Stricter food safety and sustainability regulations, labour shortages, increased consumer demand and cost pressures are forcing food processing operations to reevaluate material handling equipment and workflows.
Yale has the lift trucks and solutions to help you take control, improving food and worker safety while helping you bridge the labour gap and maximise efficiency.
The delicate nature of fruits and vegetables, which are prone to bruising, spoilage and rapid deterioration, make them a challenge for food processing operations. Proper temperature control during storage and transport is critical to maintaining freshness and extending shelf life. The diverse range of fruits and vegetables, each with unique handling requirements, and the need for efficient and hygienic practices to avoid contamination further complicate material handling logistics.
Meat processing and meatpacking operations must handle heavy, perishable raw products that require precise temperature control to maintain freshness. To protect food quality and safety and to prevent contamination, materials handling in meat and poultry processing requires strict hygiene standards and specialised equipment, such as lift trucks built with impermeable materials and galvanised metal. This construction can help to avoid trapping bacteria and resist corrosion and rust that could otherwise result from frequent truck wash-downs.
Because of the perishable nature of dairy products, operations must maintain strict temperature control for food safety and to prevent spoilage. Materials handling[OAK1] [D2] requires the adherence to strict hygiene standards at every step to avoid contamination. Due to their relatively short shelf life, effective logistics and timely transportation are also crucial to the freshness and safety of dairy products.
Because of their bulk nature, grains and cereals require efficient storage, transportation and precise handling to prevent contamination, spoilage and pest infestation. Achieving consistent quality from milling to packaging requires specialised [OAK1] materials handling equipment to prevent breakage. Dust control is also a significant concern, as grain mills produce fine particles that can pose safety and environmental risks.
In seafood processing, immediate and strict temperature control is essential to maintain freshness and prevent spoilage of the perishable product, making diligent and efficient materials handling a mandatory. Seafood is highly sensitive to damage and contamination, necessitating rigorous hygiene practices and specialised [OAK1] equipment for handling, sorting and packaging to help protect food safety – including galvanised equipment that is resistant to corrosion and rust. Additionally, many seafood products are processed in varying forms, such as fresh, frozen, or canned, each requiring different handling procedures.
Make the most of your valuable food processing warehouse space. Our pallet trucks and pallet stackers feature ergonomic controls and small footprints that boost productivity for pallet movement and stacking.
Simple, efficient food pallet movement. From loading and unloading trailers to feeding raw ingredients to production lines or manoeuvring in clean rooms, our pallet trucks provide performance enhancing options and standard features that help increase productivity and reduce operational costs for every stage of horizontal pallet handling.
Fast, efficient putaway and retrieval inside and out. Our line of robust, reliable reach trucks for food processing warehouses includes models with a variety of load capacities with models designed for environments ranging from narrow aisle warehouses to indoor-outdoor operations.
Boost loading and unloading productivity and reduce operational costs. From low-intensity operations to heavy-duty and attachment applications, our counterbalanced electric forklifts deliver ICE-like performance suited to a variety of food processing warehouse applications.
Support warehouse safety with a proven, award-winning technology that helps reinforce forklift operator best practices and awareness.
Take charge of your lift truck fleet with real-time telemetry data that delivers detailed insights into day-to-day operations.
Keep your lift truck fleet running efficiently and cost-effectively with quality Yale-approved replacement parts.
Minimise costs and optimizse fleet composition and utilisation across facilities with expert support.
Find a full range of forklifts for sale, lease and to rent, plus parts and maintenance to keep you up and running, all at your local Yale dealer.
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