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2003 of the weekly newsletter for industry
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1.
RENTAL ROUNDTABLE IDENTIFIES INDUSTRY
ISSUES 
CHICAGO, United States
The
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) says rental
fleets are older, third-party maintenance is increasing
and lower profits are being achieved on used equipment
sales.
Those issues were cited in a report,
released last week, from a rental roundtable
discussion conducted by the AEM late last
year.
Some rental companies had reported that, to
keep renting aerial work platforms and telescopic
forklifts competitive with ownership, they had to age
fleets longer. The average replacement age of large
equipment was six to eight years, the AEM
found.
Many rental companies were seeing an
increase in third-party maintenance business. One
company said its maintenance work increased 18 percent
in 2001. While it was not a substantial revenue earner,
it provided high-margin business.
Auctions of
used equipment had decreased substantially over three
years, the AEM said, but auctions were still seen as a
valuable equipment disposal method.
While
globalisation of the equipment rental business was
inevitable, it posed challenges now and in the
foreseeable future, the AEM found. Differing business
structures across borders would make global business
difficult for rental firms, as would government
regulations on exports from the USA.
Rental
companies were expanding their product ranges to include
more specialised, low-volume equipment, despite adding
little to overall profitability.
- AEM website -
2.
CONSOLIDATION BIG ISSUE FOR MATERIALS
HANDLING
CHICAGO, United
States
Consolidation, globalisation and the economy
are the largest factors currently shaping the materials
handling and logistics industries, says the Material
Handling Industry of America (MHIA).
In a speech
given at Promat 2003, which finished in Chicago on
February 13, MHIA executive chairman Wilbert Persch said
the MHIA expected a positive turn in the July-September
third quarter and continued growth in 2004, based on the
industrys rate of change and compared to various
indexes.
Mr Persch said the MHIA, which sponsored
Promat, foresaw a recovery and improvement in bookings
throughout 2003, and expected use of the industrys
capacity to remain at about 76 percent. Capital spending
should improve four percent to five percent, industrial
output should improve 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent and
materials handling bookings should increase seven
percent to nine percent, Mr Persch said.
MHIA chief
executive John Nofsinger said the USD60 billion industry
was healthy.
Materials handling and logistics,
when thought of as a process, remain at the core of
manufacturing, distribution, consumption and disposal
activities, and indeed at the heart of productivity,
he said.
MHIA, based in Charlotte, North
Carolina, USA, represents about 800 member
companies.
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Promat website -
3.
KALMAR WINS PAPER-HANDLER CONTRACT
FROVI, Sweden
Kalmar LMV Sverige has
signed a long-term rental fleet management contract with
Swedish paper manufacturer Assi Doman.
The
three-year agreement, reached late last month, includes
the rental and full maintenance of five new Kalmar
diesel forklifts and two electric forklifts. The
contract price was not revealed.
The contract
requires Kalmar to guarantee maintenance availability at
a predetermined cost, and holds it responsible for all
maintenance during the contract period.
- Kalmar website -
4.
DARR BUYS CLARKLIFT WASHINGTON/ALASKA
WESTMINSTER, United States
Darr FMH,
LP has bought Clarklift of Washington/Alaska, Inc. The
purchase price was not released.
Darr will rename
the dealership, owned by Tom Caughell since 1982, to FMH
Material Handling Solutions, and will sell, service, and
rent Clark, Caterpillar, Daewoo, Linde, Big Joe, Drexel,
Donkey and Prime Mover materials handling products in
Washington and Alaska.
- Darr FMH website -
5.
BIG DEAL FOR INDONESIAN CAT DEALER
SURABAYA, Indonesia
Caterpillar
forklift dealer Trakindo Utama has won a 17-machine
tender with Indonesian oil company Pertamina
UPMS.
A spokesman for Trakindo said other
tenderers included Toyota, Mitsubishi, Yale and Komatsu,
but Trakindo beat their quotes.
The machines,
which were delivered in January, included 16 Caterpillar
DP25D-2SP30-SFT forklifts and one
DP35T-2SP30-SFT.
The spokesman would not reveal
the value of the tender.
6.
IRISH FORKLIFTS MARKETED IN THE USA
CLEVELAND, United States
Irish
manufacturer Aisle-Master has introduced its
articulated, narrow-aisle 44S and 44W gas forklifts to
the US market.
With a 67 horsepower LP gas
General Motors engine, the Aisle-Master gives operators
the versatility of operating indoors and out, which the
company says is new to the US market for forklifts in
that class.
With hydrostatic drive and cushion
tyres, the 44S and 44W can perform yard-handling tasks
over semi-rough terrain as easily as they handle narrow
aisle storage, the company said in a
statement.
The models feature capacities up to
4,400 pounds (two tonnes), lift heights up to 30 feet
(nine metres) and the ability to operate in aisles as
narrow as 78 inches (two metres).
The trucks
articulated design allows the mast, forks and front
wheels to turn 180 degrees, meaning loads can be placed
on either side of an aisle without turning the forklift
around. A side-shifter is standard.
"In addition
to being a workhorse in large facilities, it's truly a
general purpose vehicle and eliminates the need to have
both reach and counterbalance trucks," Aisle-Master
sales director Joe O'Brien said.
- Aisle-Master
website -
7.
LUCKY ESCAPE AS FORKLIFT DROPS PROPANE
TANK
CALGARY, Canada
A city block could
have been levelled after a forklift dropped a 1,000
pound (454 kilogram) propane tank on February
3.
Police evacuated a city block and cordoned it
off for more than an hour after gas began leaking from
the tank, a Calgary Herald report said.
"If this
stuff had ignited, it could have destroyed a whole
block, not a problem. It would have created one massive
fireball," said a Calgary Fire Department
spokesman.
It was not clear how the propane tank
cracked, but it was believed a worker was trying to move
it using a forklift.
Picture (click
here) courtesy of the Calgary Herald.
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8.
CASCADE HIRES JACOBS AS NEW TERRITORY
MANAGER
PORTLAND, United States
Cascade
Corporation has hired Danny Jacobs as Territory Manager,
responsible for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Western Tennessee.
Jacobs has 27 years experience
in Material Handling sales and sales management, and
lives in the Memphis area with his wife, Lisa. He will
maintain a home office.
Jacobs replaces Ralph
Dixon, who was promoted to Regional Sales Manager,
overseeing Cascade's Territory Managers in central and
western USA. He will also maintain some Strategic
Accounts and serve central Arkansas as Territory
Manager.
Click
here for pictures and the full text of this
release.
- Cascade website -
9.
BLIZZARD DISRUPTS BUSINESS
LEXINGTON, United
States
Lexington, Kentucky has been suffering from a
severe winter ice storm, which has caused an power loss
to Clark Material Handling Company from Sunday, Feb 16.
More than 70,000 residents have lost power, with
significant ice damage, falling trees, traffic lights
out, accidents, etc.
The Clark Parts Distribution
Center in Louisville, Kentucky is operating at normal
strength, however, the email ordering system has been
interrupted. All parts orders should be faxed to
502-966-2343. All Clark contacts will be notified as
soon as power is restored at Clark.
Click
here for the full text of this release.
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14.
MEZZANINE SYSTEM
Wright-Patterson AFB OH,
United States
Closing: 01 April 2003 TBA - Contract:
F33600-03-R-1010
15.
OVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANES
Paris,
France
Closing: 05 March 2003 4:00pm - Contract: CPV:
29221420
16.
LIFTING TRUCKS
Lyon Armees,
France
Closing: 24 March 2003 4:00pm - Contract: CPV:
29221510
17.
LIFTING, HANDLING, LOADING OR UNLOADING
MACHINERY.
Angers Cedex, France
Closing:
28 March 2003 5:00pm - Contract: CPV: 28213800,
29221520, 29221800
18.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - LIFTING
TRUCKS
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Closing: 31
March 2003 TBA - Contract: Document Number
ND:25561-2003
19.
(1) ONLY DEEP REACH FORKLIFT
Halifax,
Canada
Closing: 06 March 2003 10:00am - Contract:
NSLC Ref. GD-63-P-2002
20.
ONE (1) ONLY COUNTER BALANCE
FORKLIFT
Halifax, Canada
Closing: 06 March
2003 10:00am - Contract: NSLC Ref. GD-64-P-2002
21.
RENTAL OF ROUGH TERRAIN FORKLIFTS TWO
EACH
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Closing: 01
April 2003 TBA - Contract: WK4GBW30160151
22.
INSTALLATION SERVICES OF HANDLING
EQUIPMENT.
Bordeaux, France
Closing: 01
March 2003 TBA - Contract: CPV: 50952200
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