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Speed without compromise: balancing speed & safety in forklift design
Materials handling teams often treat speed as the ultimate metric. And it's easy to see why.
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From aisles to algorithms: how e-commerce is redefining materials handling equipment and operations
Rapid e-commerce growth is transforming the retail landscape. It’s no longer a steady and predictable supply chain moving full pallets from manufacturers to stores.
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What’s driving your forklift circular economy?
Your usage, diagnostics and servicing data hold the keys to keeping your forklift - and its parts - running longer.
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Are your forklift drivers happy and proud?
Your lift truck operators’ performance has a huge effect on the productivity of your business. So let’s not take them for granted. Here we offer some tips on boosting operational efficiency by maximising your forklift drivers’ motivation.
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Maximise your lift trucks’ whole-life economy and sustainability
Would you like to use your forklifts more efficiently and economically, while reducing their environmental impacts? Your strategy should consider circular forklift life and forklift lifecycle thinking.
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User-friendly forklifts mean faster materials handling
How can a lift truck maximise your operator’s performance? The answer lies largely in its ergonomics. Ergonomic design helps the operator to work more efficiently and productively.
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Forklift digitalisation
Digitalisation is a key focus for Cat® Lift Trucks and its partners. It transforms forklifts into intelligent, connected assets that improve productivity, safety, uptime, sustainability and long term competitiveness.
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A career with forklifts
Lift trucks are crucial to feeding the supply chains on which modern life depends. A wide variety of job roles connect with forklifts in some way.
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Follow forklift trends for lower TCO
To make real savings, you need to look beyond the price of your forklifts and consider their total cost of operation (TCO). Thankfully, most if not all trends in forklift development are reducing TCO.
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A year of celebrations! - Cat® Lift Trucks highlights milestones in its story of success
November 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of Cat Lift Trucks. It was in 1965 that the Caterpillar Tractor Company became owner of the pioneering Towmotor Corporation.
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A picture paints a thousand words...
A picture paints a thousand words – that’s why we often summarise our advice in infographics. Here are links to the infographic summaries we’ve prepared on safety, efficiency, technology and industry topics.
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Optional extras for forklift perfection
Choosing the right options can turn a great lift truck into the perfect one for your business. After all, every application, operation and user is different.
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Warehouse automation
How far should you go? What would be the ideal combination of automated and non-automated processes in your warehousing operation? We delve into the topic of ‘optimal automation’.
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Forklift battery safety
Are lead-acid and lithium-ion forklift batteries safe? Yes, as long as you use them correctly. Our guide summarises the key safety issues and precautions.
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Perfection in forklift motion
How can you move and handle goods faster, without bumps and breakages? Improving forklift manoeuvrability and control is the key.
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Construction industry materials handling
What can Cat® Lift Trucks and its dealers do for the building industry? If you’re in the business of producing, supplying or using construction materials, we can solve your handling challenges.
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Avoid used forklift pitfalls
A used forklift can be rewarding investment – as long as you pick the right one. Find out how Cat® Lift Trucks and its dealers take the worry out of pre-owned materials handling equipment.
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Warehouse workforce health
Your employees are your greatest assets. Healthy and happy workers are more productive and more likely to stay with your company – here is our advice on maximising their mental and physical health.
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Innovations from Cat® Lift Trucks in 2024
As the new year begins, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on the events of 2024. At Cat® Lift Trucks, it was another busy year. The company launched a variety of new forklift models, complementing its…
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Forklift power sources
The optimum forklift power source for your application depends on your operational needs and circumstances. Cat® lift truck dealers will guide you to the ideal type, model and configuration from our extensive range.
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Cat® lift trucks for timber and related applications
How can Cat® Lift Trucks and its dealers help the wood, timber and lumber industry? Whether you’re handling raw logs, processed timber, finished wooden goods, or by-products, we have solutions to your challenges.
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Cut consumption – cut costs
Environmental sustainability is largely about reducing consumption – and often that saves money. Follow our advice to benefit your materials handling business as well as the planet.
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Safety in materials handling
What can you do to minimise lift truck accidents? In this article we first reinforce the fundamental principles. We then point you to further clear guidance for a deeper understanding of the risks and solutions.
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A life in logistics - Looking back and forward at careers with forklifts
What’s it like working in the world of forklift trucks, materials handling, warehousing and logistics? How has it changed over the years – and what does the future hold?
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Don’t underestimate the importance of small warehouse trucks
How careful are you in choosing your smallest warehouse trucks? We’re here to say that their quality affects your business, whatever their size and type.
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Summer workers and forklifts
The summer influx of seasonal workers brings our industries a great opportunity. Let’s make the most of it by handling those recruits with care.
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Maximise every electric forklift advantage
Have you switched yet from diesel or LPG to electric counterbalance forklifts? Or are you still thinking about it? Either way, Cat® Lift Trucks has some important advice to help in choosing your next forklift.
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Solutions to heavy lifting challenges from Cat® Lift Trucks
When you have heavy loads to handle, what should you look for in a forklift truck? Cat® Lift Trucks summarises the essential qualities of high-capacity counterbalance forklifts.
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How to keep your warehouse staff safe over the summer
With higher temperatures and more temporary staff on the ground, summer is a time to take extra special care of your warehouse staff.
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Double-deep warehouse solutions
Would you like to make fuller use of your warehouse space? Without making a major investment in highly specialised VNA (very narrow aisle) equipment?
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Everyone wins with Cat® Lift Trucks and its common component strategy
How can you minimise the costs arising from forklift downtime? At Cat® Lift Trucks we have the answer, with our common component strategy and industry-leading first-time fix rate (FTFR).
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Do IC engine forklifts have a future?
Within the last 20 years IC engine counterbalance forklifts have lost their dominance in western Europe’s market – yet diesel and LPG trucks still have much to contribute.
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Design and technology trends in materials handling equipment
Cat® Lift Trucks looks at the key challenges and solutions shaping modern forklift development.
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Forklifts in the snow
Winter’s snow, ice and rain create extra hazards for forklift truck drivers working outdoors. Today we offer some advice from Cat Lift Trucks on operating safely in slippery conditions. We also highlight an important anti-slip function on Cat® electric counterbalance trucks.
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Another busy year - Non-stop innovation from Cat® Lift Trucks
Cat® Lift Trucks continues to introduce new and innovative products at a remarkable rate. Here is a quick summary of the key products added in 2023 and the European launches of 2021 and 2022.
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Lift truck daily checks
Daily checks are vital to profitability and safety in businesses using lift trucks. To gain full advantage from them, you need to ‘think before you tick’.
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Cat® Lift Trucks steps up its warehouse support
Non-stop product development is reinforcing the position of Cat® Lift Trucks in the warehouse equipment segment. Over the last three years, new products, innovations, and upgrades have been introduced at unprecedented rates.
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What can the class-leading Cat® emPower tiller head do for you?
Question: Why does it matter that the Cat® emPower tiller head is the most ergonomic on the market?
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Choose bigger profits and switch to Cat® electric lift trucks
Replacing your small electric counterbalance forklifts, or moving from diesel or LPG lift trucks to electrics? Either way, this is a golden opportunity to increase your profits. With the right lift truck choice, your operation will cost less and achieve more.
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Tiller steering system choice
How does the steering system on a tiller-operated truck affect your productivity and profits? Cat® Lift Trucks compares the advantages of three different tiller steering types offered in its warehouse range.
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Check it or regret it - Take care with forklift daily checks
Daily or pre-shift lift truck checks are all about avoiding tragedy and expense. Cat® Lift Trucks offers practical advice on this, to keep your operation safe and profitable.
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The importance of options in forklift specification
Choosing the right options can turn a great lift truck into the perfect one for your business. After all, every application, operation and user is different.
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Why choose a stacker?
Would you like to pay less for your lift truck, make fuller use of your warehouse space and gain versatility? These are all good reasons to choose a stacker – but which type suits your application best?
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How can you be sure? Choose your forklift service provider with care
Is the company offering you parts, servicing or repairs for your Cat® lift trucks a ‘genuine’ supplier? How can you be sure? And why does it matter?
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How to combat lift truck operators’ aches, pains and more
Aches, pains, stress and fatigue caused by poor operating practices when using forklift trucks are very bad for business. Why should we all take them more seriously? How do they arise? And what can we do to avoid them?
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Cat® Lift Trucks highlights the key themes for 2023
Having survived the effects of Covid, materials handling, warehousing and logistics businesses are recovering and investing in growth. Cat® Lift Trucks offers a view on how materials handling will change in 2023.
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Cost-cutting ideas in warehousing and materials handling
As fuel and electricity prices soar, the incentive to reduce energy consumption grows ever stronger. For businesses using forklifts, Cat® Lift Trucks offers practical energy-saving suggestions.
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The importance of user experience in forklift truck design
How do the trucks in your forklift fleet make your drivers feel? We look at the qualities of a lift truck that make it a pleasure to operate.
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How can you cut the cost of your lift trucks?
Choosing forklifts with a lower purchase, lease or rental price might seem the obvious answer. But what about the many other expenses involved in operating them?
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Warehouse workwear technology
Many items worn at work are part of the employees’ PPE (personal protective equipment), whose safety value is obvious. But clothes must also meet other needs.
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How to speed up materials handling
How do some trucks get the work done much faster than others?
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Why materials handling matters
Almost everything we buy or use has been on the forks of a lift truck at some point. Our lives would be very different if forklifts didn’t exist. Let’s take a closer look at why these machines and their efficient use in materials handling are so important.
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Why our global outlook benefits local customers
For Cat® Lift Trucks, operating a network of factories across the world is not just about bringing production close to each regional market. The greatest benefit of its global structure is the way these materials handling facilities work together to create the best possible solutions for every customer.
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Beauty handled with care: the delicate logistics of cut flower supply
Whether we buy them to show our feelings for someone special, or simply to brighten our surroundings, flowers bring joy into our world. But do we appreciate the huge challenges posed by flower logistics?
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Switch on to better health and safety
Forklift trucks are becoming smarter – but never as smart as the person behind the wheel. Find out what an electric forklift truck can do to keep your workforce healthy and safe.
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Benefits of the 5S Model in Warehouse Management
A warehouse is a hectic place at the best of times, with lots of people, vehicles and equipment constantly on the go. The 5S model helps keep it clean, well organised and efficient.
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The advantages of Lithium-ion batteries for your electric forklifts
Lead-acid batteries have been around for about 140 years, but now they have strong competition from modern Li-ion technology. Here’s a look at what lithium-ion batteries have to offer your electric forklifts.
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Trends in logistics and materials handling for 2022
In 2021 we saw several trends for the materials handling and logistics industry accelerate in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic changing people’s lifestyles and shopping habits, as well as an increasing spotlight on environmental issues.
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Forklift truck users - be prepared and stay safe this winter
As winter sets in and we face harsher and wetter operating conditions, materials handling professionals may experience additional safety challenges that must be addressed.
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Very narrow aisle (VNA) applications: Everything you need to know
VNA applications are known for their narrow stacking aisles, but they have many more benefits. Here are the factors you should consider before choosing a very narrow aisle solution.
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Cat® Lift Trucks flag was raised to Europe's highest point!
Mount Elbrus (Greater Caucasus, Russia) is a double-headed extinct volcano. The highest point - Western peak - rising 5642 m above sea level. That was the endpoint of our team’s route.
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Meeting the materials handling needs of the construction industry
It’s not often you see traditional forklifts on construction sites. You’re more likely to find telescopic handlers or other types of trucks that are designed to handle rough terrains and difficult weather conditions.
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The shape of things to come
In a article for Eureka, the online magazine for the materials handling professional, Ruari McCallion investigates how the development of artificial intelligence and the need for sustainability will strongly…
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Eureka - Our free online magazine for materials handling professionals
Our free online magazine for materials handling professionals, Eureka, is here to keep you informed, save you time and help your business get ahead.
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Save materials and fuel – for your business and the planet
Reducing waste may not always be easy but it’s both environmentally and economically rewarding in the quest to improve sustainable logistics, as Gian Schiava explains in a recent article for Eureka, the online magazine for the materials handling professional.
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Tidy warehouse, tidy mind
You may have heard the saying ‘tidy house, tidy mind’, but did you know this also applies to warehouses? A tidy warehouse, a tidy mind! A well-organised, clean warehouse isn’t just about complying with legal…
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How do you choose a forklift?
How do you choose the right forklift for your business? Please answer our simple tick-box survey and let us know what matters to you.
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Boosting operator comfort
When investing in a materials handling equipment for your business there are many things to consider. What load weights do you need the truck to carry? What heights should they be able to lift to? Which engine type…
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Planning for busy periods - things to consider
For most logistics operators, warehouse managers and materials handling professionals, the busiest time of the year is Christmas. Combine that with the increasing popularity of Black Friday and cyber weekend, the demand throughout November and December has hit an all-time high.
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Product Spotlight: Electric Forklift Trucks
Electric forklifts offer an environmentally friendly means of transporting goods around a site. These trucks are a comprehensive choice for any application, offering benefits such as minimal maintenance needs, better handling and reduced noise output.
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How to choose a stacker - an essential part of your warehouse equipment
Within any warehouse equipment manufacturer’s stacker truck range, you will find a potentially bewildering variety of model types. Here are the key issues to consider when choosing between them.
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Are your staff up to date with their forklift training?
To operate a forklift, your employee must have completed certified forklift training and keep it up to date via refresher courses and online learning. As an employer, it is your responsibility to ensure your employees have the correct certifications.
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Harness the power of fleet data to lower your total cost of operation (TCO)
Telematics promises a lot of things for the materials handling industry – being able to manage your forklift truck fleet in a way that saves money, raises productivity, improves health and safety, and lowers environmental impacts.
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Waste not… ever
Plastic is often painted as the villain of pollution and wastage but all kinds of packaging material, including board, paper, shrink and bubble wrap, are wasted and discarded, every day.
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Why you must keep your warehouse floors in top condition
Warehouse floors are abused much more than any other type of commercial flooring. Gian Schiava looks at the damage they can suffer and the day-to-day efforts needed to prevent it.
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E-commerce Growth: How Can Supply Chains Prepare for the Future?
In recent years, we have seen e-commerce explode. It has become increasingly easy to buy online, and with more and more retailers selling in this way, consumers are taking full advantage of the benefits.
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The Li-ion battery recycling challenge
Difficulty in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling is sometimes put forward as an objection to these batteries, but should that put you off buying? Mark Nicholson asks companies handling various stages of the battery lifecycle.
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Why investment in people matters
The warehouse is no longer just a storage facility but a distribution centre that must meet KPIs and customer demands. How are companies making sure their staff can keep up with the changes?
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Materials Handling in 2021: 6 trends that will shape the future
2020 was a turbulent year that brought changes to the way our industry operates. From 5G to the internet of things (IoT), we explore the emerging trends in logistics, supply chains and beyond.
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How logistics and warehousing will change as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic
This year has seen unprecedented changes in our lives and the way we work thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Old forklifts never die
As customer demand for sustainability grows, what happens to forklifts when their useful service life ends? A forklift truck need never die, as long as its parts are properly recycled.
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How to make flexibility the key feature of your warehouse operations.
In the latest article from Eureka, the online magazine for the materials handling professional, Gian Schiava looks at how materials handling experts cope with adapting to change without having to compromise on performance.
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Looking after the wellbeing of your materials handling workforce
The success of a materials handling business relies on many things. Of course, having the right equipment and processes in place is important so that the job can be fulfilled. But ultimately, success will be driven by your workforce and the effort and enthusiasm they bring to your business.
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Forklift stability - ten top tips
At Cat® Lift Trucks, we believe in regularly reviewing and reinforcing the principles of safe forklift operator behaviour. These ten top tips focus on a single factor involved in many materials handling and logistics accidents: forklift stability.
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Warehouse adaptation for dangerous goods
Getting the most out of your warehouse is a daily challenge – and it becomes even more complicated when you store and ship dangerous or hazardous goods.
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Product Spotlight: Diesel Forklifts
Diesel forklifts offer many benefits to businesses and operators. They are some of the toughest workhorses in the materials handling industry and as such, are suited to a wide range of applications.
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Agents of destruction: why pest management is essential in logistics
Poor handling by a forklift truck can destroy the value of an entire pallet load of goods – and so can a single mouse dropping. Any evidence of contamination by pests may result in a customer rejecting products.
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Product Spotlight: LPG Forklift Trucks
LPG forklift trucks, also known as gas-powered forklift trucks, offer many benefits to businesses and their forklift operators. Not only are they often an economical purchase, but they also have superior horsepower to some of their alternatives.
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Ways to improve loading dock safety procedures
In the world of materials handling and logistics, loading docks are often considered one of the most dangerous places. Mark Nicholson sums up the key issues and options.
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6 Forklift Attachments for Improved Efficiency
Forklift attachments give you extra versatility and are a great way to modify your truck to meet specific needs and requirements which a standard truck may not otherwise be able to achieve.
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The importance of choosing genuine parts for your forklift truck
The parts you select for your forklift have a significant impact on its uptime. Here’s why OEM and genuine parts will always outperform aftermarket alternatives.
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Meeting the needs of the food and grocery retail industry
Food and grocery businesses can have very different requirements to other businesses when it comes to materials handling equipment. And in the current climate, with so much pressure on this industry, it is more important than ever that their materials handling equipment is performing optimally.
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Plastic against metal - The case for flexible warehouse safety barriers
Can plastic safety barriers really match metal structures in protecting against forklift truck collisions? With the right materials, design and technology, yes, they can.
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5 great ways the logistics and manufacturing industries have responded to COVID-19
The outbreak of COVID-19 across the world has had detrimental effects on many industries, including logistics and manufacturing. And although things may feel difficult for logistics and manufacturing businesses at the moment, they are needed now more than ever.
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Air is the last thing you want in your shipment
In modern logistics, managers leave no stone unturned to reduce costs and boost efficiency and so transporting air makes no sense. In a recent article for Eureka Magazine, the online magazine for the materials…
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Life in a digital world - The power of big data and machine learning in logistics
Last month Gay Sutton wrote an article for Eureka Magazine, which cut through the hype and assumptions around big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover how the vast swarm of continuously flowing online data is being channelled cost-effectively to enhance logistics and supply chain management.
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A change is going to come: Logistics must adapt to shifting consumer behaviour
Writing for Eureka Magazine, Ruari McCallion looks at how changes in consumer purchasing habits require the logistics and materials handling industry to adapt quickly and adopt Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.
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Managing social and environmental responsibilities
We all have a responsibility to keep on top of our environmental and social impacts. Not only do we need to be mindful of our carbon footprint, we also need to consider our impact on our local neighbours.
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Augmented and virtual reality in the warehouse
Augmented reality and virtual reality technologies claim to offer some spectacular advantages to warehouse operations – up to 30% savings, in some cases. Ruari McCallion, writing for Eureka Magazine, has taken a closer look.
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Managing dust in the warehouse to protect staff and equipment
Dust prevention in warehouses is essential for the health and safety of your workers, machinery and for business. Eureka Magazine highlights the dangers and the solutions to managing dust in a warehouse.
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Warehouse Safety Best Practices
Operating a warehouse can pose many safety risks, so it’s essential to be aware of them and know how to manage them. Here are our 7 top tips for staying safe in the warehouse environment.
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For optimum warehouse efficiency, time is of the essence
In warehousing, time is money. Slow working and throughput not only reduce profit but also risks losing those customers who demand a fast service.
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2020 logistics trends – views from the experts
In 2019, we saw the logistics industry adopt AI, drones and robots into operations to boost productivity and efficiency. But will this continue in 2020, and what else can we expect? We explore what the industry…
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Forklift protection in the colder weather
As use of electric forklift trucks for outdoor materials handling work grows, exposure to winter weather becomes more of an important issue. How can you be sure your forklifts will survive winter’s effects?
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2019 - our year of unparalleled product development
2019 was a year of unparalleled product development for Cat® Lift Trucks, with multiple new product launches, updated ranges, award-winning forklifts and new battery options.
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How have things changed for logistics businesses
How have things changed for materials handling, logistics businesses and workers between the 1920s and the 2020s? A nostalgic look back from Cat® Lift Trucks.
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6 features that help you operate your truck safely
At Cat® Lift Trucks, operators’ safety is of utmost importance to us. Here are six of the lift truck safety features available across our forklift ranges.
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Impact delivers value at IMHX
This year has been a bumper year for Impact Handling at IMHX, as it unveiled a host of new products and innovations, led by the remarkable 48 and 80 volt Cat® electric machines for the 1.4 to 3.5 tonne market.
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How to design the ideal order picking process
Essentially, a warehouse delivers four kinds of activities: goods reception, storage, order picking and shipping. Developments in recent decades (e-commerce being the most influential) have turned order picking into the costliest and most labour-intensive of those.
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Keeping your core asset in shape
Gian Schiava finds out how some companies look beyond materials handling equipment and process efficiency to keep their core asset in top shape: their employees.
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10 forklift safety tips for the winter months
With the winter months approaching, the weather is set to get worse and the daylight hours are getting shorter. Here are our top 10 forklift safety tips for the winter season.
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Finding the ideal battery for your forklift truck
Which battery is better for an electric forklift truck: lead-acid or lithium-ion? Our experts at Cat® Lift Trucks explain why a lead-acid battery is usually the best choice for electric forklifts – at least for today.
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Why choose a Cat® forklift? Reasons beyond the truck
If you’re looking for a new forklift truck, there are many things you should consider. While the forklift itself has to meet your requirements, your decision shouldn’t be solely influenced by price and product features.
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Warehouse lighting - the key to a happier workforce
Upgrading your factory or warehouse lighting system is not just a way of saving on energy and maintenance costs. It could be the key to a happier, healthier and more effective workforce.
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Top tips for loading & unloading forklifts safely
Moving goods around your warehouse or depot and storing them in a well-organised way can be a major challenge. But abiding by correct forklift safety procedures will ensure that when loading and unloading heavy…
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Cat® lift trucks get ready for the fastest show on earth
With the 2019 Formula One Grand Prix (GP) season well underway, Rocla Rus, Russia’s importer of Cat® lift trucks will be thinking ahead to September and the Russian GP. Each year one of the Rocla Rus dealers, KIT…
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Women in materials handling – could this be you?
The materials handling industry is changing. With a wide variety of career opportunities open to anyone with the right qualifications and attitude, companies in the sector are working hard to address the historical gender imbalance.
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Reliable forklifts for the infrastructure industry
If you work in the energy, industrial or infrastructure industries, you’ll know the importance of stable and reliable forklifts that can help you get the job done in often intense and tough applications.
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2019 buzzwords for the logistics industry
In an interview with Italian magazine EUROMERCI, ASSOLOGISTICA chairman Andrea Gentile named the new buzzwords for the logistics industry: dynamism, creativity and vivacity.
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LP gas vs. electric vs. diesel-powered forklifts
LP Gas vs. electric vs. diesel forklifts – which should you choose? If you’re looking for a new forklift but aren’t sure which type is most suitable for your application, we can help.
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Your first port of call for professional, industry news
Where do you turn to if you want to find out what’s happening in materials handling or logistics? Eureka, the free online magazine produced by Cat® Lift Trucks, offers solid professional advice and information.
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Five ways to prolong the life of your forklift
Getting a new forklift truck is a significant investment. Here are our top tips for prolonging the life of your equipment.
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Structured battery care for peak performance
Effective management of truck batteries can save a lot of money – so give your batteries a bit of pampering!
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How will logistics and materials handling be affected in 2019? Views from a University
The Spanish Blog de la Logistica from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya shared how they believe logistics will be affected in 2019 – from artificial intelligence and robotic automation to big data and last mile delivery.
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Rental, Financial or Operational Leasing – Your Forklift Leasing Options Explained
Are you looking to invest in a new forklift truck? We outline and explain the most common forklift lease options: rental, financial lease and operational lease.
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Controlling the data tidal wave
What do managers in materials handling, warehousing and logistics need to know to ensure their systems are as efficient as they can be? How do they avoid drowning in a tidal wave of data?
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ISO45001 - Lift your company to the next level
Now that the first implementers of the new global Health & Safety (H&S) standard, ISO 45001, have moved through the process, Gay Sutton takes a closer look. What is involved, how do you go about it… and how does it benefit your materials handling business?
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The logistics behind the forklift Parts industry and current trends in the aftermarket
Efficient parts supply is essential to keeping forklift trucks in action and maximising productivity. With guidance from a parts specialist, Gian Schiava finds out what it involves and how it helps the customer.
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Gain top results and increased productivity with Cat® medium and high level order pickers
Wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers who rely on distribution centres or warehouses with narrow aisles and high racking for storage benefit from using order pickers that possess immense strength, robustness and flexibility.
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Recent buyers’ survey supports Cat® Lift Trucks design ethos for their materials handling equipment.
A pan-European survey commissioned by Cat® Lift Trucks highlights safety, productivity and order-picking efficiency as buyers’ top 3 reasons for choosing lift trucks with automated features.
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How to prepare your forklift for its summer holiday downtime – or any period of rest.
Whether you’re giving your forklifts a break this summer or leaving them unused for a while, Cat® Lift Trucks advises on a few steps to keep your lift trucks in good condition.
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Forklift safety: The top 7 forklift mistakes and how to avoid them
There are some common mistakes which can occur when a forklift truck is in operation – here are the top 7 to look out for and our forklift safety advice on how to avoid them.
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Cat® APP proving good for business
It’s been two years since we launched our Cat® lift trucks and warehouse equipment APP and it’s proving to be a valued business tool for our customers, prospects and dealers.
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Keep up with the trends
As major trade exhibitions continue to highlight the materials handling industry’s accelerating pace of change, it is important that companies avoid being left behind.
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Outsourcing of truck maintenance pays off
An increasing number of companies are currently reviewing the model mixture within their materials handling fleet. That makes absolute sense, but a tailored fleet requires some attention when it comes to maintenance and service.
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Forklift Safety: Stay Safe, Stay Where You Are
If a lift truck driver gets off the seat while the truck is still moving, life-threatening situations can arise. Here is how seatbelts and the smart PDS+ dead man's switch keep drivers safe.
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5 Ways to Create a Safe Forklift Battery Charging Room
Electric forklift batteries need to be charged from time to time. Here are five essential interventions to create a safer battery charging room.
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Built-In Intelligence - Gimmick or Safety Feature?
More and more forklift and warehouse trucks are equipped with systems that automatically reduce their speed, for example when cornering. Is this built-in intelligence just a marketing gimmick, or a real safety feature?
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Dual drive forklifts for triple advantage
Warehouse square meters are expensive. In logistics and materials handling, where margins are often small, it is particularly important to utilize space optimally.
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Prevent accidents during loading and unloading with a pallet truck
The electric pallet truck is the indispensable workhorse for loading and unloading – but it is also involved in many (near) accidents. Here are five ways to avoid accidents and improve safety.
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Just checking
In some countries it is required by law, but in daily practice we tend to skip it: the daily check of our forklift and warehouse trucks. Here are three very important points to check before the shift starts.
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Ergonomy kills two birds with one stone
When we buy a car – new or pre-owned – we do not just consider the costs, energy consumption or design. We also seek comfort. We want to drive comfortably and wish to arrive at our destination rested.
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A closer look at orderpicking strategies
To a layman a picking process can seem chaotic. However, behind the tasks of each order picker lies a mature strategy – a closer look at the S-shape, Largest gap and Combined routing strategies.
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More possibilities with mobile scanning
Easy does it. This is also valid in materials handling, where large efficiency improvements are easily achieved in logistic processes – take the barcode scanner, for example.
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Working in high bay warehouses: 5 ways for retaining maximum performance at heights
In a high bay warehouse, pallets may be put away at 7, 8 or even 10 metres. These 5 points help reach truck operators handle pallets safely and efficiently at heights.
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