The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is proud to name Demelza as its charity to support in 2024. Demelza delivers extraordinary care to extraordinary children and young people with serious or life-limiting illnesses, and their families, across Kent, South East London and East Sussex – …
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Visit LiftEx in London to innovate your lifting safety and efficiency
LiftEx 2024, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), will take place on 16-17th October 2024 at the new West Hall at Olympia in London. The free-to-attend show is an essential visit for lifting safety professionals and anyone involved in using or procuring …
Sorting out the awkward question of capacity
How can parcel carriers expand capacity when challenged by dwindling labour resources, rising costs and an aging estate of ‘awkward’, regional depots ill-suited to conventional automation? Darcy de Thierry, Managing Director of Ferag UK sets out a way forward. There seems no limit to the growth …
Invar Group achieves four ISO standards
Invar Group, the leading independent software developer and integrator of advanced warehouse automation, announces that it has achieved UKAS accredited certification to four key ISO standards – 9001, 14001, 45001 and 27001. By complying with these four internationally recognised standards, Invar …
Connect with the Australian Lifting Sector at LiftEx Gold Coast
LiftEx Gold Coast takes place on 12-13th September 2024 at the Event Centre, Star Hotel on Australia's Gold Coast. The essential two-day exhibition and conference brings together lifting and height safety equipment suppliers with end-users engaged in operating, inspecting, and testing lifting …
Rushlift GSE supports International Women in Engineering Day
Rushlift GSE, the specialist airport ground support equipment and services provider, celebrates International Women in Engineering Day, 23rd June 2024, by recognising the important role women play in maintaining highly specialised vehicles and support equipment in the aviation …
Smoothing the curve for peak performance
Ecommerce fulfilment is prone to frequent and often dramatic spikes in demand, and this causes retailers significant challenges in the packing area. How can businesses smooth the curve and cope with these peaks when labour resources are so scarce? By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager, Sparck …
Switch to Toyota tow tractor helps Histon Sweet Spreads to be a good neighbour
Histon Sweet Spreads Ltd (part of the Hain Daniels Group) produces some of the country’s best known preserve brands, including such staples of the British breakfast table as Robertson’s ‘Golden Shred’ marmalade and Hartley’s jam. The company’s production facility in Cambridgeshire is in operation …
Manufacturers are leading the way to adopt automated handling technology
With the emergence of increasingly flexible and scalable solutions, more and more manufacturers are choosing to automate their intralogistics processes. There may be no official numbers or industry stats to back-up the theory, but manufacturing companies have always appeared to embrace automated …
