Major industry award wins for Crown

An independent panel of experts awarded Crown’s WT3040 rider powered pallet truck the BITA Design for Safety Award in the Industrial Vehicles category at IMHX 2013. The WT3040 was judged to have made a measurable contribution to improving safety awareness through its innovative Entry Bar Safety Switch.

Crown’s QuickPick intuitive remote control for low-level order pickers won Best Product 2013 award in the Order-Picking, Packaging, Securing category, LogiMAT Best Product 2013 Award. Comprising a hi-tech glove worn by the operator, truck movement is controlled from a distance while keeping both hands free. Each truck is fitted with a front-facing laser and two additional lasers in the front apron, which identifies obstacles and thus avoids collisions.

Two other Crown products – the TSP 7000 Very Narrow Aisle turret truck and the Crown InfoLink fleet management system – have also been nominated for the International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award.