Each week Forkliftaction News reports on the latest in materials handling from across the globe, including trends and business and technical developments in the forklift battery market. Get up to date with this roundup of recent coverage between December 2022 – and February 2023.

In February, Travis Perkins Group (the UK's largest distributor of building materials) announced a  plan to switch out over 1,000 diesel forklifts with electrics by mid-2024.

Sany revealed a plan to target Europe for growth of its electrically powered port machinery following initial successes in Asia.

Electrovaya received a battery purchase order through its OEM sales channel valued at approximately USD3.4 million.

And finally, OneCharge and Bluewater Battery Logistics entered a strategic partnership to recycle and repurpose advanced lithium ion batteries.

In January, JLG Industries announced it was offering Bi-Energy technology on its X770AJ and X1000AJ compact crawler boom lifts, reducing these machines’ noise and exhaust emissions. 

Travelling back to December 2022, Manitou Group acquired an 82% stake in easyLi, a specialist in the design and production of lithium ion batteries.

Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems acquired 51% of the share capital of Triathlon Holding.

And finally, Hyundai Material Handling and OneCharge entered a strategic partnership to provide advanced lithium ion battery technology to Hyundai’s North American dealer network.

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