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Chemicals & Plastics Industries
Meet your Sustainability Goals
Navigating strict regulations and demands for more sustainable supply chains can consume your resources in the chemical and plastic manufacturing industries.
Fluctuating prices for raw materials, shifts in production and crowded storage areas can bog down your operation. It can feel like you're never going to catch up. But we're here to help and we've got the tool and resources you need to stay competitive.
Now imagine how your business would change if you could make the most of your resources and boost your productivity. What if you could also make your operation greener?
Chemical and Plastic Industry Challenges
How to meet OSHA Requirements and Keep Your Employees Safe
- Install automation: Implement automated solutions and redirect workers to more value-added tasks. You’ll save money on labor, increase your productivity and make your warehouse safer for all. Automation works best for repetitive tasks, like assembly or packaging.
- Ensure proper safety training for employees: An improperly trained employee is a disaster waiting to happen. Make sure all your employees are trained and in compliance with OSHA. We offer on-demand training for you and your whole team.
- Telematics: Use telematics to track lift truck access and provide training updates.
Sustainability for Chemical Plants & Plastics Manufacturing
- Explosion-proof forklifts: Prevent deadly disasters with one of these forklifts. Also called EX Rated, they’re safe to use in places where there may be flammable substances in the area.
- Electric forklifts: Save money on your fleet by investing in electric forklifts. They’re easier to maintain, safe to drive indoors and much quieter. Not to mention, you’ll reduce your carbon footprint–a growing demand in today’s supply chain.
- Source from suppliers who strive for a greener supply chain
- Develop a recycling plan for by-products of your operation
Eliminate Space Constraints
Precision handling of raw and finished goods in crowded production and storage areas is critical. How are you going to optimize your space?
- Mezzanines: Go vertical, and take advantage of unused cubic space.
- Narrow Aisle Forklifts: Maneuver tight spaces with ease. Utilize agile electric trucks, delivering high productivity in constrained areas.
- Omni Mole: Eliminates warehouse aisles by automating storage and retrieval of like-sized pallets.
Right-Size Your Material Handling Fleet and Save
Raw materials pricing can be volatile and out of your control, impacting your bottom line. You need to make smart financial decisions.
Make informed decisions for your business with the help of fleet management services. We take an actionable approach to vehicle management looking at usage, downtime, impacts performance and maintenance costs to reduce unnecessary costs and streamline your equipment. In fact, our fleet management services can save you up to 15% guaranteed.
TAKE CONTROL WITH GAME-CHANGING SOLUTIONS
Collaborating with the chemicals and plastics industry to create solutions that deliver results.
I.C.E. PNEUMATIC TIRE FORKLIFT
Start with a singular base configuration, then add only what you need to best suit your operational needs — no more, no less. By designing a completely unique forklift, you get the comfort and performance you desire, plus the cost benefit of only paying for what your operators and operation need in order to perform optimally.
- Dynamic Stability System (DSS)
- Operator-Centric Design
- Heavy-Duty Components
- Operator Assist Systems
NARROW AISLE REACH TRUCK
You can do more than humanly possible with the new narrow aisle reach truck—a workhorse that can help operations overcome the challenges in today’s warehouse applications.
- Move more with less
- Ergonomic design
- Excellent Visibility
- Low Cost of Operation