Nissan Forklift president Tok Tokugawa handing the 2004 President's Award to JM Equipment president David Baiocchi.

JM Equipment wins 2004 President's Award
CHICAGO, IL, United States

JM Equipment, headquartered in Modesto, California, has won the Nissan Forklift 2004 President's Award for dealership excellence.

It was the third time JM Equipment had received the award.

Nissan Forklift president Tak Tokugawa said JM had been "a loyal Nissan dealer for 23 years and a Nissan Nine recipient many times over".

Cat Lift Trucks awards forklift to food bank
HOUSTON, TX, United States

The Houston Food Bank is the proud recipient of a Cat Lift Trucks' 5,000lb (2,268kg) capacity hand pallet truck.

Houston companies and non-profit organisations committed to serving the community had a chance to win the forklift as part of Cat Lift's sponsorship of the 2005 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Forkliftaction.com News #191).

Toyota celebrates new facility opening
COLUMBUS, IN, United States

Toyota this week opened a national customer centre at its manufacturing facility, Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM), in Columbus, Indiana.

The forklift supplier invested USD11 million to add 108,000 square feet (10,033.5 square metres) to the TIEM facility, expanding its distribution centre and building a "state-of-the-art" customer centre.

Malta Freeport Terminals buys 13 container handlers
HYVINKÄÄ, Finland

SMV Konecranes masted forklift

Malta Freeport Terminals Ltd has signed a deal for 13 container handling machines from KCI Konecranes.

The order is 10 eight-wheel, all-electric, 50-ton KCI Konecranes rubber-tyred-gantry cranes, two masted SMV Konecranes forklifts (SMV SL6/7, ESB 90) and a 37-ton, SMV SL 37-1200 forklift.