Sustainability has become a priority for companies worldwide, with manufacturers looking for practical ways to reduce emissions without compromising productivity. “Green” is no longer just a colour: it has now turned into a symbol as companies strive to demonstrate their commitment to more environmentally responsible practices.
As companies continue to invest in more environmentally friendly technologies, electric forklifts play an important role in advancing sustainability within the logistics, manufacturing, construction, and warehousing industries.
Combilift has made sustainability central to its product development, with 98% of its R&D focused on energy-efficient and electric-powered equipment. Today, more than 70% of its production is electric. CEO and Co-Founder Martin McVicar explains: “Sustainability is at our core – we’re highly focused on making our vehicles more environmentally friendly and helping our customers maximise their warehouse efficiency.”
Expanding the Electric Range
Combilift’s commitment to expanding its electric range continues, with the company’s most recent product launches all being fully electric models. These new additions are designed to meet the growing demands of material handling operations, delivering the power required to handle heavier, longer loads while supporting space-saving operations and sustainable warehouses and yards.
Martin McVicar highlighted: “Almost every model in our extensive range of products is now available with electric power. The ever-increasing lift capacities will answer the demand for more powerful products, which at the same time help companies to achieve their aims for more sustainable operations.”
A standout example is the multidirectional Combi-CB70E, the world’s most compact 7-tonne multidirectional counterbalance forklift. Its compact footprint and sideways capability make it ideal for transporting long and bulky loads, such as timber panels or steel beams, through narrow aisles and confined spaces while maximising warehouse storage, a task that is challenging with traditional forklifts.
Another of Combilift’s latest additions is the Combi-FSE 8000, an 8-tonne four-wheel electric sideloader, ideal for handling structural timber, packs of sawn wood, steel and other long products in confined indoor or outdoor environments. Its optimised under-deck battery placement improves visibility, balance and battery changeovers, making it well suited to multi-shift operations.
Sustainability Is More Than Electrification
Benefits of using electric forklifts go beyond lowering emissions. They offer additional operational advantages such as improved indoor air quality, lower operating and maintenance costs, and significantly quieter operation. These benefits contribute to a healthier working environment without compromising performance or productivity.
However, sustainability is about more than electrification. Making better use of existing warehouse space can have an equally significant environmental impact.
By enabling narrower aisle operation and higher racking, Combilift’s innovative forklifts help customers maximise existing facilities, eliminating the need for costly and carbon-intensive warehouse extensions or relocations. Reduced building footprints also lower energy consumption for heating, cooling and lighting while shortening travel distances throughout the companies’ facilities.
Martin McVicar emphasises this point: “We have always viewed Combilift as more than just a designer and manufacturer of forklifts and other handling solutions. Space is one of the most valuable assets our customers possess, and if our trucks can help them improve storage density, then everyone benefits.”
Combilift also offers a complimentary warehouse design and layout service. Its team of very experienced design engineers demonstrates how space can be configured to optimise storage capacity according to the capabilities of Combilift’s products. In some applications, available storage space can be increased by up to 50%.
With nearly three decades of expertise and over 100,000 machines in operation worldwide, Combilift continues to drive lifting innovation, helping businesses build safer, more productive and more sustainable operations through electrification and intelligent space optimisation.
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