Three new Combilift forklifts will be released in Australia in coming months.

Adapt-A-Lift Forklift Rentals and Sales is a privately owned Australian forklift rental business and is the exclusive Australian distributor of the Combilift range. It said in the past four years it had sold 168 Combilift units to Australian businesses.

Adapt-A-Lift national marketing co-ordinator Paul Beschi said the TeleCombi, GT Stand-on forklift and the Semi-rough terrain C 5000L forklift were currently available in Europe and would soon be distributed in Australia.

Beschi said the new TeleCombi was fitted with a one-stage boom mounted on a moving carriage. The GT Stand-on forklift was a 3 tonne to 4.5 tonne lift which worked in narrow aisles and the Semi-rough terrain C5000L was designed to handle long loads and with large pneumatic tyres, was suited to unpaved yards and rough conditions.

Combilift Ltd, based in Ireland, manufactures LPgas, diesel and electric powered all-wheel drive, multi-directional forklifts designed to handle long loads more safely in a yard or confined areas.

A leading UK's steel stockholder, GH Cook, said it was able to increase the amount of stock it carried at its Sheffield warehouse after replacing overhead cranes with two Combilift 4-way forklifts.