There’s certainly a time and a place for considering changing your MHE suppliers. During the grip of a global pandemic is not that time.

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With the number of forklift accidents still alarmingly high, Tim Waples, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association explains the dangers of lift trucks and offers advice on what you can do to ensure a safe site.

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Accurately predicting the future direction of the UK economy has been occupying the minds of expert – and amateur – analysts for much of the previous twelve months and will likely continue to do so for some time to come. Brexit has proved a challenge for many industries and the material handling sector has not been immune from this. However, as we look ahead to a new year there are still reasons to be optimistic, says BITA Secretary-General James Clark.

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On Saturday 30th March, hundreds of guests drawn from the entire spectrum of the fork lift truck industry gathered at the International Centre in Telford to recognise the sector’s brightest and best with its most prestigious honour: an FLTA Award for Excellence.

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Hyster Europe has made three types of lift truck attachments, with ten possible configurations, are now available straight from the factory as part of the original lift truck build.

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As the winners from the 2018 Awards for Excellence continue to bask in their success, organisers, the Fork Lift Truck Association, are busily preparing for the Awards’ silver jubilee. With such an important milestone approaching, the FLTA would like you to get involved. Its chief executive Peter Harvey explains why. 

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As the UK distributor for the Kooi Telescopic Reachforks, it’s Abbey’s experience that the Kooi Forks are predominately supplied in the UK to the warehouse and logistics industry for the use with “double deep” racking systems.

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Forklift downtime can be critical for Outokumpu so it turned to Doosan for cleaner, new diesel powered trucks.

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Increased safety awareness has prompted a huge uptake in hydraulic overload check devices for Abbey Attachments, exclusive UK supplier for Ravas products. HSS editor Simon Duddy hears more from Paul Saunders and Nicky Whittle from Abbey.

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Construction materials firm Johnsons Aggregates & Recycling has invested in new equipment from Windsor Materials Handling after opening a £10m plant in Ilkeston for incinerator bottom ash recycling.

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Leading figures from the fork lift truck industry will gather in February to celebrate its best products, services and people. Now in its 25th year, the FLTA Annual Awards for Excellence is the industry’s longest-standing Awards. We set out to find out just why it continues to go from strength to strength…

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Rushlift serves Buildbase with Doosan forklifts and fast service back-up.

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As Port of Tilbury underwent significant expansion, it turned to Briggs Equipment for asset management expertise.

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The Fork Lift Truck Association’s Stolen Truck Alert – recently enhanced by the Stolen Truck Database – has a proven track record in helping recover stolen property and apprehending the perpetrators of the crime.

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The Fork Lift Truck Association has revealed that it received a record number of entries from companies across the globe for its Annual Awards for Excellence 2017 – setting its Nominations Committee its toughest challenge yet.

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Our impending exit from the European Union is the biggest issue currently facing industry and the country as a whole. Below James Clark, Secretary-General of BITA, reflects on the specially commissioned post-referendum Forklift Truck Market Outlook for 2016 from Oxford Economics, produced on behalf of BITA.

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Who is most at risk of being injured by a fork lift truck? Peter Harvey, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association, reveals the answer and explains what you can do to minimise the dangers at your site.

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The Bendi SpaceMate is an attachment that is designed to convert a standard forklift into a VNA stacker at a fraction of the costs of purchasing a specialist truck for the job.

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Mitsubishi Electric Air Conditioning Systems Europe Ltd is a company that emphasises empowerment of its workforce to be involved in all aspects of the business. The employees created a forklift safety initiative at its huge Livingston facilities to change operations from the bottom up. HSS editor Simon Duddy visited the team to hear their story.

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Vetter and Motec have pooled their expertise to create a futuristics forklift safety solution, allowing operators to see behind their load via cameras mounted on the forks.

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A modular independent fleet management system designed to meet the demands of an industrial environment, this system will help to ensure the highest safety standards are met. OptaFleet will provide real time management informaion and reduce the total cost of your industrial vehicle fleet.

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Each pedestrian that works in the specified “danger” area will be issued with an active RFID transmitter that continually emits a dedicated radio frequency, this is then detected by a truck based unit.

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Engineering manufacturer boosts safety and productivity by adopting sophisticated yet fast attach and release forklift attachments from St Clare Engineering.

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The FM Stand Alone Check System is a new and exciting addition to FTC’s already extensive product range. The system aims to provide a cost effective solution to completely replace paper based pre use check lists on any type of materials handling equipment.

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FTC have developed a range of camera systems to act as a security system and/or as a driver aid. Manoeuvring plant equipment safely can be difficult at times and an FTC camera system with in cab driver display offers the driver additional views to assist.

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The speed limiter is a very comprehensive and highly reliable product. The system hard ware is produced by Siemens VDO and has been fitted to over 1,000,000 vehicles worldwide.

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Forklift truck and human interaction is one of the biggest hazards in the workplace today, in many businesses there is no way of avoiding this, that is why Fork Truck Control have developed a range of products to assist operators in reversing heavy plant equipment safely.

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Firetrack is a fully automated self seeking re extinguisher system, designed for specific designated applications rather than a flood system, though it can be used for this purpose.

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THE MDC11

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FTC has developed a range of visual warning devices suitable for any type of materials handling equipment. The safety lighting range has been developed to enhance site safety and increase pedestrian awareness of the presence of moving hazards.

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If you have restricted areas where forks trucks can’t access to lift and move your drums, de-palletise or move them around the warehouse, the Grab-O-Matic range of drum and materials handling pedestrian equipment can provide a safe and efficient solution.

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Our range of fork mounted snow ploughs are highly durable and easily installed. Fixed, variable and sprung versions are available to vary the snow clearing position of the plough.

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For the loading or unloading of drums from lorries and containers, for de-palletising, or just moving drums around a workshop or factory site, the St Clare Engineering range of Grab-O-Matic fork attachments and pedestrian drum handlers can provide a safe and efficient solution.

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The Fork Truck Control Speed Zoning system offers a cost effective speed limiting solution for sites where there is interaction between forklifts and pedestrians.

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The standard TXP system is designed for internal combustion engine forklifts with an electrically selectable fluid transmission. The system will stop operators from changing gears whilst the engine revs are too high or the road speed is too fast.

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