10,000th Konecranes truck

The Absolut Company (Absolut) has taken delivery of a Flow Drive Konecranes reach stacker for its vodka production facility in Åhus, a town in the southern Swedish province of Skåne. Absolut will run this lift truck on HVO100, a completely renewable and fossil-free chemical copy of regular diesel.

“It was not difficult to decide on our next reach stacker,” said Harri Tossavainen, warehouse manager for Absolut. “Konecranes provides locally produced equipment of the highest quality, and they have helped us to maintain our productivity under tight schedules for over two decades. This high standard continues as the new eco-friendly Flow Drive aligns well with our long-term commitment to environment and sustainability, and will play a key part in our journey to make our products climate-neutral by 2030.”

45t eco machine

The ten thousandth lift truck is a Konecranes SMV 4632 TC5 reach stacker, a 46t machine able to stack up to 5 containers high.

The truck is fitted with Flow Drive, a Konecranes innovation that uses hydromechanical variable transmission (HVT) to limit power at low speed, reducing wear and carbon emissions while cutting fuel consumption by up to 25%. With longer intervals between refuelling and less maintenance, it can significantly increase productivity.

Absolut will run this lift truck on HVO100, a completely renewable and fossil-free chemical copy of regular diesel, based on vegetable oil, which can reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%. It is also equipped with Start/Stop function to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling.

This contract is part of Ecolifting, Konecranes’ vision to decrease the carbon footprint of its customers.

In 1995, Absolut bought the first commercial reach stacker Konecranes ever produced and in 2004, they took delivery of the company’s first ever produced second generation reach stacker.