The United Kingdom Materials Handling Association (UKMHA) has revealed the shortlist for this year’s Archies Awards.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham on September 14, which will be hosted by actress and comedian Sally Phillips.
The shortlisted products and companies are:
Automation Product Innovation of the Year
- EK Robotics’s X Move
- Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe’s Rocla Automated Compact Truck (ACT) AGV
- Rockwell Automation’s OTTO 1200
Dealer Member of the Year
- Bennie Equipment Ltd
- Carryduff Forklift LTD
- Easy Truck Material Handling Ltd
- HFT Forklifts Ltd
- Rushlift Ltd West
- Mercia Fork Truck Service Ltd
Ergonomic Innovation of the Year
- Hubtex UK Ltd’s HUBTEX FluX 45
- Crown’s ESR 1200
- Combilift’s CB70E
Manufacturer Product Innovation of the Year
- Mitsubishi’s Rocla Automated Compact Truck AGV
- Crown’s SP1500
- Combilift’s LC-Blade
Safety Product of the Year
- Baumann Sideloaders’ Safeload Assistance
- Essensium’s Safetrack
- Hubtex UK Ltd’s Aisle Entry Assist
- Toyota Material Handling (UK)’s Toyota SEnS+ Hazard Sensor
- Yale Lift Truck Technologies’ Yale Reliant
Safe Site
- Babcock International Group Plc’s Devonport Royal Dockyard
- Edward Billington & Son Ltd
- Molnlycke
Supplier of the Year
- B&B Attachments
- Close Brothers
- Midac UK Ltd
- WB Powersource
Sustainability Award of the Year
- Crown
- Hoppecke Industrial Batteries
- Hubtex
- Intelligent Energy
Training Provider of the Year
- 4KS Forklift Training Ltd
- HFT Forklifts Ltd
- HL Training
- Industrial Training Services Ltd
- Mentor FLT Training Limited
- RTITB Instructor Academy
Apprentice of the Year
- Billy Lumbard from Acclaim Handling
- Joshua Gittins from Carrylift Group
- Dan Allen from Crown Lift Trucks
- Xavier Graham from Crown Lift Trucks
- Jack Batten from Kion Group
- Jack Ducker from Kion Group
- Tom Broadhead from Kion Group
- Harvey Stone from Kridan Handling Ltd
- Jacob Barratt from Toyota Material Handling
- Jimmy Houghton from Toyota Material Handling
- Dominic Walls from Toyota Material Handling
- James Fairhurst from Toyota Material Handling
