Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Stolen cheques used to procure forklifts
Brian Talbot, of Brisbane forklift dealership Starline Forklifts, has issued a warning to fellow industry dealers, after a man used stolen bank cheques to defraud him of almost $30,000. The fraudster rang Starline Forklifts and, professing to be from Moree, New South Wales, expressed an interest in acquiring two forklifts, which he had picked from [...]
Visy fined for fork lift accident
Visy, the packing firm, have been ordered to pay £112,500 compensation to the Marie Tehan Medical Fund at Melbourne University, following an incident where a fork lift hit a worker. It has led WorkSafe Victoria to issue a warning to businesses across the province that they must, lift their game on traffic management. The case [...]
A day with Hyundai: how manpower and a fork lift transformed a stadium
Citizens Bank Ballpark, home of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, is in a state of flux; it is being transformed into a vast marketing platform for Hyundai, temporarily of course. Blake Kanickij is a project manager, and as he supervises the cleaning of scuff marks, and the unionised laying of a new galvanised rubber floor, [...]
Jungheinrich supply racking and forklifts for Eezehaul’s new premises
Eezehaul is a distribution and storage management firm based in Crawley, which has a stake in the night-time pallet delivery services APC and TPN. The size of Eezehaul means that on average it will manage up to 3000 shipments per day, and the range of services that they offer, including storage, packing, and dispatch, means [...]
Toyota forklifts are world’s number one seller
Toyota Industries Corporation has been announced by Modern Materials Handling magazine as the world’s foremost provider of materials handling equipment. The August edition of the US magazine based the accolade on the company’s global forklift revenue for 2009, which amounted to $4.6 billion, making the Toyota forklift the most popular across the world. Toyota Industries [...]
99p Store chooses Aisle-Master fork lift trucks for new National Distribution Centre
The new 99p Store NDC (National Distribution Centre)has been equipped with an 11 strong fleet of Aisle-Master fork lift trucks, in order to service the growing demand of their regional outlets. The first 99p Store opened in London 9 years, and is now represented by 135 shops across the UK, with the number projected to [...]
Forklift driver in roadside plea for work
Steven Finnegan is a jobseeker who has refused to accept that status, and has taken it upon himself to find work, whatever it may take. The 42 year old is a qualified forklift truck operator, and has been unemployed for six months, and is desperate to land himself a job once more. To this end, [...]
Missing fork lift found using TRACKER
A huge amount of plant vehicles are stolen every year, and 95 percent of them are never recovered. However, new security devices can help increase the odds of recovering a stolen vehicle. This was demonstrated by the use of TRACKER, which led to the recovery of a fork lift that had been stolen from Thurrock [...]
