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Combilift Ltd, the Irish specialist
manufacturer of a range of 4-way forklifts,
has added another trophy to its collection by
winning the UK Forklift Truck Association’s
2009 award for innovation.
Combilift beat seven other finalists to win the
innovation category for its Combi-CB model,
which was officially launched at the company’s
10th anniversary event last September.
The award ceremony took place at the
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel on 14
February, where managing director Mr
Martin McVicar and technical director Mr
Robert Moffett accepted the award.
The 4-way Combi-CB is the smallest
Combilift to date, and was developed
specifically for operations handling mixed
loads of mainly palletised goods but also
long products.
The forklift is an excellent alternative to
electric 4-way reach trucks, and helps
achieve 100 per cent use of lower storage
areas. Very compact dimensions also
enable operation in containers for seamless
unloading directly from delivery vehicles
to the warehouse. The Combi-CB works
indoors and out, has a 2.5t capacity and is
available with LPG, diesel or electric power.
The UK FLTA summed up the benefits of
this new forklift as follows: “The Combi-CB
compact multi-directional counterbalance
transfers the four-way principle into a small
counterbalance truck for the first time.”
This is the fifth major award that Combilift
has won since the company was
established.
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systems
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machines
- finishing lines
- testing lines
- sawing and
deburring units
- packaging lines
 Receiving the award: Mr Kevin Lofting, of category sponsor Albury Asset Rentals Ltd, with Mr Martin McVicar
and Mr Robert Moffett of Combilift
Combi-CB wins UK FLTA award for innovation