An advertisement for JLG Industries' new brand.

New branding for JLG services
McCONNELLSBURG, PA, United States
JLG Industries has announced that "Ground Support" will be the new umbrella brand for its parts, training, used equipment sales, reconditioning, repair and maintenance services, financing and technical support services.

Craig Paylor, JLG president, says the new brand reflects the full scope of the company's customer offerings and is a "unifying concept" for all its team members in the way its customers are treated.

The rebranding of all of JLG's used machine products and services have resulted in the renaming of several JLG service offerings.

JLG Aftermarkets Plus replaces Parts Plus; JLG Training replaces Training Plus; JLG Financial Solutions replaces Access Financial Solutions; and JLG becomes the name for service centres, replacing ServicePlus.

Linde AG posts double-digit growth
MUNICH, Germany
The Linde Group's sales grew 13.9% from EUR10.803 billion (USD16.415 billion) to EUR12.306 billion (USD18.699 billion) in its first year after the acquisition of its British competitor, BOC.

For financial year 2007, operating profit rose 18.1% to EUR2.424 billion (USD3.683 billion) while earnings before taxes jumped from EUR363 million (USD552 million) to EUR1.375 billion (USD2.089 billion).

The group sold its forklift division at the end of 2006 to focus on its gases business (Forkliftaction.com News #285).