With businesses in the UK increasingly mandated to curb their carbon emissions, reduce their oil dependency and adopt responsible environmental initiatives, Linde Material Handling, a world leader in forklift production and material handling, has taken a major leap forward in providing viable eco-friendly solutions.

Based locally in Basingstoke, Linde has recently unveiled a series of new product designs in development that are intended for eventual use within the UK market.  These designs will incorporate environmentally-friendly hybrid solutions aimed at maximising fuel efficiency. (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. To enable pallet retrieval from this location, Davies Turner needed a truck with a substantial lift height capability of over 16 metres - an industry first. Linde, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of forklifts and warehouse equipment, was able to effectively deliver the solution. The lift heights of these newly acquired Linde trucks currently exceed those of any application on record.

Roger Lucy, Director for Davies Turner said,

Linde were able to meet the specific requirements that we had in Avonmouth. They helped us gain maximum benefit from our new building and I am very pleased with the final outcome.

Part of the Linde package also included training one of the five Davies Turner operators at Linde’s headquarters in Basingstoke on a ‘train the trainer’ course enabling him to train his colleagues in the safe operation of this specialised equipment.

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Basingstoke based De La Rue, the largest printer of paper money, has announced it is in talks to sell its automated teller machine operation, which installed the world’s first ATM in 1967.

The company is seeking a buyer for the Cash Systems division, excluding a unit that makes money-sorting equipment, Chief Executive Officer Leo Quinn said. He declined to provide details of potential bidders or estimate the unit’s value and when the discussions may conclude, but suggested that the decision it for shareholder value.

In the fiscal year ended in March 2007, Cash Systems accounted for 48 percent of sales and 32 percent of operating profit for De La Rue, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Its processing unit provides money sorters for clients including J Sainsbury Plc.

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Basingstoke-based Evacusafe will be exhibiting at the Health and Safety Expo at the NEC in Birmingham on 13th - 15th May.

The company have designed and manufacture an Evacuation Chair which is supplied to businesses and public bodies, such as schools and hospitals across the UK. The company are also expanding into Europe and are starting to export their product to the Middle East.

You can find Evacusafe on stand L72 if you are visiting the Health and Safety Expo later in the month.

Greenhouse Graphics, the current Basingstoke Environmental Business of the Year and Hampshire Sustainable Business of the Year, have recently upgraded their pre-press facilities with the installation of a £70,000 chemistry free plate-making facility which now means that their commercial printing process is completely hazardous waste free.

The company worked with Hazred, the government funded agency that aims to reduce hazardous waste emissions from SME’s, who confirmed the hazardous waste free status. This puts Greenhouse Graphics in a very small and elite group of print producers who can claim a ‘hazardous waste free’ status.

This investment fits perfectly within our ‘ecoprint-system4′ brand, which has proven extremely popular with customers looking for a sustainable supplier of graphic design, printing services and electronic media.

says MD Ian Crossley.

But the best part of this for our customers is that they are gaining cost savings on their purchases because we are not exposed to the very significant rises in Hazardous Waste disposal costs that are occurring and are likely to continue in the future. For businesses looking to save money, buy a sustainable product and gain the PR advantages associated with using our ‘ecoprint-system4′ brand, it really is a no-brainer.

Buhrs UK has moved its head office operations to a new 465sqm facility in Basingstoke.

The mailing equipment manufacturer has relocated to an Ashwood Park office, which also houses accommodates the manufacturer’s sales and administration operations 13 of Buhrs UK’s 16 employees.

Buhrs UK managing director John Ricketts said the expansion was “a significant milestone for us and tangible proof of our success over the past year”.

He added:

We had seriously outgrown our old office in central Basingstoke and are delighted that we’ve not had to go too far to find such excellent premises.

Ref. Printweek