The hand-cast Archie statuettes are modelled on Archimedes, the father of engineeringThe United Kingdom Materials Handling Association (UKMHA) has revealed the shortlist for this year’s Archies Awards, which honour excellence in the industry.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham on September 14, which will be hosted by actress and comedian Sally Phillips.
The shortlisted products and companies are:
Automation Product Innovation of the Year
- EK Robotics’s X Move
- Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe’s Rocla Automated Compact Truck (ACT) AGV
- Rockwell Automation’s OTTO 1200
Dealer Member of the Year
- Bennie Equipment Ltd
- Carryduff Forklift LTD
- Easy Truck Material Handling Ltd
- HFT Forklifts Ltd
- Rushlift Ltd West
- Mercia Fork Truck Service Ltd
Ergonomic Innovation of the Year
- Hubtex UK Ltd’s HUBTEX FluX 45
- Crown’s ESR 1200
- Combilift’s CB70E
Manufacturer Product Innovation of the Year
- Mitsubishi’s Rocla Automated Compact Truck AGV
- Crown’s SP1500
- Combilift’s LC-Blade
Safety Product of the Year
- Baumann Sideloaders’ Safeload Assistance
- Essensium’s Safetrack
- Hubtex UK Ltd’s Aisle Entry Assist
- Toyota Material Handling (UK)’s Toyota SEnS+ Hazard Sensor
- Yale Lift Truck Technologies’ Yale Reliant
Safe Site
- Babcock International Group Plc's Devonport Royal Dockyard
- Edward Billington & Son Ltd
- Molnlycke
Supplier of the Year
- B&B Attachments
- Close Brothers
- Midac UK Ltd
- WB Powersource
Sustainability Award of the Year
- Crown
- Hoppecke Industrial Batteries
- Hubtex
- Intelligent Energy
Training Provider of the Year
- 4KS Forklift Training Ltd
- HFT Forklifts Ltd
- HL Training
- Industrial Training Services Ltd
- Mentor FLT Training Limited
- RTITB Instructor Academy
Apprentice of the Year
- Billy Lumbard from Acclaim Handling
- Joshua Gittins from Carrylift Group
- Dan Allen from Crown Lift Trucks
- Xavier Graham from Crown Lift Trucks
- Jack Batten from Kion Group
- Jack Ducker from Kion Group
- Tom Broadhead from Kion Group
- Harvey Stone from Kridan Handling Ltd
- Jacob Barratt from Toyota Material Handling
- Jimmy Houghton from Toyota Material Handling
- Dominic Walls from Toyota Material Handling
- James Fairhurst from Toyota Material Handling