Having herd that the Kone Cranes take over of Linde HTD has not gone to plan and they are looking to get out of the deal , Have kone cranes really lost the plot here in the UK. by getting rid of well respected dealer with lost of customer satisfaction and loyalty and moving to a company who close links with Chinese manufactures will make you wonder on how long it will be before you might see a Chinese version of a large truck on the market.


Kone Cranes market share is not what they wanted when they entered into the Linde agreement and Kone don't seem to know how to react to either NACCO who are the market leader in forklifts over 10,000kg and Kalmar who are the leader in container handling equipment. Sany are now a real threat to the market and Kone trying to sell a second hand Sany truck did not get the desired effect. So how long will Kone stay in this market for my bet is they will be out with in two years