TMHE Presents New Forklift Technology and Plans for a Sustainable Future - Making its mark as a global leader in material handling, Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) has recently addressed the latest industry trends. Working within the theme of ‘Responsible Together’, TMHE tackled the growth in online shopping, demands for improved use of space, new environmentally friendly sustainable energy sources, and an on-going need for cost reduction. The public have now been shown new BT and Toyota lift trucks for order picking, as well as high-density storage facilities, and BT’s automated order picking solutions. TMHE also displayed their hybrid-powered forklift whilst presenting Toyota Group’s lead in sustainable technology.
TMHE Presents New Forklift Technology and Plans for a Sustainable Future
By TMHE
Sep 27, 2011 - 9:16:38 AM
Continued growth in
online shopping, demands for improved use of space, new environmentally
sustainable energy sources, and an on-going need for cost reduction, are all
industry trends that Toyota
Material Handling Europe (TMHE) addressed at CeMAT 2011. New trucks for
order picking and high-density storage applications were shown to the public
for the first time, along with TMHE’s BT’s automated order picking solution.
Within its overall exhibition theme –
‘Responsible
Together’ – the company also demonstrated its hybrid-powered forklift truck as
part of a presentation on how the Toyota Group is taking the lead in
sustainable technology.
“The challenge facing our industry is to strike the right
balance between protecting the environment, supporting economic growth, and
maintaining safe and healthy workplaces,” says Andrew Elliot, Executive Vice
President of Marketing & Strategic Planning at Toyota Material Handling
Europe. “The theme
‘Responsible
Together’ expresses our commitment to working with customers and other
stakeholders to deliver sustainable answers to the material handling challenges
of today – and tomorrow.”
Industry
trends – and Toyota Material Handling Europe’s answers
At CeMAT, an active presentation of TMHE’s automated truck order
picking system was exhibited, signifying
dramatic
improvements in productivity and efficiency, as well as delivering major
cost savings for customers. The future of automation in warehousing operations
was also presented, along with a live demonstration of the hybrid Toyota
forklift model.
The boom in online shopping is driving increased emphasis on
order picking. Here TMHE also has fresh answers with its new BT Optio family of
high-level and low-level order pickers. The latest products for high-density
storage were also shown, including the new generation BT Radioshuttle – the
aisle-free storage system – as well as the new BT Vector very narrow
aisle forklifts.
Empowering
your Business
Different
aspects of economic sustainability were presented within the theme ‘Empowering
your Business’, with Toyota
I_Site a key element. Using an interactive display TMHE showed customers that
by working with Toyota,
they can analyse their operations and make
measureable
improvements in productivity, fleet utilisation and cost reduction.
The theme
‘Empowering your Business’ also includes the economic benefits of Toyota
Material Handling Europe’s service, used
forklift trucks and rental operations.
Safety Dojo
Safety is
another key pillar of Toyota’s
‘Responsible Together’ thinking. At CeMAT an interactive ‘safety dojo’ –
inspired by the dedicated safety training areas at Toyota factories – demonstrated the
company’s safety and ergonomic innovations
and socially responsible thinking. A forklift truck simulator demonstrated
safe forklift operation, and a preview of a new mobile app illustrated the
benefits of Toyota SAS (System of Active Stability).
The safety
dojo concept also explains Toyota Material Handling Europe’s participation in
the Safe Maintenance Campaign sponsored by the European Agency for Safety and
Health at Work (EU-OSHA), as well as the safety benefits of Toyota I_Site.
Responsible
Innovation
The third key theme
was ‘Responsible Innovation’, which presented Toyota’s approach to the world’s evolving
energy systems – with a global perspective.
Recognised for
its
leadership and innovation in new
energy technologies, the Toyota Group is taking a ‘portfolio approach’, so
that it can adapt and respond to the different systems taking the lead in
different global regions. These include lithium ion batteries, hydrogen fuel
cells and hybrids as well as further development of existing energy sources.
Hybrid
technology is synonymous with Toyota,
with more than two million hybrid vehicles sold worldwide. Toyota Material
Handling recently gave a live demonstration of the Toyota
hybrid forklift model which is already being sold commercially in Japan.
It was
designed so that the visitors to the Toyota Material Handling exhibit could
experience the ways TMHE is
working with
customers to drive down costs and get the most value from their material
handling and logistics operations. They were also able to explore the
meaning of “Responsible Together”.
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