Barloworld Handling will now distribute Combilift forklifts in the UK.

Barloworld Handling will now distribute Combilift multi-directional forklifts and sideloaders along with the Hyster range.

Barloworld Handling general manager for UK sales, Graham Jones, says Barloworld is pleased to support the Combilift products as it is an established market leader in the UK for four-way forklifts and sideloaders.

The preferred supplier agreement Barloworld signed will see the leading UK forklift supplier provide sales and nationwide service support for the Combilift brand. Barloworld has 16 regional centres in the UK and over 500 technicians servicing the country.

Barloworld spokesman Nik Webb tells Forkliftaction.com News that Barloworld's service teams have the necessary training to support the Combilift products.

Combilift of Monaghan, Ireland has manufactured electric multi-directional forklifts since 2004, which it markets as space-savers for long-load handling in warehouses and yards. The forklifts come in diesel or LPG, with lift capacities ranging from 2.5 tons to 14 tons. It has two forklift brands, the Combilift and the Aisle Master (for articulated forklifts).

Barloworld claims to be the world's largest independent forklift distributor, with operations in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and the US. As the UK's exclusive Hyster distributor since 1956, it maintains nearly 30,000 forklifts in the UK.