Kimberly-Clark put safety first with A-Safe
A-Safe plastic barriers are helping to maintain the enviable safety record of Kimberly-Clark, world leaders in health and hygiene, at their modern plant in Spain. The Halifax-based company have supplied pedestrian barriers for the 5000 sq metre diaper production hall to separate pedestrian corridors from forklift truck aisles and also to provide protection for high-tech electric cabinets. Safety is a vital consideration in a busy environment like this with around 35 employees working in the hall and 100 personnel on site at any one time.
Parkersteel drawn to Demag magnet cranes
Materials handling specialist, Demag Cranes & Components Ltd, has supplied three Steelmaster crane systems to ParkerSteel, as part of the development of a new 14 acre steel processing and distribution facility at Shoreham Port. ParkerSteel, part of John Parker & Son Ltd, is one of Britain’s largest suppliers of structural beams and columns to the construction industry. The new Shoreham Port facility complements the company’s existing operation at its Canterbury head office and provides additional capacity to meet a sustained increase in demand for its products. The dockside location of the new facility was chosen to allow imported steel to ...
Spirit Boosts its range with Cognex handheld readers
Spirit Data Capture Limited, the independent mobile computing and data capture consultancy, has become a distributor of handheld ID readers from the Cognex Corporation. Cognex - the world’s leading provider of vision systems, software and sensors - has developed the DataMan® range of high performance Direct Part Marking (DPM) scanners. The Dataman readers incorporate Cognex’s award-winning ID code-reading technology and give unparalleled results for DPM applications. They can scan even poorly produced 2D barcodes accurately and reliably. The readers are designed for industrial use and are therefore very rugged – but they are also compact and ergonomic. The Dataman family includes the ...
Hyster celebrates 80 years of success in 2009
In 2009, Hyster marks 80 years in the materials handling business and today is still setting standards in the industry. This ‘birthday’ is a time to reflect on the phenomenal success of the company since it’s beginnings in the North American lumber industry, in 1929; through to its European expansion and development into one of today’s strongest, world leading materials handling suppliers. However, more importantly, the company sees this event as a time to sharpen its focus on its energised plans for the future.
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