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The Norwegian clothing manufacturer Helly Hansen has renewed a large part of its fleet at the European distribution center in Born, the Netherlands. The fleet was modernized in collaboration with Unicarriers.
read more...Accidents with and caused by pedestrian-controlled forklifts in the workplace often result in serious injuries, sometimes even fatalities. The causes are often restricted visibility due to the load, carelessness or moments of surprise.
read more...Potato freezer specialist Agrarfrost is now using electric drives for all its industrial trucks. The entire fleet of more than 70 forklift trucks and warehouse trucks will be replaced by electric vehicles with lithium-ion technology.
read more...As part of a practical student project with the ESB Business School's Learning Factory, Becos is developing a digital store floor management system that works autonomously. Production data, environmental influences and human needs are taken into account.
read more...Still has renewed its EXV-CB high lift pallet truck with counterweight and cantilever forks and expanded the series. Thanks to adjustable forks, all load carriers can be picked up and transported, for example closed plastic pallets as well as one-way cardboard pallets.
read more...A combination of forklift trucks and narrow aisle widths has led to better utilization of the storage space at the Arzberg site of Rudolf and Robert Houdek. The company, headquartered in Starnberg, is one of the 20 largest meat processing companies in Germany.
read more...Unicarriers has introduced a new low-lift order picker. The manufacturer is initially offering the four models OLP, OEP, OLH and OEH in the new O-series - order pickers with and without a lifting platform and Ergolift.
read more...TGW is building a highly automated shuttle warehouse on Lake Lucerne for coffee machine specialist Thermoplan, which is due to go into operation in February 2020. Thermoplan CEO Adrian Steiner talks about the reasons for automation and the role ergonomics play in the design of the picking workstations.
read more...Transferring and stacking boxes and containers with the KSL80 box stacker from Sontech is designed to relieve staff of heavy lifting and increase efficiency.
read more...Steute's Wireless division has developed Nexy, a wireless network solution that transmits sensor data to the Internet of Things or other higher-level IT systems.
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