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 Innovative racking column guard
Just Barriers has designed another innovative racking protection product to reduce the dangers of racking damage and make sure that the warehouse complies with the newest Heath and Safety Regulations and industry guidelines. The aptly named “flyin

 The articulated answer
The ability to load like a counterbalance machine combined with a capacity to work comfortably both inside and outside and within very narrow aisles, has established the articulated forklift as a popular choice with truck specifiers. Narrow Aisl

 Pall-Ex invests in new forklift fleet
Pall-Ex has replaced and upgraded its entire forklift fleet in an investment project worth over £2.5m. A total of 36 trucks have been delivered to the Leicestershire hub, replacing the existing three year old trucks. The new trucks combine the latest

 SDI Greenstone's sorter is the perfect fit
Holland’s leading independent shoe retailer Ziengs has installed a high-speed, high-capacity, sortation system from systems integrators SDI Greenstone at its distribution centre (DC) in Assen, in the north east of the country. The custom-designed

 Award winning column protector
Winner in the safety category at the recent BMHF Awards, the Addgards Column Protector is a new way of preventing expensive column damage in warehouses and factories. As most people in the materials handling industry will know, repairs to forklifts a

 STAEDTLER picks Witron
German writing and drawing instruments supplier, STAEDTLER GmbH & Co. KG has committed to tightening its European distribution network by mid year 2007. Leading up to this time, local warehouses in the various European countries will be closed. STAED

 Jungheinrich UK appoints new MD
Jungheinrich AG Hamburg has announced the appointment of Hans-Herbert Schultz as Managing Director of Jungheinrich UK Ltd., based in Milton Keynes. Mr Schultz has worked for the Jungheinrich Group for seven years, most recently as Finance and Aft

 Businesses save a packet with a hygienic box-on-a-pallet
Businesses throughout the UK are rapidly discovering that the cost of packing goods and foodstuffs can be significantly reduced by switching from traditional packaging methods to a hygienic plastic pallet-box. As a result, leading independent supp

 Print-on-tag RFID solution
Toshiba Tec has unveiled what is said to be the world’s first operational Print-on-Tag RFID solution. The SX-series of barcode label printers are able to successfully print label information straight onto RFID tags. This major technology breakthrough

 Truck tyre database.
Watts has developed a comprehensive database of truck models and makes, which identifies the exact tyre sizes appropriate to that truck. Furthermore, the details of every truck that Watts deals with are logged on the system and every time a tyre is changed or inspected, the hour readings of the truck are logged and tyre tread depths recorded.

 New empty container handlers
Hyster has announced its latest range of high-stacking Empty Container Handlers, the H16.00-22.00XM-12 EC series. The series consists of four models and, while building on the market reputation achieved by its predecessor, the H16.00-18.00XM-12EC, of

 SSI Schaefer Systems Group
SSI Schaefer is leading the way in the industry of storage and handling solutions providing total integrated support to each and every one of its customers. The Schaefer Systems Group is unique; behind the name is a team of top industry specialis

 Simple pallet loading
Southworth Handling’s Pallet Pal power free automatic level loader offers a simple way to load and unload pallets. Designed to suit pallet loads between 200 and 2000kg, the Pallet Pal automatically maintains the top of the load at a comfortable wo

 Record accidents online
It is a legal requirement for all companies with 10 or more employees to record all minor accidents/incidents as well as reporting more serious events via RIDDOR. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR

And Finally...

 Signs & labelling
Two English football fans in Cologne lost their car after mistakenly thinking they had parked it on a road called 'One Way Street'. The pair wrote down 'Einbahn Strasse' - which means one-way street in German - so they didn't forget where they'd l
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