A Mitsubishi forklift working at Oran's material recycling facility.

UK waste management company Oran's top concern was productivity when it upgraded its forklift fleet.

Jim McLeary, Oran's material recycling facility manager, says forklift specialist Douglas Gillespie Plant (DGP) of Glasgow, Scotland met its requirements with the FD15-35N Mitsubishi forklift series.

"When embarking on our new relationship with DGP, we sought flexibility, product knowledge and a high quality service. DGP delivered a fantastic package, meeting our needs and providing us with two Mitsubishi FD25Ns and two FD30Ns," he says.

The waste company delivers a closed-loop service including material collection, recovery and recycling, liquid waste processing, beneficial recycling to land, landfill diversion activities and waste to energy conversion.

Brian Docherty, a DGP sales manager, says Oran needed a forklift that would operate reliably over long shifts and load over 3,000 tons of baled paper and plastic waste each month.

Oran initially took one forklift followed by three more. Two of the forklifts have been fitted with special attachments - a rotating grab-fork and a bale clamp - to enable the effective and efficient operations at the company.

McLeary says Oran is pleased with its new forklifts.

"We needed robust trucks that were able to deploy sophisticated attachments under intensive working conditions, driving up and down ramps to load and unload lorries. The Mitsubishi forklifts work around the clock and we haven't lost any operational time to breakdowns."

"Our drivers really appreciate the simplicity, comfort and low maintenance requirements of these trucks," he says.