Safety and design recognised at FLTA awards
February 1st 2004

Safety and design took centre stage at this years Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence, with those factors appearing to have heavily influenced judges and voters in many of the categories. Hosted by Association Chairman Richard Baxter, the ceremony saw an unprecedented ten Awards being given out climaxing with a presentation of the very rarely bestowed Lifetime Achievement Award to Development and Design Director Peter Eckersley of Linde. Reflecting on the evening, Mr Baxter said: The great progress being made in raising industry standards, as reflected in the quality of tonights winners and nominees, is very encouraging. It was also pleasing to see such a diversity of winners. Its natural that leading manufacturers should figure prominently in the voting, but the Awards to Gil Male of the HSE, to the HSE itself and to North Warwickshire and Hinckley College show the broad range of people and organisations whose contributions are seen as essential to the industrys well-being. Its very interesting to see that safety and design are such high priorities within the industry. As well as the Awards for Gil Male and the HSE, safety was a crucial feature of the Environment Award winning entry from STILL and B&B. The importance of design was recognised primarily in the Design Achievement Award and in Peter Eckersleys Lifetime Achievement, but of course good design was also integral to the equipment winning the Environment, Ergonomics and Innovation categories. The full list of winners is as follows: Apprentice of the Year Richard Taylor of Jofson Services to the FLTA Brian Nealon of Bendigo Mitchell Services to the Fork Lift Truck Industry Gil Male of the HSE Design Achievement 2004 The Flexi Team at Narrow Aisle Supplier of the Year 2004 North Warwickshire and Hinckley College Safety 2004 Health and Safety Executive Environment 2004 STILL Materials Handling and B&B Attachments Ergonomics 2004 Crown Lift Trucks Innovation 2004 Toyota Industrial Equipment Lifetime Achievement Peter Eckersley of Linde Materials Handling UK

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