Duke, it took you from Aug 9, 2011 until Feb 2012 to get around to reading about this and commenting?
Maybe you should consider signing up for the forkliftaction newsletter, as this was mentioned on forkliftaction (Dec1, 2011) "/news/newsdisplay.aspx?nwid=10763" which discusses Hitatichi's and NIssan forklifts involvement (just add your own http and forkliftacton and dot com) and in the forum thread "/forum/thread.asp?trid=8076"
I guess these were just before you signed up.