STORAGE, HANDLING & DISTRIBUTION
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
Inc. installs touchpath manufacturing
execution system to increase
production capacity
Houston, Texas-headquartered
forklift manufacturer Mitsubishi
Caterpillar Forklift America
Inc. (‘MCFA’) has implemented
international supply chain
solutions provider TouchPath’s
‘TouchMES’ manufacturing
execution system, integrating
it with the company’s ERP
system to increase production
capacity and support
expansion, it was announced
today. From its 860,000 sq. ft.,
850 employee Houston-based
plant MCFA manufactures and
distributes Mitsubishi forklift
trucks, Cat® lift trucks and
Jungheinrich® warehouse
products, via a network of
450 dealers across North,
Central, South America and the
Caribbean.
TouchPath has operations
in the UK (Halifax HX1 5ER)
and the USA (High Point, NC
27265).
www.touchpath.com
Konecranes Demag UK
partners with WES
Lifting equipment manufacturer
and service provider,
Konecranes Demag UK Limited,
has reaffirmed its commitment
to providing equal employment
opportunities by entering into
partnership with the WES.
The move is consistent with
the company’s objective of
promoting the engineering
sector to women and recruiting
female employees to establish
a more diverse workforce.
Konecranes Demag is taking
an active role within the WES,
attending the organisation’s
events and adopting best
practice procedures. The
company will also advertise
technical vacancies on the
WES website, job boards
and newsletters to make job
opportunities more accessible to
female engineers. Konecranes
UK HR Director, Karen Winfield,
stated: “This is an issue about
which I am passionate and I
am delighted that Konecranes
Demag is working with the WES
to inspire and support women in
engineering careers.”
www.konecranes.co.uk
KASTO
KASTO manufactures manual,
semi-automatic and fully
automated bandsaws, circular
saws and hacksaws. The
company also builds compact
industrial warehouses for
computer-controlled storage
and retrieval of bar, tube, profile,
sheet and other materials.
Systems can be either stand-
alone or interlinked with saws,
other machine tools, and more.
KASTO’s service encompasses
planning, design, software
development, project
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management, execution,
service and support from a
single source. KASTO Ltd is
the subsidiary serving the
UK and Ireland with offices,
demonstration facilities and a
showroom in Milton Keynes.
We would be delighted to meet
with you to explain more on our
stand 610 in hall 19 at the MACH
2020 show, which runs from
20th to 24th April at the NEC in
Birmingham.
www.kasto.com/uk