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Thorworld Industries provides a one-stop shop for what is
claimed to be the UK's widest range of high quality loading & unloading
equipment, together with an extensive selection of loading bay accessories and
safety aids, from a single source. The Chesterfield, Derbyshire, based company
is now recognised as the foremost supplier to the loading bay and materials
handling sectors, with an established reputation as both an innovator and leader
in the provision of quality engineered equipment.
Thorworld's extensive
product range includes dock shelters & seals, dock levellers, dock plates
& boards, dock & vehicle bumpers, wheel chocks & vehicle restraints,
wheel guides & alignment curbs, traffic & dock lights, aluminium &
lightweight access ramps and modular loading docks, together with a selection of
mobile yard ramps – available for purchase or rental on a sale or return basis
through the company's RentARamp division – as well as the Truckloada mobile
yardlift and the Dockloada scissor lift platform.
In addition to its in-depth and informative website ( www.thorworld.co.uk ), the company also
provides a comprehensive Product Range Catalogue which is packed full of
materials handling solutions for specifiers, purchasers and users of loading bay
equipment, accessories and safety aids.
BSI registered with ISO 9002
accreditation since 1992, as well as CE mark certification, it was one of the
first companies in the industry to achieve the ISO 9001:2000 international
quality management standard. Thorworld has numerous prestige customers across a
wide range of industries and business types, including: distribution, logistics,
transport, retail, food, drink, manufacturing, industry, waste management &
recycling and the service sector.
The company was established in 1981 by
John Meale, a well-known and respected figure in the materials handling
industry. The Thorworld founder and Managing Director is also Vice President of
the Federation Europeenne de la Manutention (FEM), the European Federation of
Materials Handling, as well as being President of FEM’s Elevating Equipment
Product Group. In addition he is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Logistics & Transport (FCILT), a member of the Institution of Engineering
and Technology (IET), a former President of the British Materials Handling
Federation (BMHF) and past President of the Association of Loading &
Elevating Equipment Manufacturers (ALEM).
"With state-of-the-art design and production resources, an on-going
product development programme and continual employee training, our objective is
to provide an unbeatable range of quality engineered loading bay and materials
handling equipment; all of which is designed to help ensure safe, cost-effective
and profitable working, as well as the protection of vehicles, plant and
personnel – setting the standards across the industry", said John Meale.
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