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- 14 May 2009 ( #410 )
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Forklift users and dealers can bid for Jungheinrich forklifts via an online auction held by Jungheinrich UK Ltd and Wignall Brownlow.
Forklift users and dealers can bid for Jungheinrich forklifts via an online auction held by Jungheinrich UK Ltd and Wignall Brownlow.
Jungheinrich puts used forklifts under hammer
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Jungheinrich UK Ltd and online auction specialist Wignall Brownlow are putting 250 used forklifts under the virtual hammer.
Forklift users and dealers can bid for Jungheinrich vehicles ranging from reach trucks and diesel, gas and electric counterbalanced forklifts, to powered pallet trucks via an online auction that closes at 4pm on 9 July.
Some of the vehicles are fully refurbished models that have been rebuilt at Jungheinrich Group's forklift refurbishment centre in Dresden, Germany.

Konecranes to be majority shareholder in SANMA
Hyvinkää, Finland

Konecranes has signed an agreement to acquire the majority shareholding in Chinese hoist and crane manufacturer Jiangsu Three Horses Crane Manufacture Co Ltd (SANMA).
If the acquisition is approved by Chinese authorities, Konecranes will own 65% of SANMA while the remainder of the shares will be held by the current owners who manage the company.
SANMA is based in Jingjiang, northwest of Shanghai. The company's 2008 net sales was approximately EUR18 million (USD24.5 million). It employs over 500 people.
Meanwhile, Konecranes' executive management has increased their ownership in the company as part of an executive incentive program approved by the group's board of directors.

Sky-Trax adds ASTI as reseller
New Castle, DE, United States

Location tracking innovator Sky-Trax Inc added a Burgos, Spain company as a member of Sky-Trax's value-added reseller premier partner program.
Automatismos y Sistemas de Transporte Interno SA (ASTI) designs and manufactures automatic transport and handling systems and, now, for Sky-Trax, will extend warehousing solutions to customers in Spain.
New Castle-based Sky-Trax invented and supplies optical real-time location systems for precisely tracking goods and vehicles and guiding autonomous vehicles.
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