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Linde Material Handling (UK) has announced the launch of a new Eco-Lease solution, designed to now allow customers to fully offset 100% of the carbon footprint generated in the first year of a fork lift truck’s life. …more

To complement the existing fleet currently on hire at the Caterham F1 team’s site in Leafield, Oxfordshire, Linde Material Handling (UK) has recently delivered an Approved Used Truck to help with the manoeuvre of epoxy moulds used to produce carbon fibre composite panels. …more

This week sees the launch of Linde’s new generation of reach trucks at the International Materials Handling Exhibition, held at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. With their compact, manoeuvrable design, the new trucks, R 14 – R 20, enable an even more productive flow of goods in the warehouse, as a whole host of new technical solutions make the trucks more comfortable, more powerful, safer and easier to service. …more

Leading materials handling supplier, Linde Material Handling have invested heavily in the complete redevelopment of a 4000 square metre dedicated used truck refurbishment centre, at Its Linde Jewsbury’s Handling Centre …more

Linde Material Handling (UK) will be taking the opportunity to launch significant new products at IMHX this year.
Exhibiting at four locations within the show, Linde’s main stand (20B100, Hall 20) will see demonstrations of Linde’s range of new, highly specialised products and services that will ensure every operation, large or small, runs as efficiently and productively as possible. …more

Linde Material Handling has strengthened its rental fleet throughout the UK.
The investment will further enhance Linde as the largest supplier of short term hire trucks, now totalling over 10,000 machines across its UK network.  …more

Linde Material Handling announces its new year’s resolution to the market for 2013 with the launch of a new generation of counterbalance engine trucks which deliver a celebratory 20 benefits from 13 new features. …more

Leading materials handling company, Linde, has appointed Allison Tucker as Counterbalance Product Manager in a newly created role.
Allison joins Linde from one of the biggest global polymer manufacturers, REHAU Limited. She brings 11 years of experience from REHAU with her, where she has driven the developments of both products and stakeholder engagement both internally and externally on a UK wide and international level. …more

The UK’s leading materials handling company, Linde Material Handling has launched a revolutionary new hand pallet truck incorporating a brake. The new model, Pro Brake, is capable of lifting loads up to 2,500kg providing a safer, more productive alternative in manual handling. …more

Linde Material Handling (UK) has invested £2.9m into strengthening its Forklift Truck hire offering throughout the UK, including its heavy trucks fleet.

The investment will further enhance Linde as the largest supplier of short term hire trucks, now totalling over 10,000 machines across its UK network.  …more

Linde Material Handling has supplied trucks to Cromwell Tools, Europe’s largest privately-owned supplier of maintenance, repair and operations type products, for more than 10 years to its bulk storage and individual line picking facility in Wigston, Leicestershire. …more

When buying a fork lift truck for a low utilisation application, a simple solution is to buy used. Ian Loy, Director of Earlsmere Ltd based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire did just this and has never looked back. …more

Linde Material Handling has gained a significant order worth £500,000 with timber and builders merchants, Ridgeons Ltd for the supply of a fleet of forklift trucks and Side-loaders, including a 10 year R&M arrangement. This latest contract win marks the return of a previous customer to Linde as the company bought its first truck from the supplier 20 years ago. …more

Linde MH has significantly improved the safety within the warehouses of Asian and American vehicle parts distributor, Blue Print by applying the Bluespot safety device to its mixed fleet of 32 Linde units.

Bluespot is a visual driving path warning device, which ensures safety in aisles as well as in unclear cross-over areas meaning that Blue Print is now able to create a safer working environment for its employees.  …more

Following in the success of its apprenticeship scheme which was introduced in 2011, Linde Material Handling Ltd is about to take on its second phase of young apprentices to start work in August.

The company has recruited 20 new apprentices who will each be placed at their nearest Linde UK site including Basingstoke, Castleford, West Bromwich, East Kilbride, Bridgend, Newton Aycliffe, Warrington, Hoddesdon and Camberley. …more

During the run-up to Christmas, Frenchay Forestry knows they can depend on Linde Forklift Truck Hire. Based in Bristol, Frenchay Forestry are wholesalers of Christmas trees with a long tradition of involvement in sourcing the finest quality trees at competitive prices. …more

The UK’s biggest forklift truck manufacturer, Linde Material Handling will enlarge its forklift truck technician apprentice scheme this year with an intake of 18 new recruits.  …more

Linde Material Handling’s CiTi truck range has been enhanced to incorporate a range of new features designed to significantly improve efficiency and safety within all operations. …more

Leading global forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK), is upgrading its H50 –H80 range from July 2012 to include improved ergonomics as well as a new engine type resulting in reduced emissions.  …more

Bloodhound SSC is an extraordinary project, representing an extreme sporting challenge. A project designed to set a new World Land Speed Record at 1000mph, Bloodhound will be helping to push the boundaries of science and technology.

Developed over the last three years, the Bloodhound car is powered by a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine and a hybrid rocket which will be capable of accelerating from rest to 1000 mph and back to rest again in 120 seconds, covering 12 miles during that time. …more

When Michael Parker, Engineering & Facilities Manager from Alstons Upholstery Ltd needed to replace his 5 tonne fork lift truck that had reached the end of its useful life, he researched the market for not only new, but also second hand trucks, taking into account several criteria. “A truck of the right capacity was just one element of the purchasing decision,” said Michael “I looked at many criteria from service response to truck design. I needed a truck suitable for the application that was reliable and cost effective with the service backup should things go wrong”. …more

"Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd. is pleased to announce the completed acquisition of the outstanding shares in Linde Creighton Ltd. In the past 12 months, Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd. has also acquired the outstanding shares in Linde Sterling Ltd. and Linde Castle Ltd., and consequently, as of 28th February 2012 Linde Material (UK) Ltd. is 100% owner of all its trading companies throughout Great Britain, having previously acquired 100% of Linde Trifik in 2006. …more

Linde Material Handling has scooped the Environmental award in the Forklift Truck Association Awards (FLTA) 2012 for its 394 displacement pump.  …more

Leading heavy lift truck manufacturer, Linde Heavy Truck Division, together with the rental team at Linde Material Handling UK, are taking the opportunity to promote their products and services at the freight transport and logistics exhibition, Multimodal. …more

Leading global forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK), held its annual Forklift Ultimate Operator Challenge on Saturday, November 19th at Linde Jewsburys in Castleford, West Yorkshire.  …more

There are currently fifteen youngsters from across the UK who are working for Linde and participating in the UK’s first certified apprentice scheme for the forklift truck industry; which has been designed to help address the skills gap for qualified service engineers. …more

Leading forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd, has launched a patent pending visual driving path warning device – BlueSpot – to improve truck operator safety within the warehouse environment. …more

“Linde’s truck safety, reliability, durability, and competitive pricing, are second to none and these key features meant that we jumped at the chance to lease 16 Linde trucks for our factories. A move that has significantly increased the productivity of our delivery and storage systems.” Jim Freer, Procurement Manager at Devro (Scotland) Ltd, Glasgow. …more

Linde Material Handling now supplies Thompson Transport with ten Linde Approved used trucks to load and unload delivery lorries quickly. …more

Leading forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd, has invested in new trucks to cope with growing demand from customers across the UK.  …more

Linde Material Handling has made the shortlist in all four categories it entered in this year’s FLTA (Fork Lift Truck Association) Awards. …more

On a night that celebrated the very best in manufacturing that Wales has to offer, more than 200 people packed into the Mercure Holland House, Cardiff, to recognise the achievements of Wales’ finest manufacturing companies. The event was hosted by James Naughtie and featured a special keynote speech from Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP, Secre-tary of State for Wales. …more

Linde Material Handling supplies Inscapes with a range of diesel engine counterbalance trucks to provide the strength and manoeuvrability needed to cope with heavy loads in an outdoor, high pressured environment.

Based in Bridgend in south Wales, Inscapes is a landscaping business which lifts and resurfaces various landscapes. The company has worked on many projects across the UK including projects at the Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, various football clubs and recently at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. …more

Leading global forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK), has enhanced its VNA (very narrow aisle) modular combi truck. The new K truck will increase productivity, operating comfort and lower operator costs during high level pallet load storage and retrieval, picking and mixed applications.

Available from October 1, 2011, key features include: maximum lift height of 17250mm, a picking cab option with split controls and tilting barriers to assist the picking operation; and RFID communication systems.  …more

High-speed passenger train operator, Eurostar, is the latest Linde Material Handling (UK) customer to select and purchase the award-winning* new CiTi truck to handle delivery of palletised goods to its trains at London’s St Pancras station. …more

Linde Creighton Ltd has won a new contract to supply Steelite International Ltd with a range of forklift trucks. Based in Stoke-on-Trent, Steelite international manufactures and supplies tableware, cutlery and stemware products to the hospitality and catering industry across 130 countries. …more

On September 23, 2011, the reigning German champions took the title of "Best European Forklifting Nation" at the "International Championship" in Aschaffenburg (Germany). With skill, speed and precision, the national team led by Ahmet Tekindag, Matthias Wittiger und Steven Klinger relegated Sweden and the Czeck Republic to second and third place, respectively. Twelve countries sent their three best forklift operators to compete as a team in the international competition: Spain, the Netherlands, France, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, the Baltic States, the UK and China squared off this year against Germany, (the defending champions). Nearly 15,000 spectators watched the competition on Aschaffenburg’s Schlossplatz. …more

Canberra UK is one of the worlds leading suppliers of radiological instrumentation to major technology centres, hospitals, power stations and research laboratories around the globe, for a diverse range of applications in the nuclear industry.

Canberra UK purchased a Linde Approved E14 electric counterbalance truck for general handling of palletised loads of sensitive measurement equipment for the nuclear industry.  …more

Part of the multi-national Sanitec Group, Twyford Bathrooms is a leading provider of bathroom solutions with over 160 year’s experience. In April 2011, this manufacturer had the opportunity to revisit the existing five year lease for its 28-strong fleet of forklift trucks. This formed part of a wider operational review to further improve cost efficiency and meet the expanding requirements of the third party storage operation at its Alsager factory in Staffordshire. …more

Leading forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd, has launched a patent pending visual driving path warning device – BlueSpot – to improve truck operator safety within the warehouse environment. …more

Linde Material Handling has beaten finalists, Translift Bendi and Jungheinrich, to the UKWA Award for Technology & Innovation 2011 in recognition of its new intelligent software system for optimised VNA truck performance. …more

Linde Material Handling supplied Simon Muir Building Contractors with a Linde Approved H25D diesel counterbalance truck to help the company with moving loads around the yard and lifting bricks onto the delivery van. …more

Linde Material Handling supplied Otley with a Linde-approved E14 electric forklift truck, complete with new battery to help the company manoeuvre heavy and bulky ingredients for brewing as well as its bottled and cask ales. …more

Linde Material Handling supplies Innovia Films with a mixed fleet of over 25 Linde Approved used trucks to provide an economic and risk-free alternative to purchase of brand new equipment. A qualified Linde service engineer also operates at the production site to ensure uninterrupted truck productivity through ongoing service and maintenance support.  …more

Linde’s Fork Truck Hire service provides ICEBAR with a pallet stacker on hire every six months for between three and seven days, to assist with the bar’s seasonal ice refresh and annual bar breakdown and re-build. The stacker makes light work of moving and lifting pallets and large blocks of ice. …more

“The Linde electric counterbalance trucks keep our operators comfortable and safe which enables optimum workforce efficiency. Even through our peak times, we maintain our high level of warehouse productivity because we increase the amount of counterbalance trucks required on site by utilizing Linde’s short term rental packages.” Andrew Whitehall, Warehousing Manager, Johnson Tiles …more

The Challenge is a celebration of the skill and precision of the customer workforce, the Ultimate Operator Challenge aims to promote best practice among FLT operators and encourage new levels of professional safety and efficiency. …more

Eco modes in Linde trucks offer the user the choice between maximum performance and minimum energy consumption. …more

Linde Material Handling used this year’s CeMAT intralogistics trade fair in Hannover (2-6 May 2011) to demonstrate its industry leading technology with an extensive range of product innovations and pioneering concepts. With its brand claim ‘Engineered for Your Performance’, the company wants to underline its number one objective, namely to offer its customers maximum perfromance. …more

Outside, a new look – inside, more economical and convenient

At the CeMAT trade fair in Hannover, Linde Material Handling (Linde MH) is launching an updated version of the Linde H40 to H50 IC trucks with 4 to 5 tonnes load capacity. For the first time, the trucks feature a displacement pump for the lifting hydraulic system, which, on the one hand, al-lows energy consumption to be further reduced by up to 18 percent and, on the other hand, en-ables the trucks to operate more quietly, especially when lifting loads. …more

Linde Material Handling has won the Innovation category for its new CiTi Truck at the annual Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence 2011. Product warehouse manager, Jana Vitkova attended the ceremony and received the award on behalf of Linde MH. …more

World leading forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde, has opened a dedicated refurbishment centre for used forklift trucks at its operation in Bristol. This new facility will service Southern England and the South Wales area.

Employing four specialist engineers, this new centre will be responsible for the annual refurbishment of over 250 used trucks.  …more

Linde Material Handling (UK) has been awarded a five year contract to supply more than 800 forklifts to TDG sites throughout the UK.
TDG, a third party logistics and supply chain management specialist, works at almost 100 of its customers’ sites across the country, including Weetabix, Sainsbury’s and Argos. …more

Linde Material Handling supplies Poundland with a 50% increase in specialist forklift trucks on short term rental (STR) to help it meet seasonal peaks in demand. …more

Working under molten glass dripping from a furnace overhead is a challenging environment by any standards. When the area of operation is particularly narrow as well, the challenge becomes even greater. But this is the situation which WH Malcolm faces in its logistics contract with glass manufacturer O.I. Glass at its site in Alloa, Scotland.  …more

When Woollards Builders Merchants needed to source a used truck with a quite unusual specification, it found that Linde Material Handling could deliver exactly what it needed.

Woollards Builder Merchants, a family business operating in Suffolk since 1947, made the strategic decision to invest in its warehousing and showroom premises in order to broaden its customer base. …more

With the delivery of two fuel-cell trucks to the Linde Gases Division, part of The Linde Group, Linde Material Handling has taken another important step on the road to more intensive use of innovative drive technology. As the largest industrial truck manufacturer in Europe, Linde MH now incorporates fuel cell trucks into its product range. …more

Linde Materials Handling has supplied a completely new fleet of nine diesel powered forklift trucks to Premier Forest Products, one of the UK's leading independent importers and distributors of timber and panel products. …more

The latest themed area of LEGOLAND Windsor is dominated by one of the tallest LEGO® models in Britain – a six metre high statue of a Pharaoh, made from 200,000 LEGO bricks. In order to get the Pharaoh on its stand before the attraction opened, LEGOLAND staff used their new Linde forklift truck to move the Egyptian figure into position. …more

The health and safety department of Linde Material Handling, located in Basingstoke, recently announced that Linde has been notified that it is among the major winners in the Green Apple Environment Awards. The highest scoring Green Apple winners will next go forward with a chance to represent the UK in the European Business Awards for the Environment …more

Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd has installed three K range very narrow aisle trucks at the recently expanded Davies Turner freight and logistics hub in Bristol. …more

The market for port handling technology is expanding globally at an annual growth rate of approximately 7%. Simultaneously, the demand for high-quality customer-specific solutions is also increasing …more

By creating an independent business unit, Linde Material Handling aims to boost its heavy truck business and occupy a stronger position in the global market. …more

The biggest intralogistics trade fair in the world is almost upon us. …more

On the 14th of November, Eurostar moved from London Waterloo to its new home at St Pancras International. The new station is served by a high speed rail line which will reduce journey times to Paris by 20 minutes …more

Global airline, British Airways, recently acquired 150 new Linde P 250’s, electric tow tractors to help improve its operational performance when it moves to Terminal 5. The 150 strong order comprises of 127 long wheelbase P 250s and a further 23 P 250s with a carrying platform for larger and more awkward baggage shapes. British Airways was looking for a materials handling supplier to match its specific requirements and David Bunting, sales director of Linde Material Handling South East, took the challenge on …more

Tobermore Concrete products has been the leading manufacturer of rectangular and interlocking paving blocks at its Northern Ireland base for over 20 years. Three years ago, Robert Logan, sales director of Handling and Storage Equipment Company Ltd, the Linde dealer in Northern Ireland, approached Tobermore to audit its materials handling fleet and see if Linde could make any improvements to its supply chain …more

At Linde Material Handling, we recognise that our customers have differing needs and so we offer bespoke solutions to meet their specific requirements. Our technically innovative market leading product range and wide range of business solutions offers our customers flexibility. We can help you manage your materials handling fleet across multiple sites with Linde fleet management or provide you with a short term solution to unexpected periods of peak demands with Linde lift truck hire. We deliver this through the most comprehensive and professional dealer network in the British Isles …more