Our partners in heavy lifting, Kalmar, have launched a completely new range of forklifts that deliver the build quality, high availability and excellent safety that Kalmar forklifts are known for at a highly competitive price.
The Kalmar Essential Range is based on the company’s proven platform, featuring an easy-maintenance electrical system, common driver interface, high-quality components and a highly stable and durable chassis.
The new Essential cabin improves driver comfort and safety with excellent all-round visibility, power steering and easy lift operation as well as non-slip stairs and handrails. Its compatibility with Kalmar SmartFleet, a powerful equipment monitoring and optimisation tool that makes it easy to analyse performance data, enables users to further improve efficiency and productivity.
Known for performance and adaptability in a diverse range of demanding applications including container, steel and wood handling, Kalmar forklifts have a strong reputation among Windsor Materials Handling customers. This includes the busy Hull terminal of Thor Shipping and Transport, who depend on a fleet of three Kalmar forklifts, up to 33 tonnes in capacity.
The new Essential range comprises 12 models with capacities ranging from 10 to 18 tons that can be customised with a variety of power, mast, cabin and safety options. Complementing Kalmar’s current range of medium-sized forklifts, the latest range provides a value based choice designed to exceed customer expectations.
The new range was introduced to the European market on 20 June 2017, during Kalmar Mobile Equipment Sales Conference in Lidhult, Sweden.
Believe it or not, we’ve been delivering materials handling solutions for over 40 years, and this year we’re also celebrating our tenth year way up high!
How it all began: The JLG Story
John Landis Grove formed a partnership with two close friends and bought a small metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. With a crew of 20 work-ers, they built and sold the first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. Many of the basic design elements of that orig-inal lift are still being incorporated into products today.
A legal imperative
Grove actually founded JLG Industries after his retirement (from his first business, Grove Industries). In 1979, the company opened a facility to produce and assemble scissor lifts. In less than 3 decades, the equipment went from R&D to a legal necessity, playing a vital part of the Work At Height Act 2005.
Reaching new heights
JLG became in 2006 part of Oshkosh Corporation. The first scissor lifts had a platform mounted on a scissor-like mechanism and could extend up to 30 feet. By 2016, JLG had launched the 150-ft platform height 1500AJP, its tallest and farthest-reaching articulating boom lift ever.
Access Anniversary
“Like much of our business, it started with customer requirements,” says Windsor MD, Jonathan Burton. Celebrating 10 years of sup-plying access equipment, thoughts have naturally turned to how things have changed, and how quickly the time has gone. “As we looked into it, we saw that we were able offer a great service and add a string to our bow. Now we have customers that know us primarily for access,” adds Jonathan. With the hire fleet also increasing year-on-year, the number of access customers is also at a high. “We’ve had great success. After a decade, we’re still innovating with hire terms, rates and ways of doing business. It’s the Windsor way!”
With the EPM 100 and the EPH 125, UniCarriers is launching two more models from its completely revised picking range into the market.
These new machines complete the order picker family, including a new EPL 100 introduced in January 2016.
With solutions for low, medium and extra high pick heights, productivity in today’s fast order and overnight delivery sectors can remain high.
Thanks also to their ergonomic driver cabs and advanced safety systems, the order pickers present an ideal workstation for efficient picking processes.
Equipped with 48-volt, high-performance motors and pick heights up to 12,100 mm, the EPH is the perfect solution for intensive operations.
This truck can operate with loads up to 1,250 kg and achieves a top speed of 12 km/h. Designed for picking heights up to 9,850 mm, the 24V EPM can reach a maximum speed of 11 km/h while carrying a load of 1,000 kg.
These new order pickers feature a stable, completely re-designed chassis. The modern cab design includes controls that can be adjusted to the height and position of each driver’s individual requirements.
The EPM and EPH are optionally available with operating controls on both the mast and fork sides to ensure maximum productivity and ergonomic design.
For safety reasons, the order pickers may only move if there is a driver in the cab – all models are fitted with a full floor covering sensor on the driver’s cab platform. There’s also no need to activate a hand or foot pedal to start the vehicle.
By being free to stand comfortably, operators are not restricted to a position dictated by having to depress a deadman button. At higher stack levels, the user is protected by the side guard gates, which must be closed from a height of 1.2 metres. If not, the machine will not function.
Featured as standard, the built-in on-board computer provides rapid access to all vehicle settings and manages the authorised drivers’ login details and user profiles.
