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Queen's award for transdek (1st May 2012)
Loading equipment manufacturer, Transdek has received a Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its groundbreaking developments in truck loading systems.
From Distribution
Transdek lands Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation (23rd April 2012)
Transdek, a Yorkshire based loading equipment manufacturer, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation in this year’s honours for developments in truck loading systems.
From News
Lift me higher (1st April 2012)
Transdek, the lifting equipment specialist, is helping to improve the overall store efficiency of one of the UK's leading home furnishing retailers by installing mezzanine floor lifts at outlets across the UK
From Facilities Management
On the double (1st March 2012)
Transdek UK will be showcasing working models of its 6.5t V2G (Vehicle To Ground) Double Deck lift with integral Load Weight Monitor (LWM) and 20t Double Deck Lift at the CV Show, NEC Birmingham, 24th-26th April 2012.
Transdek invests in Doncaster facilities (1st February 2012)
Transdek UK has streamlined its manufacturing capability by consolidating production at its headquarters near Doncaster, which will improve operational efficiency to meet growing demand and target new business opportuni
From Industry update
The double deck debate (1st January 2012)
Transdek recommends the introduction of a new loading bay height at distribution centres for handling high volumes of deliveries through fixed double deck trailers. Simon Duddy caught up with md Mark Adams to talk ab
From Conveying
Safecontractor approved (1st October 2011)
Loading systems specialist, Transdek has been named as a SAFEContractor approved company for a third consecutive year, providing customers with independent accreditation of the company's commitment to health and safety
Call to rethink loading (1st October 2011)
Transdek has recommended the introduction of a new loading bay height at distribution centres handling high volumes of deliveries through fixed double deck trailers.
V2G takes a load off for major supermarkets (1st September 2011)
Transdek notes strong demand from major retailers for its V2G (Vehicle-To- Ground) loading system
Milestone for mezzanine floor lifts (1st September 2011)
Loading systems specialist, Transdek, has recently supplied its 250th Mezzanine Floor Lift, with the installation of a second specialist goods lift at Wiltshire-based Black Hole Storage. Based in Salisbury, Black Hole
Space saving loading system (1st August 2011)
Loading systems specialist, Transdek will showcase its V2G (Vehicle To Ground) lifting system at this year's Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution Show at the East of England Showground, Peterborough, 14th-15th
Truck stability device trialled (1st August 2011)
A major UK supermarket chain is trialling a truck stability device developed by loading systems specialist, Transdek.
Major UK supermarket chain to trial truck stability device (19th July 2011)
Over 500 commercial vehicles roll over each year in the UK. A load weight monitor from Transdek promises greater stability and reduced accidents.
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Vehicle to ground loading system (1st June 2011)
Transdek's V2G (Vehicle-To- Ground) Loading System, offers operators an advance in handling technology with enhanced safety and security for the loading and unloading of goods vehicles at sites without raised docks.
Safety accolade (1st January 2011)
Transdek UK was announced Specialist Winner of the Automation category in the inaugural Design 4 Safety Awards at IMHX 2010, which were founded to highlight the importance of product design in generating safer materials
From Features
Store loading benefits from special lift (1st October 2010)
Transdek will launch a range of products at IMHX 2010 aimed at revolutionising the design and build of retail sites. Transdek claims the V2G double deck lift has the potential to save up to £250k on cost and 2 weeks of
From Lifting & Moving
On the platform (1st September 2010)
Transdek has recently supplied safe working platforms to NYK Logistics, Eddie Stobart and YRC Logistics to facilitate safer yard unloading.
Platform boost to yard safety (1st August 2010)
Transdek has recently supplied safe working platforms to NYK Logistics, Eddie Stobart and YRC Logistics, providing them with safer means of unloading in their yards.
Better loading safety by the yard (1st June 2010)
Transdek has recently supplied its Safe Working Platforms to NYK Logistics, Eddie Stobart and YRC Logistics, providing them with a safer means of unloading in their yards.
Mini-hubs slash costs (1st June 2010)
Double deck distribution means minihubs make sense for high volume customers such as Boots who serve urban areas with numerous stores
Quick lift relocation (1st May 2010)
Boots and Tesco are developing their double deck supply chains by installing Transdek double deck lifts at both DC and store level. The modular design of the lifts enables speedy installation and relocation.
Double deck at dc & store level (1st May 2010)
Transdek designs, manufactures and installs double deck lifts (6.5 tonne for store-level use through to 20 tonne for DC use). These are designed to help customers reduce distribution costs and improve carbon footprint t
Double deck out your operation (1st April 2010)
As a consequence of the general economic downturn, coupled with anxiety over uncertain energy prices, the effective and efficient control of materials handling and transportation costs has risen rapidly up the managemen
Safety contract (1st October 2009)
Transdek UK has achieved SAFEcontractor accreditation, which recognises high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.
On the double (1st September 2009)
Beiersdorf has invested in Transdek double deck lifts to support its client, Boots', green transport strategy.
Double vision (1st August 2009)
The problem with double deck trailers, says Transdek MD, Mark Adams, is that everybody knows they don't work. Everybody, that is, but the retailers turning over a £billion a week. Could there be a correlation? Brendan Coyne r
Double deck dock lift (1st June 2009)
Transdek UK recently launched the latest in its range of double deck loading systems a 20 tonne capacity dock lift.
Fixed decks see double savings (1st February 2009)
Transdek says its mobile dock lifts deliver both efficiency and safety benefits, and that its fixed double deck lifts can realise significant savings – as verified by Boots...
Double deck operations (1st December 2008)
Double deck trailers, with a powered or fixed second deck, can carry increased product volumes, with direct savings on transport costs and the environmental footprint. However, powered second decks suffer from drawbac
Move between floors (1st October 2008)
A free-standing Transdek goods lift has provided facilities for moving loads between the ground and first floors of a new selfstorage warehouse opened by The Store Room at Leicester.
Loading trailers fast with mobile dock lift (1st August 2008)
A mobile dock lift from Transdek UK is providing a fast, cost-effective solution for loading trailers at A F Blakemore and Son's new regional distribution centre in the west midlands. A F Blakemore is one of six whole
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Self-contained structure (1st June 2008)
Loads between the ground and first floors of the central distribution hub managed by DHL for Canon at Coalville, Leicestershire, are now moved by a freestanding Transdek goods lift. The new lift allows Canon to access
Lifting Co-op’s green efficiency (1st February 2008)
A mobile dock lift from Transdek UK is helping the United Co-op’s Talke RDC in Staffordshire to recycle more of the waste packing materials generated by its 580 stores.
Mobile dock lift boost (1st December 2007)
A mobile dock lift from Transdek UK has increased productivity and efficiency at the United Co-op's Talke regional distribution centre in Staffordshire, while allowing the main vehicle access between the warehouse and
Double-deck dock lifts (1st October 2007)
Transdek UK has expanded its range of rapid-installation double-deck dock lifts to include units with capacity for 24 roll-cages. The equipment, which has an SWL of 12t, is supplied as self-contained pods that can be
Unload double stacked containers safely (1st June 2007)
Transdek's mobile lifting platform can be used to load and unload double-stacked containers, allowing customers to greatly increase external storage capacity at little cost.
Efficiency boost for John Lewis (1st April 2007)
Installed with minimal disruption and no construction work, specialised loading bay equipment from Transdek UK has increased efficiency and reduced the cost of deliveries at two city-centre John Lewis stores.
Platform for double-stacked container loading (15th March 2007)
New from Transdek UK is a mobile lifting platform for the loading and unloading of double-stacked containers, which enables users to increase their external storage capacity at little cost...
Mobile dock lifts for economical handling (1st February 2007)
Custom-built mobile dock lifts from Transdek are providing Clares Merchandise Handling Equipment with a versatile, cost-effective means of unloading new roll cages from trailers without tail-lifts at two Tesco distribution ce
Flexible and economical (1st December 2006)
Custom-built mobile dock lifts from Transdek are providing Clares Merchandise Handling Equipment with an economical means of unloading roll cages from trailers without tail-lifts at two Tesco distribution centres. Clares MHE
Economical load handling (8th November 2006)
Low-cost mezzanine lifts (26th June 2006)
Transdek UK has introduced a range of goods lifts designed for rapid installation with minimal disruption to provide access to mezzanine floors in warehouses, factories and self-storage units.
Versatile docking station (1st February 2006)
New from Transdek UK is a free-standing weatherproof docking station that can be adjusted in less than a minute to suit a variety of vehicle heights.
From Logistics distribution
Egg loading cracked (1st December 2005)
A mobile powered platform from Transdek is enabling a single operative using a powered pallet truck (PPT) to load over 22,000 eggs on to delivery vehicles in just 30 minutes at a production site run by Deans Foods.
Safe platform improves container off-loading (1st October 2005)
A relocatable platform that allows loose and palletised loads to be moved safely from vehicles without taillifts is now available from Transdek UK.
Bespoke design mobile dock lifts (1st December 2004)
Business Express, which delivers on behalf of Littlewoods, carries an estimated 45m packages each year.
Hydraulic mobile lifting systems (1st June 2004)
Steinhoff UK has taken delivery of the first of two new hydraulic mobile lifting systems to assist in goods handling at its Tewkesbury site. The Romadek HH1000XL from Transdek UK, is designed to carry three trolleys, each with a full suite set, betwe
