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- 26 Jul 2007 ( #320 )
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CVS acquisition on hold
STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Cargotec's acquisition of Italian manufacturer CVS Ferrari is on hold because German competition authorities have raised concerns (Forkliftaction.com News #293).
Cargotec says in a statement the two companies are co-operating with the competition authorities but remain competitors in their own businesses for now.
Cargotec senior vice president of investor relations Eeva Mäkelä says the company would not comment further.

TVH takes over Hendrickx
WAREGEM, Belgium

TVH Group has taken over forklift and aerial platform rental company Hendrickx Renting BVBA of Sint-Niklaas.
TVH says nothing will change for Hendrickx's customers but they can expect "even better" service from the company's 13 employees.
Hendrickx will be supported by TVH Rental Equipment's fleet of forklifts, scissor lifts, articulating boom lifts, loading ramps and aerial platforms.

Read this week's industry profile on TVH OEM & e-commerce manager Kristof Bolle.

Sparky will list on BSE
SOFIA, Bulgaria

Sparky AD will make a secondary offering of shares on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, Bulgarian News Digest reported.
The proposal is subject to approval by shareholders at a meeting on July 27.
Sparky posted an after-tax profit of BGL1.796 million (USD1.258 million) and sales revenue of BGL31.365 million (USD21.97 million) for 2006, the report said.
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It’s the year 2000. You’re in front of a boxy beige desktop waiting for the screeching ramblings of your dial-up to reach its finale. You go to Yahoo!, MSN, or maybe AOL, and start the mind-numbing process of finding your very specific needle in the digital haystack. And with web pages loading one image at a time, patience isn’t just a virtue – it’s a requirement!

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This week Forkliftaction News is celebrating its 25th anniversary! A wonderful achievement given we launched at a time when just 6% of the world’s population were internet users, according to Internet World Stats . Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing stories about our history and rolling out more celebrations, so keep an eye out... Continue reading

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Inside The News
This week Forkliftaction News is celebrating its 25th anniversary! A wonderful achievement given we launched at a time when just 6% of the world’s population were internet users, according to Internet World Stats . Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing stories about our history and rolling out more celebrations, so keep an eye out... Continue reading

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Global leader - manufactures masts, carriages, sideshifters & fork positioners

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It’s the year 2000. You’re in front of a boxy beige desktop waiting for the screeching ramblings of your dial-up to reach its finale. You go to Yahoo!, MSN, or maybe AOL, and start the mind-numbing process of finding your very specific needle in the digital haystack. And with web pages loading one image at a time, patience isn’t just a virtue – it’s a requirement!

As clumsy as this early iteration seems now, this technology was the great enabler that allowed Forkliftaction to connect to the industry across the globe.  

To everyone who has connected with Forkliftaction in the past 25 years, thank you for your contribution to our success! We feel deeply touched by your words of encouragement.

What has Forkliftaction meant to you? Drop us a line.