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July August 2010

Vol. XI Issue 4

News and Features

NEWS ITEMS
Headlines from this month's issue

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Toyota gets Full Approval

CILT calls for job training
How to change a 12-tonne tyre

BT goes on Autopilot
SIMI appoints Ford chief
July_Aug _2010/(4) NILFISK sweeps up
NILFISK sweeps up

editorial

Anselm Aherne

Handling Network Magazine

63 Granitefield

Dun Laoghaire  Co Dublin

Tel: 01-2854004

Mobile: 086-2491043

anselm@eircom.net

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John Mannion

Handling Network Magazine

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Bray  Co Wicklow

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Mobile: 086-1732077

Handling & Storage

  • TOYOTA used forklifts get ‘Full Approval’
  • 50,000th truck celebrated by LINDE in China
  • NISSAN to spin off forklift manufacture
  • CHERY Automobiles to build forklift trucks
  • YALE launches plug ‘n’ charge trucks
  • More books shipped by slipsheets
  • Sirdar still on way up with ATLET
  • ONE STOP HANDLING’s top safety tips
  • Beat the BENDI Challenge online!
  • CROWN is king at Castle Mechanical
  • BITA says forklift market in recovery mode
  • Call for volcanic ash disruption planning
  • Logistics industry suffering acquisition binge
  • LINDE launches new CiTi pallet truck
  • JMC gets new JUNGHEINRICH fleet
  • New safety guide for work platform users
  • The resilience of the Irish Forklift Industry
  • Stacker cranes improve Patheon’s storage
  • HYSTER offers six-high container stacking
  • HOPPECKE rethinks battery management
  • MARIOTTI keeps it compact with Mycros 4
  • Trade Warning: don’t hire cheap trucks!
  • Positive pre-show survey for IMHX
  • ‘Design 4 Safety’ awards scheme
  • AVANT TECNO now offers LPG power
  • How to change a 12-tonne tyre
  • HUBTEX takes the heat at Georg Fischer
  • Halfords picks for Ireland with DEMATIC
  • TGW launches new AS/RS system
  • Acer goes narrow aisle with FLEXI
  • PAYNE demonstrates good turnover
  • Forklift Truck jargon – on a plate
  • Scrappage scheme for weighbridges
  • New KALMAR truck helps clear terminals
  • LSM launch latest KERRUSK baler
  • NILFISK sweeps up with SM 800
  • Hybrid forklifts shown at bauma
  • HEAVEY RF helps Shamrock Foods
  • BELGRAVIUM cool enough for QK
  • Tracking productivity in the warehouse
  • HS&A says get a grip on safety
  • Telehandler safety warning from H&SE
  • Warning on forklift work platforms
  • KNAPP clocks up new successes
  • FLOGAS sponsors Rehab Awards

    TRANSPORTATION
  • AIRBALTIC expands Irish airfreight service
  • Aramex to offer new road freight service
  • Antonov helps with volcanic ash backlog
  • SEATRUCK offers new sea freight service
  • New RANGE ROVER goes 2WD
  • VanRentals.ie gets new M-B Sprinter fleet
  • FORD chief appointed President of SIMI
  • First EV apprenticeship launched
  • Dublin’s OPW gets plugged in
  • Double-deck dock pod speeds loading
  • TRANSLAND’s new low-cost pallet service
  • Hörmann Wheelblocker locks up safety
  • Kilkenny SPCA gets boost from dealer
  • Masternaut sponsors Drive-for-Life award
  • New Ro-Ro for Dublin-Holland route
  • Reynolds Logistics delivers safety message
  • New KUGA fleet for Carlow GP service

REGULAR FEATURES

Safety File
…news & viesw on safety issues

‘Drive 2 Zero’ >
…deliveringthe road safety message direct to motorist

  • Mercedes-Benz in Ireland has praised the ‘Drive 2 Zero’ safety initiative being undertaken by leading oil products distributorsReynolds Logistic
Citing recent figures which highlight the very significant reduction in road deaths that has taken place in Ireland in recent years, Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles sales manager Fergus Conheady pinpointed the Reynolds initiative as one designed to ensure that this progress is maintained.
 
“By its example, the commercial vehicles sector has a major role to play in helping to foster improved levels of road safety,” said Conheady. “In that respect, it’s gratifying to see the priority which Reynolds now attaches to that aspect of their operations. By their example, they have placed focus on a subject which other leading transport operators may now be encouraged to follow.”
 
As a leading commercial vehicles supplier to Reynolds Logistics, Mercedes-Benz looks forward to giving whatever practical support it can towards seeing that the ‘Drive 2 Zero’ programme achieves the highest levels of success.

The Road Safety Authority announced in March this year that it had partnered with Reynolds Logistics to display life-saving road safety messages – printed onto the back of twenty-six tankers in the company’s fleet. The themes covered by the messages include speeding, drink driving, driver fatigue, seatbelt wearing, mobile

‘Just when you thought it was safer to stay out of the lift…’
…New report says elevators may save lives in emergencies

 

  • While common wisdom dictates that we don’t take lifts when evacuating buildings in the event of fire, a new ISO report concludes that lifts may be viable escape options and may save the lives of people who have difficulties using stairs – such as the disabled, the elderly, pregnant women and small children.

“As buildings get taller and larger, determining the extent of these risks becomes more pressing – particularly as lifts can help persons with restricted mobility to evacuate buildings with relative ease,” says Derek Smith, Project Leader of the report: ISO/TR 25743:2010, Lifts (elevators). “In some special cases, depending on the building’s size and design, lifts may significantly reduce evacuation time.” For more information visit www.iso.org/iso

TopClips
… The YouTube video clip corner

  • A selection of our favourite video clips from the web – featuring some remarkable incidents in the Handling & Distribution industry

The GRAHAM ARCHER Column
…The Movers & Shakers of Farmleigh

  • If we poor mortals believe that a wealth of innovative ideas from the recent great ‘Global Irish Economic Forum’ will have companies rushing to equip themselves with new equipment… “Well, don’t count your chickens!” says Graham Archer.

E-Business Toolbox
…what’s new in catalogue-order offerings

  • A selection of some of the more interesting and useful products currently available by email/phone or fax. Products range from new manual handling equipment to hand-held tools.

Business-to-Business
…an advertisers’ showcase

  • Products and services available from Irish suppliers. A service of particular relevance to suppliers, specifiers and users in the handling and distribution industry.

Handling Diary
…a calendar of events

  • Important exhibitions and seminars taking place at home and abroad over the coming twelve months. Dates include event of interest to key personnel in the warehouse & logistics and safety areas.

People
…awards - appointments - franchises

Keep up to date with what’s happening on the handling & distribution scene – with news of personnel moves, new agency appointments and award-winning companies and product

CoffeeBreak
…the Handling Network Prize Crossword

Try your hand at our Prize Crossword Competition – specially devised for those familiar with the nuts and bolts of the handling & distribution sector!