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Anyone familiar with Pon Material Handling

I think our company is on the block to be bought by Pon Material Handling. They own 4 or 5 dealerships in the US and they are Swedish or something like that. Has anyone had runins with them and how are they to work for?
  • Posted 1 Dec 2007 08:52
  • By batman
  • joined 29 Nov'07 - 119 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
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Pon North America includes Equipment Depot of Texas, Equipment Depot of Illinois (formerly Material Handling Services), Levee Lift, Portman Equipment and Forklifts Inc. Pon NA is a subsidiary of Pon Holdings B.V., a hundred-year old Ductch trading company based in Almere. Pon is the largest Linde dealer in the world as well as one of the largest Cat dirt equipment and Cat power equipment dealers.
  • Posted 18 Mar 2008 08:42
  • By CaptainBluebird
  • joined 18 Mar'08 - 1 message
  • Texas, United States
pon holdings owns Portman Equipment Co here in Ohio. Bought them about 5 to 7 years ago.
  • Posted 8 Feb 2008 14:08
  • By whoknows
  • joined 8 Feb'08 - 10 messages
  • Ohio, United States
Pon is one of the largest privatly owned companies in the Netherlands, among the products for which they are the official importers are Linde, Volkswagen, Audi, MAN trucks, Continental tires & CAT
  • Posted 5 Feb 2008 02:34
  • By KBLA
  • joined 5 Feb'08 - 1 message
  • Noord Brabant, Netherlands
They own Equipment Depot
  • Posted 30 Jan 2008 09:42
  • By Bubba
  • joined 30 Jan'08 - 5 messages
  • Texas, United States
I would also take the Swedish Bikini Team in wooden shoes if they agreed to only wear the shoes.
  • Posted 21 Dec 2007 12:09
  • By batman
  • joined 29 Nov'07 - 119 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
Isn't there a Netherlands Bikini Team? I think I heard mention of them on the Simpson's once.
  • Posted 20 Dec 2007 12:02
  • By batman
  • joined 29 Nov'07 - 119 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
PON is from the Netherlands not from Sweden. You'll have to settle for wooden shoes.
  • Posted 19 Dec 2007 07:40
  • By carl_v
  • joined 12 Oct'07 - 76 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
Keep dreaming batman, I'm sure the swedish bikini team is not part of the deal.
  • Posted 14 Dec 2007 10:02
  • By tcmgirl
  • joined 15 Oct'07 - 28 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
I already checked it. Pon bought Forklifts, Inc. I'm sure we're next. I hope they send the Swedish Bikini Team over when they buy us out.
  • Posted 14 Dec 2007 09:53
  • By batman
  • joined 29 Nov'07 - 119 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
batman, check out this weeks industry news here on forkliftaction.
  • Posted 14 Dec 2007 08:04
  • By tcmgirl
  • joined 15 Oct'07 - 28 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
I'm pretty familiar with the Pon Group. The are a very large company. Let me just say again, they are a very large company.
  • Posted 11 Dec 2007 00:37
  • By EasyM
  • joined 14 May'05 - 101 messages
  • South Carolina, United States

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