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Hamé, Czech Republic
Hamé is the biggest producer of tinned food in the Czech Republic. They rely
on BT Lifter ‘Wet Spec’ hand pallet trucks both in their production and storage
areas.


Operating as a Czech company since 1992, Hamé                      “We use standard trucks in our warehouses and other areas        of preventive maintenance implemented by Toyota as part of
produces tinned food ranging from stewed fruit,                    where the hygiene regulations are not so strict and where        the rental agreement is working well.
jams and marmalades to meat products, patés,                       the environment is not so damp or aggressive. Production in
chilled ready meals, vegetables, including many                    plant takes place in two environments: sweet and savoury.        “One of the most demanding of our processes is the
tomato products, baguettes and baby food.                          The trucks come into contact with sugar and vinegar and          production of candied fruit, in which we use a large amount
                                                                   they suffer a lot.                                               of sugar. This sticks to the trucks and forms corrosive
“Our cooperation with Toyota Material Handling started                                                                              deposits very quickly. Our BT trucks Wet Spec trucks fare
in 2005 when we began to use BT hand pallet trucks,”               “Before we entered into our long-tern rental agreement with      better than their predecessors under these conditions.”
explains logistics manager Martin Štrupl. “Toyota suggested        Toyota Material Handling our fleet was comprised of many
supplying hand pallet trucks on a long-term lease for the          different trucks and we had a lot of problems with servicing,
largest of our plants in Babice in 2006. We optimised the          maintenance and spare parts. We borrowed several BT trucks
fleet, replacing a mixture of different suppliers. We agreed       for some time and we found that they did not wear so much
on a daily rate for each functioning truck and a number of         in our demanding environments as competitor models, they
stand-by trucks. As the lease in Babice proved successful, we      were not so demanding in terms of servicing and spare parts,
increased the initial number of 100 trucks to approximately        and were easier to operate as well. This experience led to
175, and we equipped two other plants, in Kunovice and             us retiring the other trucks and aquiring a fleet of BT pallet
here in Mařatice, with them as well.                               trucks on long-term rental.


Most of our hand pallet trucks, which Toyota Material              “This arrangement brings great advantages to us. Our
Handling supplies on long-term rental, are used in our             people who had been responsible for maintenance may
production areas, continues Zdeněk Gabrhel, technical              now devote time to other work, such maintaining the trucks‘
manager at Mařatice. “We have about forty of them here in          cleanliness and subsequent lubrication that is necessary.
Mařatice and they are divided into two similarly sized groups      The servicing of the BT trucks is the responsibility of Toyota
depending on the severity of their working environment.            Material Handling CZ.


“Most of our production areas demand trucks that are               “It was common for us to have up to eight trucks out of
designed for humid conditions. They must incorporate               order at any one time and each was of a different brand,
corrosion-proof or plastic components that are resistant to rust   which caused a problem, especially in high season. Since
and do not cause problems with hygiene, for example, in the        we have had the BT trucks we have not had this problem.
production of tomato and other fruit products. Here we require     Production does not complain that they are short of hand
absolute cleanliness so the trucks must be washed constantly.      pallet trucks, which used to happen quite often. The system

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  • 1. BT Lifter LHM230 case study Hamé, Czech Republic Hamé is the biggest producer of tinned food in the Czech Republic. They rely on BT Lifter ‘Wet Spec’ hand pallet trucks both in their production and storage areas. Operating as a Czech company since 1992, Hamé “We use standard trucks in our warehouses and other areas of preventive maintenance implemented by Toyota as part of produces tinned food ranging from stewed fruit, where the hygiene regulations are not so strict and where the rental agreement is working well. jams and marmalades to meat products, patés, the environment is not so damp or aggressive. Production in chilled ready meals, vegetables, including many plant takes place in two environments: sweet and savoury. “One of the most demanding of our processes is the tomato products, baguettes and baby food. The trucks come into contact with sugar and vinegar and production of candied fruit, in which we use a large amount they suffer a lot. of sugar. This sticks to the trucks and forms corrosive “Our cooperation with Toyota Material Handling started deposits very quickly. Our BT trucks Wet Spec trucks fare in 2005 when we began to use BT hand pallet trucks,” “Before we entered into our long-tern rental agreement with better than their predecessors under these conditions.” explains logistics manager Martin Štrupl. “Toyota suggested Toyota Material Handling our fleet was comprised of many supplying hand pallet trucks on a long-term lease for the different trucks and we had a lot of problems with servicing, largest of our plants in Babice in 2006. We optimised the maintenance and spare parts. We borrowed several BT trucks fleet, replacing a mixture of different suppliers. We agreed for some time and we found that they did not wear so much on a daily rate for each functioning truck and a number of in our demanding environments as competitor models, they stand-by trucks. As the lease in Babice proved successful, we were not so demanding in terms of servicing and spare parts, increased the initial number of 100 trucks to approximately and were easier to operate as well. This experience led to 175, and we equipped two other plants, in Kunovice and us retiring the other trucks and aquiring a fleet of BT pallet here in Mařatice, with them as well. trucks on long-term rental. Most of our hand pallet trucks, which Toyota Material “This arrangement brings great advantages to us. Our Handling supplies on long-term rental, are used in our people who had been responsible for maintenance may production areas, continues Zdeněk Gabrhel, technical now devote time to other work, such maintaining the trucks‘ manager at Mařatice. “We have about forty of them here in cleanliness and subsequent lubrication that is necessary. Mařatice and they are divided into two similarly sized groups The servicing of the BT trucks is the responsibility of Toyota depending on the severity of their working environment. Material Handling CZ. “Most of our production areas demand trucks that are “It was common for us to have up to eight trucks out of designed for humid conditions. They must incorporate order at any one time and each was of a different brand, corrosion-proof or plastic components that are resistant to rust which caused a problem, especially in high season. Since and do not cause problems with hygiene, for example, in the we have had the BT trucks we have not had this problem. production of tomato and other fruit products. Here we require Production does not complain that they are short of hand absolute cleanliness so the trucks must be washed constantly. pallet trucks, which used to happen quite often. The system