Top award for JCB new all electric telescopic forklift
JCB has lifted a top award honouring the environmental benefits of its new all-electric telescopic forklift.
The JCB Teletruk was launched in 1997 and remains the world’s only telescopic lift truck to offer users the benefit of forward reach thanks to its telescopic boom. Now the new electric version of this popular machine – the JCB 30-19E – has won The Environment Award from the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA), Europe’s leading trade body for the materials handling industry.
Judges said the machine - the world’s first electric telescopic forklift - was “ideal for urban environments” thanks to its zero emissions and low noise levels. JCB has received a statuette - known as an ‘Archie’ - to mark the success.
Paul Wild holding the Archie Environmental Award for the JCB TLTe. Also pictured from left – Rod Scott, Sam Wilkinson and Lee Harper MACHINERY manufacturer JCB has lifted a top environmental award for its new all-electric telescopic forklift. The JCB Teletruk was launched in 1997 and claims to be the world’s only telescopic lift truck to offer users the benefit of forward reach. Now the new electric version of this popular machine – the JCB 30-19E – has won the Environment Award from the Fork Lift Truck Association, Europe’s leading trade body for the materials handling industry. JCB chief innovation and growth officer Tim Burnhope said: “It’s always an enormous thrill to be recognised by your industry peers and we are delighted to win the Environment Award from the Forklift Truck Association. The opportunities for the new electric Teletruk are immense both in terms of benefitting the environment in a very big way and reaching into new markets.”
The new JCB 30-19E at work in a coldstore
The JCB Teletruk was launched in 1997 in a bid to capture a slice of the global forklift market, worth over £6 billion at the time.
According to the company it remains the world’s only telescopic lift truck to offer forward reach, thanks to its telescopic boom, rather than a traditional vertical mast.
More recently JCB has released an electric version of this machine, named the JCB 30-19E. This version has just won the
Environment Award from the
Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA), Europe’s major trade body for the materials handling industry.