A recent California police bust says something about the supply delays and rising prices of forklifts. As we report this week, the Inglewood Police Department found more than 120 forklifts and other industrial machinery at a warehouse in the City of Commerce after following up on a recent theft. It...

We're used to seeing our news dominated by German companies, so this week's geographic spread of news is quite unusual. We have stories from the Maldives, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan among the offerings in this newsletter. And instead of the usual new product announcements, there are some end-user reports...

Forklift safety is an important issue for us at Forkliftaction News, and we try to highlight the risks and solutions in our news and commentary. This week, we report on two court decisions which reinforce the major cause of workplace accidents involving materials handling equipment - human error. In one case...

Tim Rizor has been working with H&K Equipment and Taylor Northeast for over six years. He loves the challenge and the variety of rebuilding forklifts for the company and tells us a bit about it here.

A new report indicates that the mobile elevating work platform rental market is powering ahead - despite the resurgence of COVID, geo-political upheavals and increased input costs. Or maybe it's because of those factors! Our recent industry discussions show that demand for almost all materials handling equipment remains high, prices are...

We see a new concept in forklift sales this week - dynamic pricing. Two manufacturers this week flag the move to dynamic pricing in their latest financial reports. The pricing model is well established in industries like accommodation, where hotels charge different rates depending on the day of the week, the...

David Malpass, president of the World Bank, recently had some gloomy predictions about the global economy, identifying significant downside risks. "These include intensifying geopolitical tensions, the fragility in many countries, the potential for an extended period of stagflation, the widespread financial stress that's caused by the higher borrowing costs, and...

This week's newsletter comes to you from Melbourne, where Forkliftaction News is attending CeMAT Australia. The show, which wraps up today, is the first post-COVID event for our industry in the country and, ironically, is hosted in the city which claims the record for the longest pandemic lock-down. We will...

After proving himself as an Australian Champion Motorcycle Racer, in 1985 Todd Brennan turned to materials handling and never looked back. As Forkpro Australia celebrates its 20-year milestone, the CEO takes a moment to reflect on the last two decades.

Readers will have noticed that we take a strong interest in mergers and acquisitions - four of which are reported this week. This kind of activity is interesting because it shows which businesses are doing well and expanding. Interestingly, almost all our reports include comments from the purchaser which value the...