It's not that i don't like Linde like i have said before Linde tech in Linde hydraulics is up there with the best tech on the market.

the point i'm trying to get across has nothing to do with Linde it's KION who own Linde they have in my opinion sold out a very good company because there two major shareholders don't want to pump more money into the company. The fact that cargo tec have moved there production to Poland and many have moved east how can Linde in a now price driven market claim to charge more for a premium truck when in reality it is not much different.

Linde are now going to struggle the growing markets don't want complicated elect hydraulics they want a basic truck that will do the job at a lower cost. This is why you will see the rise of far eastern manufactures. But this is not just a Linde problem Cargotec, Nacco , SVE Truck , Konecranes, and the others are all going to struggle over the next couple of years

And in the smaller truck market you will see more companies struggle.



On the point of the Linde look a like so any Hydrostatic truck is a Linde copy. The fact that Linde has now moved to a Hydrostatic system that was being used 20 years ago when Linde worked through a gear system so who is copying who

Also over the next five years countries such as the UK Germany Italy France USA are all going to see the Global manufacturing competitiveness drop. While Brazil Vietnam India Spain will all see there competitiveness grow