We specialise in challenges including heavy and awkward handling, pallet handling and ATEX environments. Whilst also providing solutions for the high volume parcel industry.
We work in a diverse mix of markets, from Food & Beverage, E-commerce, Cold Chain, Automotive and Pharmaceuticals. Our materials handling systems help bring packages to your door, food to your table, beers and spirits to bottles and pharmaceuticals to critical environments. We move vehicle parts in many of the best known automotive brands.
Our conveyor systems are robust, made to last and backed up with design credentials matchless in the UK. All backed up with an after-sales service second to none.
In our world, everything we do is about keeping your world moving.
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Lane automated cake conveyor for Mr Kipling
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Our Tullamore Distillery Drain and Fill Line for William Grants & Sons is capable of handling up to 132 whisky casks per hour
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Metres of 6” pitch chain conveyor at Old Bushmills Distillery as the main fill line conveyor with a maximum moving load of 2600kg
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Up to 100 American casks per hour throughput at Old Bushmills Distillery
We have proven experience delivering all types of conveyors. These include: Powered overhead; Power and Free; Inverted Power and Free; Manual; Belt; Powered rollers; Gravity; Chain and Pallet conveyors. We specialise in Slat and Towline conveyors, well used in the Automotive industries:
Capability in Automated Materials Handling
Our mission is to be experts in the provision of continuous automatic production by delivering:
Many kinds of conveying systems are available and are used according to the needs of different industries. Get in touch with an L.B. Foster representative to understand which solution would be best for your application.
ContactOur team has a proven track record of developing and installing creative conveyor solutions for a variety of industries. These include automotive, paint processes, food and drink, retail and manufacturing. We are constantly developing our technology to ensure we produce the most cost effective and efficient solutions to improve the productivity of your business.
Solutions“We chose L.B. Foster because they had a better understanding of our brief – and that included the price. More than that they also demonstrated a willingness to understand what the job really entailed.”
- George Kennedy, Operations Director
- Fyffes
Our dedicated team of engineers are designing innovative handling solutions tailored to suit your needs. We will visualise and model the system before manufacture and can offer lean manufacturing solutions.
Lean manufacturing is a methodology that focuses on minimising waste within manufacturing systems while simultaneously maximizing productivity. Some of the benefits of lean manufacturing can include reduced lead times, reduced operating costs and improved product quality.
We work with some of the world's best-known names.
We are leading the way with our automated manufacturing solutions that are used throughout the automotive supply chain for brands including Jaguar Land Rover, Honda, Aston Martin, BMW, Triumph and JCB.
Our integrated materials handling solutions keep the supply chain moving for Boots The Chemist, Wincanton Logistics, Tesco, Wm Morrisons and DHL.
In this sector we supply bespoke, specialist automated food and drink manufacturing solutions that deliver for CocaCola, Diageo, Premier Foods, Unilever, Bass and Birds Eye.
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