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Stuart Taylor

3 minute read

Training for one and all

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.

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Six ways pedestrians can keep safe around forklifts

Stuart Taylor

3 minute read

Six ways pedestrians can keep safe around forklifts

Safety First - 5 Oct 2023 (#1148) Basic awareness training can significantly reduce the risk of injury to pedestrians, according to Stuart Taylor.

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Lithium batteries for forklift rental fleets

Tim Karimov

5 minute read

Lithium batteries for forklift rental fleets

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.

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Safety culture theme for UKMHA convention

Cameron Burnett

3 minute read

Safety culture theme for UKMHA convention

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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The electrification of the forklift industry

Rod Dayrit

5 minute read

The electrification of the forklift industry

Your Focus - 17 Aug 2023 (#1141) Rod Dayrit, the director of business development for the United States at Delta-Q Technologies, talks through five trends emerging as the forklift industry goes electric.

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How to keep new starters safe during seasonal peaks

Stuart Taylor

4 minute read

How to keep new starters safe during seasonal peaks

Safety First - 10 Aug 2023 (#1140) 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.

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Nicola Tomatis

5 minute read

How autonomous robots are managed

Your Focus - 27 Jul 2023 (#1138) Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are rapidly becoming a mainstay in many warehouses and production sites. But they do not work in isolation. In addition to...

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Repurposing lithium forklift batteries to reduce waste

Maxim Khabur

5 minute read

Repurposing lithium forklift batteries to reduce waste

Your Focus - 13 Jul 2023 (#1136) Maxim Khabur, director of marketing at OneCharge and chairman of the Advanced Energy Council, tells the story of a forklift battery who found a second life in a Phoenix park solar array.

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