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DEVELOPMENTS IN VEHICLE MOUNTED LOAD HANDLING
Despite the tough market conditions in the commercial vehicle sector and many of the industries that rely on these everyday workhorses there have been some interesting developments in load handling equipment that present innovative solutions for end users
Read full story CI Logistics clean up at Paragon Laundry
CI Logistics, the Leicester based materials handling and storage specialist, has designed and installed a mezzanine for Paragon Laundry in a record two weeks from initial phone call to completion. Working from four sites in the UK, Paragon Laundry employs
Read full story Leuze helps ensure operator safety at VW’s press-shop
Volkswagen’s factory at Emden on the north-west coast of Germany near the border with Holland, manufactures the VW Passat. It’s press shop supplies 20,000 pressed parts each day and relies upon Leuze electronic to help protect its workforce from the dange
Read full story NEW SLIDING NYLON DOCK BUMPER FROM THORWORLD PROVIDES LONGER WORKING LIFE WITH IMPROVED SAFETY AND REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS
Dock bumpers may be one of the smallest – and seemingly most insignificant – pieces of equipment in the loading bay, but they can increase safety and prevent considerable damage to both the vehicle and the infrastructure of the building.
Leading high q
Read full story CIWM PLANT & EQUIPMENT OF YEAR AWARD FOR PENNY HYDRAULICS
The innovative MiniCrane HS400/V12 and TP2000/FV1200 mobile tracked cranes developed by Penny Hydraulics in partnership with Hinowa have won the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management’s (CIWM) Plant & Equipment of the Year Award for 2009. The mobi
Read full story HIGHWAYS CONTRACT SPECIFIES CRANES FOR SAFER LOAD HANDLING
The MGWSP partnership formed by May Gurney and WSP to deliver integrated highways services to Northamptonshire County Council has specified Swing Lift cranes from Penny Hydraulics to provide employees with a safe and effective way of handling tools, equip
Read full story PENNY HYDRAULICS ACHIEVES VOLKSWAGEN ACCREDITED CONVERTER STATUS
Penny Hydraulics has achieved Accredited Converter status with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (UK) following a rigorous evaluation of its commercial and technical capabilities covering manufacturing, installation and after sales service. As an Accredited
Read full story IMPROVED GRID LIFT FROM PENNY HYDRAULICS
Penny Hydraulics has introduced a new version of its Grid Lift that will allow this unique device to be installed on a wider range of gully tankers and maintenance vehicles to lift heavy gully and drain covers out of the way for clear access during cleani
Read full story STATESIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR PENNY HYDRAULICS
Penny Hydraulics has signed an agreement with QT Equipment (www.qtequipment.com) for the sale, distribution and assembly of its range of Swing Lift vehicle mounted cranes in the USA. QT Equipment will initially sell cranes designed and manufactured in the
Read full story TOMRA TAKES A SAFER LIFT FROM PENNY HYDRAULICS
Leading recycling equipment manufacturer Tomra Systems has installed a bespoke version of the Penny Hydraulics Load Lift inside its latest VW Transporter service vehicles to transport palletised specialist components without the need for manual handling.
Read full story Tennant to Showcase Chemical-Free Floor Cleaning at the Food and Drink Logistics Show 2010
Tennant, manufacturer of industrial and commercial floor cleaning solutions, will be showcasing its technologically advanced floor sweeping machines as well as its very successful breakthrough ec-H2O™ technology for its scrubber-dryers at the Food and Dri
Read full story THORWORLD MODULAR LOADING PLATFORM BOOSTS SOLSTOR
loading platform system designed and built by Thorworld Industries has increased efficiency at Solstor UK Ltd, which operates a temperature controlled supply chain network for the food industry.
The modular loading/unloading system has been installed a
Read full story Drum Handling | Access Equipment
Rax2Go provide fast despatch of Material Handling Equipment, Access Equipment and Drum Handling for all warehouse and industrial uses. Our product range includes Pallet Stackers, Cylinder Handling Equipment and Industrial Stackers.
Read full story New MiniTec Profi-Team catalogues provide overview of modular conveyor systems for manufacturing, assembly and inspection lines
MiniTec UK has released two new catalogues featuring its Profi-Team conveyor systems for assembly and inspection lines. The System FMS is based upon an automated chain or band conveyors and the System RMS uses precision rollers. Both systems are fully mod
Read full story Leuze electronic’s Optical Fork Sensors offer new Pricing Levels
The new GS 61 and GS 63 optical fork photoelectric sensors from Leuze electronic offer improved performance in a more compact case. In particular these fork sensors have the desirable feature of a ‘flat bottom’ which as well as sounding amusing, enables t
Read full story Leuze electronic’s RFID helps avoid ‘spilt milk ’
RFID from Leuze electronic provides a 100% solution when it comes to process optimisation at milk production plants.
Milk processing plants are not unique in being under constant pressure to increase processing capacity and efficiency, but they fa
Read full story Fast moving fruit rely on Leuze electronic’s RFID tracking.
The Netherlands are known worldwide as exporters of fresh fruit where a wealth of different varieties are planted, irrigated, fertilised, harvested, along with the challenge of storage and distribution. Key to success is the ability to deliver large quant
Read full story Cordeel NV orders KONECRANES for new Romanian shipyard
East Kilbride based KONECRANES UK has been awarded the contract to supply two
100 tonne SMD cranes each with two 50 tonne hoists running at 36.5 metres span to its new Romanian shipyard project.
The cranes are fully equipped with KONECRANES DynA Inver
Read full story Siemens Austria awards energy cranes contract to KONECRANES UK
East Kilbride crane manufacturer KONECRANES UK, working in conjunction with Konecranes Berlin office, has won the contract from Siemens Austria to supply cranes for a new power plant.
A similar crane to the one currently ordered by Siemens Austria
Read full story PROVIDING THE RIGHT LOADING/UNLOADING SOLUTIONS ACHIEVES CONSISTENT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR THORWORLD
Enabling companies to load and unload vehicles safely and efficiently is what Thorworld Industries is all about. An ever-increasing number of major businesses rely on them to achieve simple and cost-effective solutions to their loading bay equipment probl
Read full story Movetech UK buoy maintenance at Trinity House
Movetech UK (the new name for British Turntable) has supplied two purpose-built turntables to the Trinity House buoy maintenance facility at Swansea to facilitate the cleaning and painting of buoys, providing a tailor-made solution to the grit-blasting an
Read full story KONECRANES (UK) WINS SMULDERS WIND TURBINE CONTRACT
KONECRANES UK, based in East Kilbride in Scotland, has won another order to supply four SMD cranes to the Smulders Projects wind turbine base production facility in Belgium. The previous order being delivered in September 2009 is for 2 x 240t and 2 x 15t
Read full story KONECRANES (UK) WINS ISLE OF JERSEY WASTE TO ENERGY CONTRACT
KONECRANES UK, based in East Kilbride in Scotland, has won the order from CNIM to supply the new States of Jersey, Transport and Technical Services Energy from Waste capital project with two 6 tonne municipal waste handling cranes.
While the primary co
Read full story Now even faster, stronger and lighter
igus® the market leader for energy chain® systems and flexible cables has introduced a new range of products for port cranes at the TOC Europe in Bremen. The aims are to improve technique, increase lifetime whilst saving costs. The “P4” energy chain® syst
Read full story Intralogistics focuses on energy efficiency
Government regulation and increasing long-term energy costs demand that companies in the intralogistics sector now develop highly efficient facilities. Significant Improvements can be made in such areas as control systems, weight optimization of equipment
Read full story Leuze electronic has a record breaking month in July
At the start of 2009 Leuze electronic ‘the sensor people’ reinvented itself in the UK, by ending its joint venture and investing heavily in order to deliver on a promise to provide industry leading customer service and products.
Leuze electronic is wel
Read full story Leuze electronic expands its Barcode Positioning System.
The new BPS 8 position measuring system from Leuze electronic provides positioning information with millimetre accuracy on runs of up to six miles in a simple, easy to install and maintain unit.
Optical measurement techniques are especially well suite
Read full story Leuze electronic ‘the sensor people’ go GREEN
Leuze electronic is famous for its RED optical sensors and bar code readers, plus their YELLOW safety light curtains and scanners, but now they have decided to go GREEN.
For some time Leuze electronic has been providing product catalogues on CD, o
Read full story TOYOTA SPEEDS UP LOADING/UNLOADING WITH THORWORLD
Car manufacturer Toyota has installed modular loading/unloading systems from Thorworld Industries at its plants at Burnaston and Deeside, in areas where there are no raised loading docks.
At the Burnaston plant near Derby, where the Avensis and Auris m
Read full story A Basic Guide to Continuous-flex Cables
Cables constructed in layers are significantly cheaper to produce, therefore some manufacturers offer 'continuous-flexing cable' with this low-cost approach. However, these cables are often constructed without attention to pitch length, pitch direct
Read full story NEW PRODUCT RANGE CATALOGUE FROM THORWORLD – THE ONE-STOP SINGLE SOURCE FOR HIGH QUALITY LOADING & UNLOADING EQUIPMENT
The new 2009/10 Product Range Catalogue from market-leading loading and unloading equipment specialists, Thorworld Industries Ltd, is packed full of materials handling solutions for specifiers, purchasers and users of loading bay equipment, accessories an
Read full story Polypropylene suspended pocket system
This month we are promoting our polypropylene suspended pocket system for both lateral and drawer filing applications. Available ex-stock, for immediate delivery.
Special Offer for the month of June 2009 - 40% discount (irrespective of quantity, boxed
Read full story New MiniTec Workplace Systems catalogue covers all bases
MiniTec has launched a new Workplace Systems catalogue which, at over 112-pages, more than doubles the former offering - reflecting the substantial increase in MiniTec’s range of components and assemblies available for workstations, assembly lines, transf
Read full story MiniTec UK launches new GFK90 flexible link chain conveyor system
MiniTec UK Ltd has launched a new flexible link chain conveyor system aimed at processing and materials handling applications in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. The GFK90 is fully compatible with the MiniTec Profile System machine frami
Read full story Leuze electronic’s Safety Laser Scanner
Technological development and economic pressures can provide the means and the expectation for intelligent products to perform several tasks at once. Leuze electronic prides itself in providing intelligent products that are often rich in features, so that
Read full story NEW 6 TONNE MOBILE YARD RAMP FROM THORWORLD
A 6 tonne (6000kg) capacity mobile yard ramp has been added to the extensive range available from loading and unloading equipment specialists, Thorworld Industries Ltd.
Measuring 10.9m long with a usable width of 2240mm, it has been introduced in resp
Read full story New MiniTec Conveyor catalogue shows vastly expanded range
MiniTec has released a new 96 page catalogue featuring its comprehensive range of conveyor components and systems. Strongly endorsing MiniTec’s ‘Save Time’ maxim, the MiniTec Conveyors catalogue highlights the range with photographic examples and dimensio
Read full story THORWORLD BECOMES A SPONSOR FOR THE BRITISH MATERIALS HANDLING AWARDS 2009
Leading loading and unloading solutions equipment provider Thorworld Industries Ltd has agreed to sponsor the Technical Innovation category at the British Materials Handling Awards 2009.
The Awards are being organised by Datateam Ltd, publishers of Fac
Read full story SPECIAL THORWORLD RAMP SIMPLIFIES LOADING FOR LELY
Loading large grass cutting machines on to low-loaders at turf care equipment distributors Lely (UK) Ltd has been made quicker and easier with a purpose-built Thorworld mobile yard ramp.
The 12.2m long, 7,000kg capacity ramp was built to a special usab
Read full story New MiniTec Workplace Systems catalogue covers all bases
MiniTec launches bigger and more concise Workplace Systems catalogue covering all the components needed for complete work area furnishing for production, laboratory and test environments
Basingstoke UK, February 2009: MiniTec has launched a new W
Read full story SPECIAL THORWORLD RAMP SOLVES VEHICLE ACCESS PROBLEM
Installing a made-to-measure Thorworld yard ramp to allow vehicles to drive into a basement unloading area has solved a problem and saved money for DX, the leading independent next-day business mail company.
DX recently acquired additional premises on
Read full story Material Handling Industry Demands Insight into Productivity
Globally, the material handling industry is under pressure to improve productivity and reduce costs. Like never before, Crown Equipment Corporation sees this as an opportunity to work more closely with customers to define and develop customised systems fo
Read full story REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND INCREASE SAFETY WITH HIGH SPEED DOORS FROM EASILIFT
As awareness of the amount of energy we consume rises, alongside ever increasing fuel costs, more and more companies are turning to high speed doors to help combat this problem. Our range of DYNACO high speed doors will not only assist companies in reduci
Read full story NEW WEBSITE PROVIDES ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YARD RAMPS
Loading and unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries has developed a highly informative specialist website www.yardramps.co.uk covering everything a potential purchaser, hirer or user needs to know about mobile yard ramps – also sometimes refer
Read full story NO GLOOM AND DOOM FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE AT KONECRANES (UK)
East Kilbride based overhead crane manufacturer KONECRANES (UK) finished 2008 on a high with over 77% growth and entered 2009 with a healthy backlog of orders and new ones coming in. Part of the global Konecranes group, the UK company exceeded many of th
Read full story FEM 2008 CONGRESS IN CANNES
The 32nd FEM Congress took place in Cannes from 18 to 20 September 2008, organised by the French National Committee of FEM, CISMA. The opening ceremony followed by a dinner was held on Thursday 18th September after a working afternoon for the FEM Product
Read full story PICK OF THE PODS
PICK OF THE PODS
Dave Whyatt, Sales Director of Easilift Loading Systems Ltd, pioneers in the development of loading dock pods, explains how they can deliver substantial benefits, with increased productivity, to logistics operations.
As companies stri
Read full story SETTING THE STANDARDS IN LOADING & UNLOADING EQUIPMENT
Thorworld Industries provides a one-stop, single source for a comprehensive range of high quality loading & unloading equipment, together with an extensive selection of loading bay accessories and safety aids.
The Chesterfield, Derbyshire, based co
Read full story WASTE TO ENERGY SECTOR ON THE UP FOR KONECRANES UK WITH NETHERLANDS ORDER
East Kilbride overhead crane manufacturer KONECRANES (UK) has won the contract to supply two 9.5 tonne Waste Grab cranes to Jorritsma Bouw of Bolsward in Holland for their ReststoffenEnergieCentrale (REC) plant contract in Harlingen.
The cranes will
Read full story KONECRANES UK TO SUPPLY GOLIATHS FOR TESCO
Construction of Tesco's £25m Gerrards Cross store is underway once more with Costain now appointed as the main contractor. The project hit problems in June 2005 when a rail tunnel being built as part of the new planned Tesco superstore collapsed.
Read full story THORWORLD BOSS TAKES UP KEY EUROPEAN MATERIALS HANDLING ROLE
John Meale, Managing Director of leading loading bay and materials handling equipment specialists, Thorworld Industries, has been appointed Vice President of the Federation Europeenne de la Manutention (FEM), the European Federation of Materials Handling.
Read full story SMURFIT LOOKS TO HÖRMANN FOR SIZE AND SPEED
Cooks Doors of Norwich supplied and installed Hörmann’s new oversized V10008 high-speed door at the Smurfit Sheetfeeding warehouse in Fishergate, Norwich. At 10,000mm wide, the door accommodates a heavy flow of traffic including bigger vehicles used for p
Read full story HÖRMANN’S SHELTER WALL SYSTEM HITS THE MARK
Hörmann UK’s revolutionary design of shelter wall has been installed at a new 525,000 sq ft warehouse and distribution facility in Corby.
The 28 acre Mitchell Road site was funded by The UK Logistics Fund and jointly developed with Rugby based Greatlin
Read full story BACK TO BACK WINS FOR HÖRMANN UK
Hörmann UK has been named ‘Loading Bay Equipment Manufacturer 2008’ by the Institute of Transport Management (ITM). This is the second year running that the German brand has been accredited this prestigious award.
In the logistics industry today there
Read full story JCB CHOOSE THORWORLD MOBILE YARD RAMPS FOR TELETRUK DEMONSTRATIONS
When JCB Industrial invited its dealers to Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leicestershire to view updates to its range of JCB Teletruk forklifts, a Thorworld mobile yard ramp was chosen for the live demonstration session.
A JCB spokesperson said: "We parti
Read full story New robot provides straight-forward route to high speed 700Kg payload palletising
FANUC Robotics has launched the latest version of its 410iB series palletising robot with an increased payload capability of 55%. The new FANUC Robotics M410iB/700 arm maintains the high speed capability of the range, 700 cycles per hour, and takes the p
Read full story Train-a-Lift Ltd help the British Antarctic Survey with their mechanical handling equipment safety training
Materials Handling Training specialists Train-a-Lift Ltd, based in Coventry, have been training staff at the British Antarctic Survey(BAS). The logistics staff use handling equipment to load supply ships taking vital supplies to the scientists based in A
Read full story KONECRANES (UK) WIN SEVERN POWER SIEMENS USKMOUTH POWER STATION CONTRACT
East Kilbride overhead crane manufacturer KONECRANES (UK) has won the order for 6 cranes for the 850MW Severn Power Combined Cycle gas turbine plant at Uskmouth near Newport in South Wales.
The order has been placed by Siemens in Erlangen in Germa
Read full story THORWORLD LOADING BAY EQUIPMENT NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS
Faster vehicle loading and unloading with less manhandling is being achieved at Firebox.com as a result of using Thorworld loading bay equipment.
The on-line retailer, which specialises in toys and games for boys of all ages, recently moved to larger
Read full story WHEN IT COMES TO LOADING BAY EQUIPMENT, TRUST EASILIFT TO DELIVER
As one of the foremost loading bay equipment suppliers, Easilift Loading Systems continues to win major contracts from some of Europe's leading companies.
The Kirkburton, Huddersfield-based company, part of the Loading Systems International Group, p
Read full story INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT SOLUTION HELPS LCE OUT OF A TIGHT HOLE
When high-tech logistics company, LCE UK Ltd, was faced with the problem of moving a large cyclotron through a narrow entrance and into a small room at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire, British Turntable’s industrial division provided the solution
Read full story DOUGLAS GILLESPIE PLANT GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Scotland’s leading independent forklift truck specialist, Douglas Gillespie Plant (DGP), is celebrating its 40th year in business this month. The expanding family business, based in Darnley, Glasgow, has customers throughout Scotland in a wide range of in
Read full story DIY Retailer Speeds Up Unloading With Thorworld Dock Leveller
A warehouse operated by DIY retailer In-Excess UK Ltd has been equipped with a Thorworld electro-hydraulic dock leveller to speed up the unloading of containers.
In-Excess UK has four retail stores, plus a garden centre, in the Dorset, Hampshire and Wi
Read full story KONECRANES (UK) WIN ORDER TO SUPPLY SHIPYARD CRANE TO HOLLAND
East Kilbride based overhead crane manufacturer KONECRANES (UK) has won the contract to supply the Schelde Marinebouw shipyard, SE Vlissingen, Holland with a 50 tonne SMD Double Girder crane fitted with two 25 tonne SMD trolleys on a 38.5 metre span.
Read full story KONECRANES (UK) POWERS UP NEARLY £3M OF ENERGY ORDERS
East Kilbride overhead crane manufacturer KONECRANES (UK) has had orders placed for a total of ten cranes valued at £2.967m for 4 Power station projects in the UK, Ireland, Holland and France.
Gamma Power Systems in Turkey have ordered a 105/20 tonne
Read full story MiniTec UK launches new GFK90 flexible link chain conveyor system
New flexible link chain conveyor system is fully compatible with full range of MiniTec machine framing and building components
Basingstoke UK, September 2008: MiniTec UK Ltd has launched a new flexible link chain conveyor system aimed at processing and
Read full story Pine Wood Nematode Outbreak in Portugal
We have learned that following the discovery of a recent outbreak of pine wood nematode in Portugal the EU is proposing to extend ISPM15 regulations to cover the movement of wood and wood packing materials in Europe.
Should this be introduced this
Read full story THORWORLD RAMPS UP ITS MOBILE YARD RAMPS RANGE
Loading and unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries has revamped its market leading mobile yard ramps range in order to fully meet differing customer requirements.
The new Thorworld range now provides customers with the opportunity to selec
Read full story LONG SERVICE AWARD FOR EASILIFT MANAGING DIRECTOR
A presentation has been made to Phil Dinning, Managing Director of leading loading bay equipment supplier Easilift Loading Systems Ltd, to mark his 20 years with the company.
Mr Dinning joined Easilift as a Project Engineer and was later promoted to Te
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