Don't think they have launched it yet. from what i know it has been designed out of Merhtyr , Then it will be built in China. At the moment China build the old torque converter truck.

Think it is a major step backwards for Linde, Linde talk about being the most advanced forklifts on the market but they keep going backwards First with the HT range torque converter from China now with the new big truck from China.

Only time will tell but i think this will be a big disaster for Linde. They should never of shut Merthyr they should have also made a couple of changes to 1402 to make it more competitive in the market if they had they would have over taken NACCO as number 1 in this range of trucks.


This all goes to show KION will have to make big changes if they want to over take Toyota at the top of the table. The perches they plan to make might only last for a year or so but to keep at the top they have to develop better more advanced and lower cost equipment not go back 20 years like they are doing