This year we have seen a couple of what might be called shocks in the industry , The joining of TCM Nissan KION sale to the Chinese of 75% of Lnde hydraulics the crown jewel of their business , Briggs purchase of Barlow and Toyota purchase of cascade

So who is going to be the most influentail manufacture in 2013 who is going to make the biggest shocks of the new year , Will NACCO go like has been said to Sammons the owner of Briggs and how will this effect Taylor , will The new TCM Nissan company take over the Mitsubishi Cat forklift manufacturing side of business. Will the other Chinese forklift manufactures get access to the Linde Hydraulic systems. and who like Nuova Detas will disapear