To address concerns about the introduction and spread of COVID-19 at customer workplaces, Hyster-Yale Group is introducing a virus safety initiative for lift trucks. Developed in partnership with its nationwide dealer network for the company’s Yale and Hyster lift truck brands, HY-Shield Clean is a lift truck sanitization program designed to help keep facility personnel safe during all aspects of forklift activity, including daily operation and service calls.
EnerSys will once again unite with the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) to support the annual National Forklift Safety Day. Now in its seventh year, this special day will be held on June 9, 2020, and serves as an important reminder in keeping the safety of forklift operators top of mind. This year’s event carries even greater importance due to the global crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as supply chain operations are in overdrive to ensure the flow of products and resources in all industries across the nation.
APS Resource, Mequon, Wis., released an upgraded version of its S.W.A.T. (secondary warning alert technology) module to include an additional layer of protection for dock operations.
BWS ISI will be responsible for growing sales of the Sumo Glove brand of lift truck fork attachments in an area that stretches from the Canadian border in the north to the Florida coast in the south of the United States.
March 7, 2017
SumoGlove International Ltd., the UK-based producer of forklift safety equipment, appointed BWS Industrial Services Inc. (BWS ISI), New Berlinville, Pa., as its distribution partner for the East Coast.
Good Ideas, Inc., Lake City, Pa., introduced the Defender Series Column Protector, a device to protect I-beams and other columns from forklift and truck damage.
Let’s face it: the phrase, “’Tis the season” applies to certain holidays but not certain topics. Forklift safety is a year-around, worldwide concern in any industrial setting, but that’s especially true in private and public cold storage warehouses where workers contend with the rigors of a harsh environment all year.