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SMH TAKES OVER CLARK LIFT TRUCK SALES IN UK
Dewsbury, United Kingdom
Friday, 2 Mar 2001
DEWSBURY, UK -- SMH Ltd, formerly known as Swire Materials Handling, has reached an agreement to become the exclusive UK distributor for US company Clark MHC, from April this year.
A specially-formed subsidiary, Clarklift UK Ltd, will distribute Clark trucks through SMH depots, and supply existing Clark dealers on behalf of Clark Europe. No financial details of the deal have been released.
The move completes Clark Europe's separation from BT Rolatruc. The separation was initiated following the takeover of Rolatruc's parent company, BT Industries, by Toyota in Japan.
The association of Clark and Rolatruc had added Clark's yard truck to the Rolatruc range. Toyota's acquisition removes Rolatruc's need for Clark's product, and Clarklift will essentially take over BT Rolatruc's role.
SMH says it now has exclusive access to the "largest counterweight lift truck range available", from compact cushion-tyred trucks to pneumatic and elastic tyre trucks.
Clark Europe president Dr Frithjof Timm said the alliance was a "considerable advantage" for the US company.
Clark was the first lift truck manufacturer to digitise its global spare parts range. SMH has been integrated into the system, which stores information on more than three million spare parts and 30,000 illustrations.
Dr Timm said an agreement had been made between Clarklift and BT Rolatruc for BT to access Clark spare parts directly from SMH.
Swire Materials Handling was bought from parent company John Swire & Sons on July 4, 2000, by Roy Fewster, then managing director of Lex Harvey, the largest independent forklift hire company in the UK.
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