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Kerry McDonagh is leaving DAF to become chief executive of Linde Material Handling (UK) and of Linde Heavy Truck Division on 1 September.

The British Industrial Truck Association has unveiled a new corporate image to help increase awareness of its role promoting best practice and safety within the materials handling industry.

The counterbalance truck might be seen by some as a tool to do a job rather than an integrated materials handling solution but the past year has been one of innovation, says Malory Davies.

Star Refrigeration has installed a £3m cooling plant at Asda’s central distribution centre in Lutterworth.

Chivas Brothers has awarded a refurbishment contract to Excel Automation for an upgrade to its palletisation and automatic despatch facility in Dumbarton.

Bill Pfleger, managing director of Yale Europe Materials Handling, says that as the need to keep downtime to a minimum has emerged as a key driver in the forklift fleet selection process, Europe’s leading truck manufacturers have sought to differentiate t