Combined forklift solution enters the race for the IFOY Award
UniCarriers has been nominated for the International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award 2015 with the newly developed TERGO URS. The forklift with swivel reach fork unit is entering the race in the warehouse trucks category. The special feature of the forklift is its high level of flexibility in working use: the TERGO URS can be used both as a rail/induction-guided narrow-aisle truck and as a flexible reach truck, thus combining two truck types in one unit.
The URS from Atlet by UniCarriers is part of the company’s ergonomic TERGO range. Its special construction makes it a hybrid of Very-Narrow-Aisle (VNA) and free-range reach truck. An additional forklift for material feeding therefore becomes unnecessary. Overall, companies benefit from a reduction of up to 30 percent in total cost of operation. The TERGO URS has a maximum lift height of 10.35 metres and can transport loads up to 1.5 tonnes. At the same time, it reaches a top speed of 14.0 km/h. The truck will demonstrate its ability in February in the IFOY Test and the IFOY Innovation Check. The jury will make its decision in March on the basis of the key figures in various categories such as innovation value, technology, cost effectiveness and ergonomics. The winners will be announced on 5th May at the official award presentation at the BMW museum in Munich.
The IFOY Award was born in 2013. The “forklift Oscar” is awarded annually by an international specialist jury for the best industrial trucks and intralogistics solutions in five categories. This year, products and solutions are admitted, which have been launched on the European market since December 2013 and which constitute new developments, development advancements or special models with significant technical modifications.
About UniCarriers
The UniCarriers Group is a global developer and manufacturer of industrial trucks and offers solutions with load capacities from 350 to 10 000 kg. The flexible and individually customisable transport solutions for logistics and warehouses are manufactured at the company’s production facilities in Sweden, Spain, Japan, China and the USA. Distribution is carried out both through specialist retailers and directly to end customers by an experienced team of sales experts. Central buyers are the automotive, construction, electronics, food, logistics and pharmaceutical sectors as well as heavy engineering and the processing industry.
The UniCarriers Group was created in 2011 from the mergers of the brands Nissan Forklift, TCM and Atlet. Today, the company is headquartered in Tokyo with branches in Europe, America and Asia. Its European headquarters are located in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf. In the 2013 financial year, the Group employed 5208 people worldwide and achieved a turnover of 1.314 billion euros.
UK Contact
Lindsay Pocock – UniCarriers UK Ltd
Jane Morbey Road – Oxon – OX9 3RR
T: 01844 215501
E-Mail : lindsay.pocock@unicarrierseurope.com
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