European Union (EU) membership for Eastern European countries has removed bureaucracy and trade barriers, leading to conducive conditions for the growing forklift market but some industry members say there is still room for improvement.
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As forklifts are used in a growing range of applications, more of them are deployed in harsh conditions. These range from extreme temperatures to dusty environments and uneven surfaces.
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Customised attachments can boost the productivity of forklift end-users and allow manufacturers to add value for customers, but designing and producing these devices is demanding on a company's resources.
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Fleet management systems can make workplaces safer and cut costs through efficient management of forklifts. The technology, adopted from other equipment sectors, allows fleet owners to concentrate on their core business, secure in the knowledge that their capital investment is being put to good use. Christine Liew reports.
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Climate change is a hot topic. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Program in 1988, met in Bangkok, Thailand, this week to discuss and accept one of its working groups' reports, titled Mitigation of Climate Change. According to an industry source, the report's findings say humanity has until 2020 to prevent the earth's climate from collapsing. That is why any contribution from forklift manufacturers to reduce greenhouse gases counts.
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Warehouse operations are essential in the supply chain. The ability to quickly and accurately move warehouse contents keeps stock moving and businesses thriving. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew reports on the forklifts that help pick and shift stock in very narrow aisles.
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Sales statistics on the US forklift industry show little change from last year. But, inside the forklift industry, in terms of business savvy and consumer patterns, there is a shift.
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Canada, populated by about 30 million people, is the world's second largest country by land area, after Russia. Located north of the world's leading forklift market, Canada is, according to its national statistical agency, the US's largest trading partner. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew reports.
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The UK Health & Safety Executive estimates more than five million working days are lost in the UK each year due to back pain. Vibrations transmitted to the body from off-road vehicles have been singled out as a cause of back pain. Off-road vehicle seat manufacturer Grammer AG's research found more than 7.5 million workers in Europe were subjected to whole-body vibrations. It is not surprising then that the European Union (EU) is leading the world with its "vibration directive".
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Truck-mounted forklifts (TMFs), that enable quick, convenient transport of goods, originated in agriculture. A Dutch tulip bulb farmer, named Hessel Kooi, was said to have developed the first TMF to move tulip bulbs from fields to distributors. Cecil Moffett, of Irish TMF manufacturer Moffett Engineering Ltd, made tractors long before he developed a forklift and Princeton Delivery Systems' founder produced a TMF to transport sod for his nursery. by Christine Liew
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