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The latest 4 to 5 tonne electric counterbalance range from Cat® Lift Trucks has been designed to offer a very efficient and cost-effective alternative in situations that would normally require an IC engine truck. Power and economy While the power of the Cat® EP40-50(C)(S)2 range is impressive,...

While much attention is given to expensive and often highly sophisticated material handling, storage and transport equipment, a supply chain’s efficiency and profitability can be jeopardised by something as simple as using the wrong pallets. Mark Nicholson takes a look at the issues involved...

Lift truck safety is a complex and multifaceted combination of training, established company procedures and continuous supervision, in which the skills and ability of the supervisor are critical. How much of this is innate capability, how much can be taught, and how can good companies improve their...

As many as a quarter of all accidents involving road freight vehicles result from poor load security. Keeping loads secure is a huge subject, on which a number of large regulatory and advisory documents have been written. To understand it all fully you must be prepared to do a lot of reading and...

In eureka 14 and 17 we described the Team Antarctica’s mission to build a solar powered vehicle for their epic Antarctic journey, and how Cat® Lift Trucks supported the project by helping them to do some serious testing under winter conditions in Finland. Unfortunately the team was not ready in time...

When buying any piece of equipment, sensible customers will consider not only whether it works well today but whether it will continue to work well in the future. In other words, they are looking for quality. Mark Nicholson has been speaking to the Directors at Cat® Lift Trucks’ production facility...

Lift trucks operate in all kinds of environments. In operations where they unload just two lorries a week they can, as you may imagine, last for decades. But how do they operate in extreme environments where demands are high? Any additional services to encourage customers to invest? Gian Schiava...

Logistic managers do not have an easy job nowadays. As companies struggle to reach their desired sales figures, the pressure is on their logistic managers to keep the costs down. At the same time, productivity and performance need to improve. eureka looks at some useful tools to help reduce costs in...

As more and more of our daily transactions and communications take place online and by smart phone, logistics companies are facing a stark choice – adapt or die. Gay Sutton looks at some of the newly emerging logistics models and asks, are the rest evolving quickly enough? A new report from Barclays...

At recent materials handling exhibitions like Logistica (Netherlands) and Manutention (France), the number of suppliers providing automated warehouse solutions has increased significantly. Will the warehouse of the future become a high tech building with hardly a human to be seen? Gian Schiava digs...