Temporary structures represent a viable and highly cost-efficient solution for many firms who find that they have outgrown their existing storage units, says John Maguire, commercial director of intralogistics solutions specialist Narrow Aisle and a former chairman of the leading logistics trade …
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Covers Timber and Builders Merchants looks to the future with Doosan electric trucks
Covers is a family owned timber and builders merchants operating a network of thirteen branch locations across the South of England. With a history that stretches back over 170 years the business has a long-established reputation for service, reliably supplying its customers with essential building …
Leading logistics exhibition appoints PR specialists
Informa PLC, the leading business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group, has appointed AMA PR to handle public relations activity for 2019’s International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2019). A tri-annual event, IMHX is the largest and longest running exhibition in …
Buildbase goes for Doosan serviceability
Buildbase is one of the UK’s fastest growing builders merchants with more than 165 branches nationwide. Excellence in customer service, with high product availability and fast delivery, is a corner stone of the company’s business strategy. In the building merchants sector that means having the …
How to avoid the particulate filter blues
How many owners of diesel forklift trucks purchased within the last few years are fed-up with the hassle, cost and downtime of running the regeneration cycle on their diesel particulate filters (DPF) every 25 hours or so? If you’re one of them, you’re not alone, there are a great many out there, and …
UKWA and FLTA work together to raise safety standards
The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has announced new reciprocal membership arrangements with the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA). As a Partnership member of FLTA, UKWA now offers its members additional benefits as both associations strive to raise standards in the materials …
Doosan leads the way with materials handling safety
Every organisation has a responsibility to maintain a safe working environment – failure to do so can have dire legal consequences for the business and its directors. Shockingly, statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that 24% of all workplace transport injuries in the …
Huws Gray builds service excellence on Doosan stamina
Huws Gray is the largest independent builders merchant in Wales and the north-west of England with over 70 operating sites and trading branches. Established on Anglesey in 1990, the business has grown rapidly and now has a branch network that stretches from Hay-on-Wye in South Powys to Bolton in the …
Space saving pallet storage solutions on show at IntraLogisteX 2017
UK-based materials handling technology specialist, Narrow Aisle Ltd, will highlight products and systems from its extensive range of intralogistics solutions at IntraLogisteX 2017 (Ricoh Arena, Coventry, March 15-16). Among the systems on show will be the FlexiPiCK, a layer quantity customer …
