Pictured with the IMWA Van of the Year Award are Niall Philips, Sales & Marketing Manager of Volkswagen Group Ireland and model Hannah Devane. (Photo: Shane O’Neill/Fennells). The Crafter, with 44 points, finished ahead of the Fiat Ducato EU5 on... (Continue reading)

Pictured receiving the award is Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Hubertus Troska (centre) with Georg Weiberg, Truck Product Engineering, and Gianenrico Griffini, President of the “Truck Of The Year” Jury. Mercedes-Benz in Ireland has welcomed the news that the new Mercedes-Benz... (Continue reading)

Volkswagen has launched its new high-spec Multivan Business – a mobile conference vehicle designed for executives on the move – onto the European market. The spacious rear interior is fitted out with six Nappa leather covered seats, including two Pullman... (Continue reading)

RTITB, the largest forklift truck training accrediting body in the UK and Ireland, and which is recognised by the Health & Safety Authority, has announced that they will be exhibiting at Truckfest Peterborough, to be held on 6-7 May 2012,... (Continue reading)

A barge is moved into a factory by skates with multiple rollers JUNG machinery skates are helping industry to manoeuvre long, heavy vessels into premises that are inaccessible by truck and where there are no lifting facilities. The boat-building sector... (Continue reading)

One-Stop-Shop for protection cover in the forklift sector Five years ago Cork-based MBC Insurance launched the MBC Forklift Protector Insurance facility – designed specifically for people in the forklift truck business. The facility covers the areas of sales, service and... (Continue reading)

County Cavan-based poultry producer Manor Farm has handed management of its forklift pallets to LPR (La Palette Rouge), operator of the Europe’s leading pallet pooling system. The contract will see LPR manage all pallet movements for the company’s production of... (Continue reading)

A new book by management consultant Ron Basu, published by Gower, has just become available – and should be of interest to those in the supply chain sector. Logistics, including the practical business of materials handling, and supply chain management... (Continue reading)

First shown to the public a year ago at the Irish Times Motorshow in the RDS, the battery-powered Renault Kangoo ZE van is now on sale in Ireland. The Kangoo ZE is available from €16,200 – which includes the government... (Continue reading)

photo caption: Ronan Clinton, CEO, Heavey RF (left), with John Mee, Supply Chain Manager, Glanbia Consumer Products …Heavey RF Mobile Voice improves picking accuracy by 600% Glanbia Consumer Products, the largest branded food supplier into the Irish grocery sector and... (Continue reading)