David S,

You may want to check common battery suppliers in the European community as batteries can be a bit differnet than those used in the US and have different ratings. (AHC - it is common for the battery rating be based on 5 hour rating in Europe & the Asian countries but in the US we use a 6 hour rating. Kinda' like driving on the RH side of the road vs the British style ya' know.

Often you will find other parts of the use higher voltage batteries - up to 80V where in US we liek our less than efficent 24, 36, 48 v types and we desgin our forklfits around the batteries and other folks design the batteries aroung the truck.