Toyota Material Handling UK has opened a dedicated automated handling technology demonstration centre.

Toyota Material Handling UK's new centre

The 800 sqm facility, located at the same site as Toyota's Midlands business centre in the Meridian Business Park, Leicester, will provide a permanent showcase for the Toyota Autopilot range of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) as well as the company's semi-automated RadioShuttle technology for the storage and retrieval of palletised loads from high-density racking systems.

In addition, visitors to the centre can also discuss Toyota's turnkey automated system design expertise.

Toyota Material Handling's Paul Freeman says: "The opening of our new automated handling technology demonstration centre provides an easily accessible location in the heart of the UK for our customers to see and assess Toyota's state-of-the-art AGVs and RadioShuttle systems in operation within a realistic working warehouse setting.

"More and more companies are choosing to automate part or, in some cases, all of their intralogistics processes. As a result, the profile of the typical automation user is evolving and small and medium-sized warehouse operators and e-commerce retailers now see automated handling and storage technology as the optimum solution to their issues."

Toyota Forklift has launched its full operations in China, including assembly, sales and service. Toyota Material Handling (Shanghai) Co., Ltd(TMHS)，which is 100% invested by Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), is the distributor of Toyota Forklift inChina. We would like to support our customer in all ways.

Founded in 1926, Toyota Industries Corporation is the original company of Toyota Group, starting its business of automatic loom. It diversifies into such fields as loom, automobile, industrial equipment, compressor, engine, semiconductor, LCD,MachiningCenter, etc.Toyotaair jet loom, compressor and forklift own the No. 1 market share around the world. Toyota Group consists of 13 companies, such as TICO, Toyota Motor, TTC, etc.