Fork truck industry optimistic that IMHX is timed right for recovery
The UK’s forklift industry is welcoming signs that the economy will improve later this year.
After months of doom and gloom in the UK’s media, the end of January saw headlines proclaiming that the country was officially out of recession. According to the recently published annual Plimsoll Report, the UK’s buffeted forklift market is slowly emerging from the turmoil. With the material handling industry’s leading exhibition, IMHX, having been voted by exhibitors last summer to move from March to November 2010, companies participating in the show look set to capitalise on the improving economic climate.
Lofting and Fritzsche collect FLTA gongs
The 2010 FLTA Awards for Excellence took place at its annual dinner & dance, and Albury Asset Rentals' Kevin Lofting and Jungheinrich's Günter Fritzsche each received recognition of their service to the industry.
Kevin Lofting, who retired from Albury at the end of last year, founded Albury Asset Rentals, and helmed it through thick and thin to become the leading force it is today in the world of capital equipment financing. He was also the first man (in 1994) to step forward and sponsor the inaugural FLTA Awards, so it is fitting that he himself should walk off with the FLTA Lifetime Achievement Award - the highest honour the materials handling industry can bestow - at the end of his career.
ShD e-auction deadline approaches
The latest ShD Materials Handling Auction in due to close on Wednesday 3rd March at 14.00GMT. Potential bidders are being asked to visit the dedicated GoIndustry DoveBid auction website to register their interest in the sale.
The sale features a variety of surplus materials handling equipment from verified sellers, including counterbalance electric forklifts from Daewoo, Nissan, Lansing Linde, Hyster, Yale, TCM & OM Pimespo, and a Boss diesel counterbalance.LPG variants from Bendi, Caterpillar, Yale, Clark, Hyster & OM Pimespo also feature in the sale.
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The inaugural Logistics Strategy survey will take the temperature of our industry at a time when its health has been threatened. We will take the findings and debate them with an exclusive invited group of industry leaders, and present the issues, concerns and ideas to the main political parties ahead of the General Election.
IMHX to showcase innovative FMCG solutions
The International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) will take place at the NEC from 16-19 November. Held only once every three years, it is a must-see event for logistics professionals. IMHX traditionally draws thousands of visitors from the retail and FMCG sectors, giving them the opportunity to see handling and storage products and services from over 300 exhibitors – all under one roof.
Independent management consultancy Total Logistics (stand 19L72) specialises in all aspects of commercial supply chains. Leading FMCG companies – including Nestlé, Adidas, Unilever and Argos – have turned to the company for highly efficient, practical and robust solutions to their supply chain issues, from strategy definition to implementation and project management. Following a successful project for TK Maxx, Total Logistics designed a revised European supply chain strategy for its parent company TJX Group, enabling expansion whilst delivering cost savings of more than 15%. In the most recent of many projects completed for Asda, Total Logistics devised a distribution infrastructure capable of supporting projected business volumes to 2020. The company’s recommendations to another major supermarket chain, following a sustained period of growth, led to an increase in the grocer’s site capacity of 20% and resulted in the changes being rolled out across its distribution network as best practice.
Innovative ideas for the food & drink sector at IMHX 2010
The International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX), which takes place at the NEC from 16-19 November, is a must-see event for everyone with logistics responsibility.
Held only once every three years, IMHX is the undisputed leader in UK logistics events, giving visitors from diverse industries the opportunity to see thousands of handling and storage solutions from over 300 exhibitors, all under one roof. One of the key sectors whose executives can benefit from a visit to IMHX 2010 is the food & drink industry.
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