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Safeguarding operations: How automation is enhancing forklift and warehouse safety
Shawn Heidlebaugh
3 minute read
Safety First - 20 Jun 2024 (#1184) Shawn Heidlebaugh, the automation sales manager at Concentric, explains the safety benefits of automation in the warehouse
Four tips for proper forklift operation
Andre Marshall
3 minute read
Safety First - 30 May 2024 (#1181) Ahead of National Forklift Safety Day in the United Kingdom and the United States, Bobcat product manager material handling Andre Marshall looks at how implementing daily best practices helps keep everyone safe around forklifts.
Avoiding a hangover in alcohol warehouses
Simon Jones
4 minute read
Your Focus - 2 May 2024 (#1177) Simon Jones, Exotec's senior sales executive for the United Kingdome and Ireland, looks at how warehouse automation can benefit alcohol businesses.
Regular refresher training and monitoring key to operational safety
Stuart Taylor
3 minute read
Safety First - 14 Mar 2024 (#1170) Stuart Taylor is the managing director of Mentor FLT Training Limited, the UK’s leading training provider for all types of materials handling equipment and workplace transport.
The key to true automation – wireless charging
Harold Vanasse
3 minute read
Your Focus - 22 Feb 2024 (#1167) The automated guided vehicles (AGV) industry is becoming increasingly competitive amongst original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with solutions tailored to the needs of warehouses and other material handling operations. But this...
Forklift battery safety for lithium battery technology
Maxim Khabur
3 minute read
Safety First - 1 Feb 2024 (#1164) Maxim Khabur is the director of marketing at OneCharge, a US manufacturer of lithium industrial batteries. He is also chairman of the Advanced Energy Council, representing a group of 20-plus companies, all members of the  Materials Handling Industry Association.
Training for one and all
Stuart Taylor
3 minute read
Safety First - 23 Nov 2023 (#1155) Stuart Taylor is the managing director of Mentor FLT Training Limited, the UK’s leading training provider for all types of materials handling equipment and workplace transport.
Six ways pedestrians can keep safe around forklifts
Stuart Taylor
3 minute read
Safety First - 5 Oct 2023 (#1148) Basic awareness training can significantly reduce the risk of injury to pedestrians, according to Stuart Taylor.
Lithium batteries for forklift rental fleets
Tim Karimov
5 minute read
Your Focus - 28 Sep 2023 (#1147) Tim Karimov, president of OneCharge Lithium Batteries, looks at how the electric forklift business model can benefit from switching to lithium batteries.
Safety culture theme for UKMHA convention
Cameron Burnett
3 minute read
Safety First - 21 Sep 2023 (#1146) In an effort to minimise the number of accidents occurring warehouses and factories, the United Kingdom Material Handling Association (UKMHA), the authoritative body representing the UK material handling sector, is focusing attention on the issue at its National Safety Convention.
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At Linde Material Handling, we appreciate Forkliftaction for its competent and informative reporting and its global perspective. Forkliftaction is one of the few industry media with a transnational readership.

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At Linde Material Handling, we appreciate Forkliftaction for its competent and informative reporting and its global perspective. Forkliftaction is one of the few industry media with a transnational readership.

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