TPT January 2020

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Combilift wins safety award for new tiller arm COMBILIFT, a global manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts, has won the industrial vehicles category of the latest British Industrial Truck Association Design4Safety Awards with its multi- position tiller arm. which always displays the position of the truck’s rear wheel. Martin McVicar, Combilift’s CEO and co-founder,

accepted the trophy from BITA secretary James Clark during last year’s Logistics awards, which took place in September. He said: “We are very proud to be the winner of such an important award as safety is a crucial issue in our industry. Following the

The multi-position tiller arm has been designed to allow operators to remain in the safest possible position when working in narrow aisles, reducing the risk of them being crushed or trapped between the truck and the racking. The tiller arm also incorporates a monitor

Combilift Design4Safety Award. (L to R) Fred MacAulay host, Martin McVicar, James Clark BITA secretary general

Originally designed for the Combi- WR reach stacker, the tiller arm is now incorporated on Combilift’s growing range of pedestrian models such as the multi-directional Combi-WR4, the Combi-CS counterbalance stacker and the Combi-PPT powered pallet truck.

FLTA Safety award we received for the Combi- PPT earlier in the year, this highlights the fact that our product range is designed with the utmost safety in mind – not just for operators but for all employees who work with or in the vicinity of forklifts and industrial vehicles.”

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