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■ Newsdesk April
InBrief
STOP PRESS: Toyota
■ You’re having a laugh!
and BT roll into one
As we closed for press, these changes is always to serve throughout the UK to support this
significant news reached us customers better, by improving growth.
that Toyota and BT are to the range and quality of products The new organisation will be
combine to form a new and services available and at the led by Mike Mathias (Managing
company. We will carry a full same time establishing more Director) and Steve Hodkinson
evaluation of this decision in efficient operations. (Deputy Managing Director),
the May edition of ShD. The first step in this process in supported by a senior
Meanwhile, Toyota’s statement the UK will be the combination of management team drawn from
is reproduced below. the current activities of Toyota the two existing companies.
Comedian Dominic Since its formation in 2005, Industrial Equipment (UK) TMHUK is expected to become
Holland cracked a few Toyota Material Handling Limited (TIEUK) and BT operational before the end of
quips at ShD’s expense Europe (TMHE) has been Rolatruc Limited (BTR) into a 2007 and both management
during the recent IMHX working continuously towards new entity, Toyota Material teams are working closely
Gala Dinner. The tousle- building a new organisational Handling UK Limited (TMHUK). together to ensure a smooth
haired funnyman had the structure to support the The creation of TMHUK marks transition.
affront to laugh at some of achievement of its ambitious the start of an exciting new era Employees, dealers, customers
the, shall we say, less sexy medium term market share and for the UK materials handling and other important stakeholders
elements of the mag’s profit goals for Europe. industry. By combining the will be kept up to date with
editorial content! Following detailed studies, strengths of the existing highly progress through a comprehensive
TMHE has decided to enhance successful Toyota and BT communications programme.
■ ShD on TV! service to customers and improve organisations, TMHUK will be The bringing together of the
A television service based business efficiency by integrating ideally placed to deliver the very Toyota and BT brands under one
around the IMHX event Toyota and BT operations in highest levels of customer service roof represents the most
was launched at the NEC many areas of the business, through a coordinated, efficient significant development in the UK
this year. including the UK market. and solutions-driven approach. materials handling industry for
ShD TV goes live during By creating a new joint TMHUK will be investing many years. The formation of
April 2007 and will operation, it will be able to offer strongly in additional resources TMHUK will offer customers,
provide visitors, and those both Toyota and BT products and to enable it to reach its objectives large and small, the benefit of a
executives that didn’t get services to customers through and initial plans indicate the market-leading range of quality
to the show, with the one single marketing and sales need to recruit more than 200 products and services from a
opportunity to review the company. The goal in making additional sales and service staff single source.
event from the comfort of
their office or home – all
they will need is access to
Kardex’s new man
the internet. The coverage
includes interviews with Automated storage and development in the new position.
key industry personnel at retrieval specialist Kardex UK In his previous role as operations
the show, as well as ShD has announced that Adrian director at the company, the
editor Peter MacLeod. Golby is to become its new former Cambridge engineering
The footage can be reached managing director. graduate significantly improved
via our sister website, With 24 years’ experience at manufacturing performance and
www.pressonshd.com. All the industrial food process resource utilisation.
subscribers to the machinery supplier, Baker “I joined Kardex because I
electronic version of ShD Perkins, Golby aims to apply his could see tremendous potential
will receive an email link to range of expertise in engineering, for the business,” he said.
the site. manufacturing, project “Kardex is a great organisation sophisticated and technologically
management and business and its products are the most advanced in the market place.”
■ Enersys appointment
The K-Box packaging solution, a joint development by
Leading industrial battery
Schaeffler Gruppe Industrie and Georg Utz GmbH, has been
and charger systems
awarded the German Packaging Prize for 2006. The K-Box
manufacturer Enersys
came out on top from a total of 330 contestants and 51
Motive Power has
appointed John Lawton to
nominated packaging solutions in the Transportation
Packaging category and thereby qualified to take part in the
the role of European
Director Marketing. John
World Star Global Packaging Competition which it also went
on to win. German Packaging Prize is offered by the
has been with the company
Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V. (DVI) [German Institute
for 18 years.
of Packaging]. Both awards were prominently displayed at
IMHX 2007 and generated a lot of interest.
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