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Impact Handling celebrates 15 years with Cat Lift Trucks. Materials handling provider Impact Handling, part of Aprolis UK, is celebrating 15 years as the exclusive distributor of Cat® Lift Trucks for the UK. The milestone marks a sustained and successful partnership between Impact and one of the leading materials handling brands across the world, which… Full Story

Impact Handling, the leading material handling specialist and UK distributor for CAT® Lift Trucks, explores the key challenges facing food and drink processing operations as they transition to electric power—and shares the proactive steps it has taken to help customers overcome the unique infrastructure and cost-related hurdles associated with the change. The Upside of Electric… Full Story

One of the UK’s leading premium materials handling equipment providers, Impact Handling, an Aprolis UK company, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in business Impact Handling’s journey began in 1985, growing from a regional supplier in the Northeast into one of the UK’s leading providers of premium material handling equipment and service solutions. While the company… Full Story

Although better known for the durability and performance of its counterbalanced machines, Cat® Lift Trucks has a long and impressive history of delivering pioneering warehouse handling solutions.   Exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Impact Handling, part of Aprolis UK, Cat Lift Trucks can trace its warehouse equipment roots all the way back… Full Story

In one sense buying a lift truck, or any other kind of material handling equipment (MHE), has never been easier. Indeed, with the help of Google a new machine could be on its way to you in just a few clicks. On the other hand, when you consider that today there is the widest ever… Full Story

Impact Handling has reinforced its commitment to the heavy lift truck market with a large investment in new Konecranes stock. It means customers will enjoy much faster access to these premium machines and their impressive capabilities.   Andy Armitage, Impact’s Sales Manager for Heavy Equipment, explains: “In the past, lead times for Konecranes orders were… Full Story

Impact Handling is expanding its Heavy Truck Service Division with the addition of 5 more high-spec Mercedes Sprinter vans for the servicing of Konecranes and other large lift trucks. These five latest vehicles are being specially kitted out for this purpose and will help the expanding UK-wide service fleet in meeting the increased business demands… Full Story

Are you open-minded when it comes to replacing your warehouse equipment? Impact Handling and Cat® Lift Trucks can offer you radically different products with game-changing effects on your profitability.   If you’re looking to replace, for instance, a platform stacker, the obvious approach is to choose another platform stacker. From the constantly innovating Cat® warehouse range,… Full Story

Impact meets all needs with 26-model Cat® reach truck range   Impact Handling is ready to solve any reach truck challenge, thanks to an expanded and upgraded line-up from Cat® Lift Trucks.   “The last two years have seen 11 extra models added – followed more recently by a fine-tuning programme for the existing reach… Full Story

Latest warehouse range updates keep Impact ahead in materials handling Leading UK materials handling supplier Impact is stepping up its support for warehouse operations, thanks to non-stop product development at Cat® Lift Trucks. “The rate at which new Cat® products, innovations and upgrades are being introduced is outstanding,” says Steve Shakespeare Impact Handling’s CEO. “We… Full Story

Cat® Lift Trucks has increased the advantages of stand-in power pallet trucks with its NPR20-30N2 range. This new generation offers even greater productivity, cost savings and storage efficiency. Ideal for fast internal transport of heavy and long loads, these stand-in powered pallet trucks cover everything from short shuttle runs to large distances. Efficiently answering intense… Full Story

Impact Handling, the leading premium material handling specialist and sole UK distributor of Cat® Lift Trucks, announces details of a game-changing new range of electric forklifts, that deliver the lowest total cost of ownership yet seen within their class. Designed and built in Europe, the all-new Cat 4.0 to 5.5 tonne electric counterbalance forklifts offer… Full Story

Impact, the UK material handling specialist, has been acquired by Groupe Monnoyeur subsidiary Aprolis and marks a key step in the MHE division’s international growth strategy. The move will see the Impact group of companies maintain its operational structure along with its existing management teams, while benefiting from natural synergies across the wider group as… Full Story

With this acquisition, Aprolis becomes Europe’s leading multi-brand and multi-material handling rental company   Groupe Monnoyeur subsidiary Aprolis, a material handling equipment rental company with activities in Europe and Asia, continues its international development with the acquisition of UK-based Impact Handling from South African group enX. Impact Handling, founded in 1985, has 18 UK branches…. Full Story

Against the backdrop of extreme economic uncertainty, the last year has seen accelerated change forced onto many businesses. Fortunately, at least for those with lift truck fleets, Impact Handling, the leading premium material handling specialist, has remained committed to making that change a leap for the better, offering its growing number of customers a responsive alternative… Full Story

Uncompromising strength, speed and durability are promised by the latest offering from Cat® Lift Trucks in the 6.0 to 10.0 tonne diesel counterbalance category. Power and speed Driven by one the highest-powered engines in its class, the Cat® DP60-100N3 is amongst the industry’s fastest and most efficient machines. Its 3.8 litre common rail diesel power… Full Story

With its new NPV/NPF platform power pallet truck range, Cat® Lift Trucks brings major breakthroughs in productivity and comfort to operations in warehouses, loading areas and logistics centres. Key innovations include the unprecedented ProRide+ system – a milestone in development which solves the age-old problem of how to combine effective traction, damping and stability. The… Full Story

A & L Stronach, who are the official Cat Lift Trucks dealer for Aberdeen and the surrounding areas exhibited at the ‘Spring Show 2020’ which is held by the Royal Northern Agricultural Society at the end of February each year. It is the first major event in the Scottish calendar and is regarded as an… Full Story

Impact Handling, the premium material handling specialist, has introduced an enhanced service and support offering for heavy truck users that promises to set a new benchmark within the industry. A period of significant investment has seen enhancements to every aspect of Impact’s Konecranes-led heavy equipment offer. All of which has been focused on bringing previously… Full Story