Built to provide an excellent user experience, highly productive performance and a low total cost of ownership, these agile 1.2 and 1.5 tonne trucks are ideal for many applications. Last year, Cat Lift Trucks introduced innovative products ranging from feature-packed order pickers for all needs...
The Cat® EP14-20A(C)N(T) 48V, developed and built at the manufacturer’s Järvenpää site in Finland, is a revolutionary electric forklift. Featuring unique 360° steering, it has been designed to satisfy the driver’s wishes and needs completely. This year a record total of 5500 products from 55...
The potential of unmanned vehicles in logistics and warehouse management has been talked up a lot in recent years, but what is the reality? Ruari McCallion has sent out scouts. If the stories had turned out to be true and the reality had matched the enthusiasm, our skies by now would have been...
Mark Nicholson Of all the processes in a warehouse operation,order picking is often the most expensive in terms of employee time. Mark Nicholson looks at some time-saving advances in scanning technology and order picker truck design which promise improved profits through faster work flow. For...
Cat® Lift Trucks has described its new range of 1.4 to 2.0 tonne 48V electric counterbalance trucks as the automatic choice for agile performance in tight spaces. Compact, highly manoeuvrable, and packed with intelligent control systems, their behaviour automatically adapts to drivers’ wishes and...
Optimum use of energy has been the designers’ focus in developing the new NO-N2 range of low-level order pickers from Cat® Lift Trucks. As well as delivering the best energy efficiency in the market, this warehouse equipment is designed to energise drivers by reducing fatigue and boosting every...
The versatile all-new N2 generation of multi-way reach trucks from Cat® Lift Trucks has been announced as a Safety Award Finalist in the FLTA Awards for Excellence. A panel of expert judges from the industry will examine the shortlisted entries in each category over the coming months. Winners will...
With its all-new N2 generation of multi-way reach trucks, Cat® Lift Trucks has raised the bar for flexibility in multi-directional travel. Non-stop mobility in every direction In addition to forward/backward, sideways, diagonal and rotational motion, the new NRM20N2 and NRM25N2 models now have two...
by Ruari McCallion The UK’s decision to leave the EU has generated uncertainty across Europe. Ruari McCallion tries to firm things up a little. The UK’s Referendum vote to leave the EU was unexpected, to say the least, and generated quite a lot of uncertainty, which is something that business...
By Gian Schiava Before deciding how to shape a materials handling operation, companies need to consider where to build their new warehouse. E-commerce has revolutionised the game, and supply chains and markets are undergoing serious changes. Gian Schiava explores several recent surveys and helps us...
