35 teams representing their companies participated in this competition. The competition included two major parts: speed in moving pallets, and precision in moving wide material through a narrow space.
In the opening ceremony, Vice Director of Wuxi Administration and Service Center, Director of Workwomen Department of Wuxi General Labor Union, General Manager of Wuxi High and New Technology Logistics Center, and General Manager of Linde Jiangsu Region have made their speeches.
”°This activity provides a platform for participants to improve and show-off their forklift truck skills”±, says Xu, Vice Director of Wuxi Administration and Service Center.
”°This competition is held under the new concept to make Wuxi city more innovative and globalize driving towards a sustainable, rapid and healthy development”±, says Wang, Director of Workwomen Department of Wuxi General Labor Union.
”°This competition helps logistics enterprises improve their speed, efficiency, and overall service levels”±, says Xue, General Manager of Wuxi High and New Technology Logistics Center.
Besides the competition, contestants from York (Wuxi) Air-conditioner and Freezing Equipment Co., Ltd. also showed-off their skills to have some fun - opening beer bottles with Linde forklift truck. Their skills and the highly efficient Linde forklift trucks, really impressed the audience, who responded with lots of cheering and applause.
After a whole day of intense competition, the winners who will qualify for the regional level competition are as follows:
#1: Wuxi High and New Technology Logistics Center
#2: UPS-SCS Wuxi Branch and Kerry EAS Logistics Limited (KEAS)
#3: IDS Logistics Zhangjiagang Branch & York (Wuxi) Air-conditioner and Freezing Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Reported by Yang Xiaoyan, Linde (China) Jiangsu Region