Kelly Rose
Editor

Spirits raised at whiskey distillery

Crown’s excellent customer service and multi-faceted product range is said to have enhanced productivity at Bruichladdich Distillery, the first full-scale, purpose-built distillery on the Scottish island of Islay. 

Bruichladdich Distillery operates a wide range of Crown equipment including the ESR 5200 Series reach truck, WAVE Work Assist Vehicle, FC Series four-wheel electric counterbalance fork lift truck, WP Series pallet truck and, a recent addition to the fleet, a TSP 7000 Series Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) turret truck. Crown’s reputation for customer service coupled with product reliability was a key factor in the decision to award Crown the contract for the material handling fleet at Bruichladdich Distillery. 

Production director Allan Logan explained: “Islay is a remote island, and often suppliers are reluctant to take the time to come and visit. We found Crown to be the opposite. Its professional approach to the site survey coupled with our experience of its excellent service and support meant that when we built our new high-density storage buildings, Crown was the obvious choice.”

To reduce risk, the Crown WAVE Work Assist Vehicle is utilised in the dry goods warehouse and is especially useful when order picking individual bottles from clients’ private reserve stock. With a reach working height to 5m and a travel speed up to 8km/h, the WAVE is the versatile alternative to traditional rolling ladders, helping to reduce the risk of products dropping off a ladder while providing efficient handling of small loads at height.

To reduce fatigue, the Crown WP Series powered pallet truck is used within the Bruichladdich bottling hall to move pallets of finished product from the bottling line ready to be placed into the case goods warehouse. Featuring lifting forks which can raise loads up to 750mm, the WP Series provides postural relief, increasing productivity when stacking cases onto pallets by hand.

Crown Scotland’s sales manager, Colin Neilson, added: “The WP Series powered pallet truck enables operators to manoeuvre heavy loads in the confined space of the bottling hall with precision and confidence. Featuring heavy-gauge steel construction for the chassis, side panels and power unit cover plus a cast-aluminium handle, the WP Series is robustly designed and built, and delivers excellent reliability for Bruichladdich Distillery.”

0845 850 9276amy.southall@crown.com
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Company Info

Crown Lift Trucks Ltd

Rutherford Road
Basingstoke
RG24 8PD
UNITED KINGDOM

0845 850 9276

info@crown.com

www.crown.com

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