Cost savings achieved
June 1st 2011 One of the largest family-owned
logistics companies in the UK,
Howard Tenens, has been able to
pass on substantial cost savings to a
major client by replacing
counterbalance trucks with a
bespoke combination of a Combilift
4-way forklift and cantilever racking
at its facility in Sharpness,
Gloucestershire.
The new system was introduced as
part of Howard Tenens' ongoing
commitment to provide added value
for customers, and has enabled the
company to reduce the amount of
space needed to store steel bars for a
major concern in the on and
offshore drilling sector by more than
a half - from 70,000 sq ft to just
30,000 sq ft. This has not only
resulted in lower costs but has also
speeded up handling and storage
procedures and enhanced health and
safety on site.
General manager Mike Jones
explains: "The bulk storage system
we operated with the old trucks was
space consuming, and the limited
manoeuvrability of the
counterbalance trucks meant that it
was quite complicated to get lengths
of up to 10m through the warehouse
doors in the first place.We asked our
materials handling consultants
Briggs for advice and they
recommended the 4-way Combilift
as the one machine solution, which
has proved to be ideal." More articles from Combilift Limited: | 
