falling sales throughout the economic downturn. As the sole provider of indus- trial truck sales statistics, which are contributed by, and only made available to, its members, BITA says engine powered coun- terbalance trucks, which make up 32 per cent of the overall market, experienced the biggest increase, with orders increasing by 30 per cent. This equates to an increase of 29 per cent and 32 per cent for Diesel and LPG trucks respectively.
Sales of electric-powered rider warehouse equipment, domi- nated by reach trucks, increased by 29 per cent, and electric pow- ered counterbalanced truck orders rose by 22 per cent. Pedestrian truck sales increased by 15 per cent.
James Clark, secretary-general
of BITA, commented: “The latest statistics are consolidating our optimism for a steady increase in sales orders across all forklift cat- egories throughout 2011.”
www.bita.org.uk
MARCH 2011 Materials Handling & Logistics
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