Plastic packaging to increase
CLEVELAND, OH, United States
A Freedonia Group study of 18 selected markets says plastic is expected to increase its share of the packaging materials market to 53 per cent in 2010.

Plastic currently has less than a 50 per cent share of the packaging materials market in the 18 markets.

Plastic packaging growth would result from its competitive cost and performance advantages, the study said.

The SkyTrak model 8042 all-wheel steer telehandler.

New attachment gives telehandler a lift
McCONNELLSBURG, PA, United States
JLG Industries Inc has introduced a new personnel work platform to be used with its JLG, Gradall, Lull and SkyTrak telehandlers.

The 32 square foot (2.97 square metre) platform, which has a 1,000lb (453.6kg) capacity, holds two people, a JLG statement said. It has a swing gate entry with a removable front panel for entry and exit, steel mesh flooring and eight lanyard attachment points.

Workers can be lifted as high as 55 feet on rough terrain sites, the statement said.

Konecranes Lifttrucks delivers milestone forklift
MARKARYD, Sweden
Konecranes Lifttrucks AB has delivered its 2,000th forklift, a 22 tonne forklift, to Swedish building products supplier Moelven Byggmodul.

Konecranes Lifttrucks managing director KG Salomonsson said Moelven Group was a long-time customer.

"[It] pleases us this machine was sold through our Swedish distributor BT Svenska AB, our best performing distributor in 2006."

Germany orders 27 Edrive straddle carriers
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Kalmar Industries has received orders for 27 of its seventh-generation straddle carriers from German terminal operators.

MSC Gate Bremerhaven GmbH & Co KG and North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) GmbH & Co have ordered 10 and seven ESC440 W units respectively. HHLA's Container Terminal Burchardkai GmbH (CTB), at the Port of Hamburg, ordered 10 ESC350 W units.

The orders, with undisclosed values, will be delivered by the northern summer of 2007.