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Great advice
on forklifts
The thin line between success and
failure of forklifting operations can
most often be traced back to the quality
of advice offered by the equipment
supplier at the time of the original
purchase.
Linde Materials Handling South Africa
is investing heavily in staff training.
WHICH IS why Linde Materials Handling
South Africa (LMHSA) continues to invest
heavily in training its frontline sales and
service staff to help its customers make
informed decisions when buying forklifts.
LMHSA Sales Director Deon Klerck
says the most recent training initiative was
aimed at the company’s sales force, who
underwent intensive training from two of
the German company’s overseas training
professionals. “The course covered
matching warehousing requirements to
diff erent forklift ranges, from very narrow
aisle trucks to order pickers, reach trucks,
stackers and even powered pallet trucks,”
says Deon.
The training also helped the sales staff
to understand modern new solutions
that are available to customers. Practical
workshops were carried out, giving the
sales force the opportunity to drive the
warehouse trucks. •
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ID Logistics installs solar
ID Logistics’
Cape Town
solar PV
project.
ID Logistics SA successfully installed solar PV solutions
at its Joburg and Cape Town warehousing facilities.
ACCORDING TO ID Logistics SA’s Managing Director,
Etienne Juillard, these installations represent a signifi cant
step towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint
and overall operating costs. Specialist SA-based
renewable energy solutions’ company Solareff was
selected to engineer, install, and commission and maintain
both of the solar PV solutions.
A 574.2kWp grid-tied solution was installed at the
Atlas warehouse in Boksburg. The array, which covers a
total roof area of approximately 5,357m , is capable of
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producing a total peak DC power of 574.2 kilowatts under
Standard Test Conditions. A 118.8kWp grid-tied solution
was installed at the Cape Town warehouse covering a roof
area of 792m , which provides signifi cant annual savings
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of 101.8 tons of coal, while avoiding the creation of 190
tons of CO each year. •
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Build It Pinetown makes
repeat FAW purchases
Build It Pinetown is providing home deliveries using
FAW trucks.
BUILD IT Pinetown provides
home deliveries for its
customers using two FAW
trucks, each bought from
the FAW Pinetown branch.
Paul Nothnagel, Sales
Executive at the full sales, service and parts dealership, has
been the driving force behind the FAW deals.
The fi rst FAW the Build It Pinetown branch bought was
a 5-ton 8140Fl, which was quickly followed by another
identical purchase. The FAW 8.140FL is a 4x2 heavy-duty
truck with a body and payload allowance of 6,019kg
and permissible gross combination mass of 14 tons. It is
powered by a 3.8-litre Cummins ISF engine.
Quintus van Rooyen, General Manager at Build It
Pinetown, explains that the busy home improvement store
wanted to buy its own trucks as it had been outsourcing
deliveries to sub-contractors – with mixed results. “The
FAWs have impressed us and we are now preparing to buy
a third FAW,” he explains. •
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