A forklift truck is basically a transportation device with a mast and forks at the front and a counterweight at the back. There are many different options available but the handling device essentially stays the same. Gian Schiava explores the variety of forklift attachments that cater for specific...
Christmas is fast approaching and if you haven’t done so already now is the time for making a list - and checking it twice! For warehouse managers and anyone involved in logistics or materials handling that means ticking off all the preparations needed to cope with peak seasonal demand. Cat® Lift...
With its new NOL10P second-level order picker, Cat® Lift Trucks has expanded the scope for improving their customers’ efficiency and productivity in picking operations. A choice of configurations, including different rising platform heights, also enables them to match the lift truck to meet their...
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...
Celebrating our company’s 25th anniversary with Special Edition Lift Trucks and Warehouse Equipment We celebrate our silver anniversary by shipping several 25 Years Special Edition Cat® warehouse and forklift trucks from our factories in Järvenpää and Dalian. It’s already 25 years since Cat® Lift...
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...
